Greens parliamentary deputy Julia Verlinden also welcomed the solution. #Bahnstrecke #Niedersachsen #HamburgHannover (translated)
CDU transport politician Michael Donth said that a pure expansion of the existing infrastructure is not enough. #Bahnstrecke #Niedersachsen #HamburgHannover (translated)
Until the end, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) also expressed criticism, through whose constituency the new line is to run, but who also promotes himself as a self-proclaimed "Infrastructure Minister" for a modernization of the country. #Bahnstrecke #Niedersachsen #HamburgHannover (translated)
Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Olaf Lies (SPD) favors expanding only the old route and forgoing the new construction. #Bahnstrecke #Niedersachsen #HamburgHannover (translated)
The Bundestag has decided by a large majority to commission Deutsche Bahn to build a new railway line between Hamburg and Hanover, which is however subject to the condition that the costs must not exceed the economic benefits. #Bahnstrecke #Niedersachsen #HamburgHannover (translated)
"a central building block to create additional capacities and permanently resolve the existing bottlenecks between Hamburg and Hanover" The CDU member of parliament Christoph Ploß said that the new line is "a central building block to create additional capacities and permanently resolve the existing bottlenecks between Hamburg and Hanover." #Bahnneubau #HamburgHannover #Verkehrspolitik (translated)
"We are ending the years of stagnation at Hamburg-Hannover and finally bringing new construction and improvements together on the existing route," said Isabel Cademartori, transport policy spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary group. #Bahnneubau #HamburgHannover #Verkehrspolitik (translated)
The Transport Committee of the Bundestag voted for the construction of an important new line between Hamburg and Hanover to relieve the heavily used existing line and increase capacity for passenger and freight traffic, although the project faces opposition in Lower Saxony. #Bahnneubau #HamburgHannover #Verkehrspolitik (translated)
