Construction Works in Germany Will Limit the Operation of Interstate Trains to Berlin and Hamburg

The modernization of the line in the German section from Schöna to Bad Schandau will affect the operation of long-distance interstate trains between Prague, Dresden, Berlin, and Hamburg from October 17th to October 27th, 2023. During this disruption, all EuroCity and railjet long-distance trains will be replaced by buses between Ústí nad Labem and Dresden. Passengers travelling from Dresden to Berlin and further north in Germany will use substitute IC trains. The disruption will also affect cross-border regional connections in the section from Děčín to Bad Schandau.

EC Berliner trains will operate between Prague and Děčín during this time. Transfer to replacement bus services will be provided at Ústí nad Labem main station. Replacement bus services will not serve the Děčín and Bad Schandau stations. In connection with concurrent track maintenance between Břeclav and Kúty, EC 172 Hungaria train services will be provided from October 17th to 25th in the Břeclav – Děčín section (as EC 10172), and in the opposite direction, EC 173 Hungaria will run from October 18th to 25th in the Děčín – Břeclav section. From October 26th, these services will be extended to Budapest. When travelling to/from Germany it will be necessary to use an alternative bus service between Ústí nad Labem and Dresden for these trains as well.

Night connection EC 458 Canopus Prague – Leipzig – Zurich will run on the night of 14th/15th October to 26th/27th October only in the section Prague – Děčín and in the section Děčín – Zurich the train is cancelled including the transport of couchette and sleeper cars. Similarly, in the opposite direction, the EC 459 Canopus will only run in the section Děčín main station – Prague main station between 15th/16th October and 27th/28th October.

Passengers travelling from Děčín to Germany or the other way around may use domestic trains in the section Děčín main station – Ústí n. L. main station or in the reverse direction, without incurring an extra cost for taking a longer route.

On the first day of the disruption, October 17th, these measures will apply to trains EC 378, IC 10172, EC 170, EC 458 and railjet 256. On the last day of the disruption, i.e. October 27th, alternative services between Ústí nad Labem and Dresden will be provided for railjet 257, EC 458, 171 and 173. On the remaining days of the disruption, replacement bus services will be provided on the cross-border section on all long-distance trains.

Details on long-distance transport can be found in the special timetable here.

Special Timetable for Regional Train Services

Construction work in Germany will also affect regional trains on lines U28 and RE20. On the 083 Děčín – Bad Schandau – Dolní Poustevna – Rumburk route, a special timetable will be in effect from 8:30 pm on October 17th until 1:00 am on October 27th.

U28 line services (Děčín – Bad Schandau – Rumburk and back) will be replaced by buses between Děčín and Bad Schandau and back. Train services will be maintained between Děčín main station and Dolní Žleb, with services running at adjusted times according to the special timetable.

Tourist line RE20, which runs from Ústí nad Labem to Dresden (Os 5274 / 5274 Letní kometa) and from Dresden to Litoměřice (Os 5279 / 5278), will not be provided on Saturday and Sunday, October 21st and 22nd.

Further details can be found in the special timetable, available on this website.

We apologize to passengers for any inconvenience caused by the construction work on the track.