Bundestag traffic section votes for new construction project and expansion of the existing route
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The Hanover-Hamburg route is one of the most important traffic axes in Germany and is heavily congested.
Hamburg's Transport Senator Anjes Tjarks (Greens) praised the approval of the Bundestag Transport Committee for the construction of a new Hamburg-Hannover railway line. There is “finally a realistic perspective for solving the capacity problems on rail in northern Germany,” said Tjarks, according to the statement. The situation of commuters in the southern Hamburg metropolitan region will improve in the future.
The transport senator said that the planning of the new route must be continued and completed quickly. “Therefore, clarity is needed quickly when it comes to financing.” Germany's aim must be to be able to complete the project well before 2050.
On Wednesday morning, the transport committee voted in favor of a draft resolution that enables the new route to be built and provides for improvements to the existing route via Lüneburg, Uelzen and Celle. The German Press Agency learned this from participants.
The entire Bundestag is scheduled to address the project late on Thursday evening. The approval is considered a formality, as the coalition said.
The Hanover-Hamburg route is one of the most important transport axes in Germany. The existing route is overloaded.
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