Overview
- About 11,700 residents must leave the area by 10:00 after an anomaly under the station tracks raised a possible World War II ordnance risk.
- Bomb disposal specialists will inspect the site and will either give the all‑clear or begin a defusal, which could keep the area closed into the evening.
- Regional operator Metronom is restricting service from 07:00 to 00:00, with no stops in Celle from 07:00, a closure between Isernhagen and Eschede from 10:00, and replacement buses running.
- The city moved the evacuation deadline from 09:00 to 10:00 after Deutsche Bahn adjusted operations, and it opened a school center as an emergency shelter.
- The rail changes are hitting travelers from a large DLRG youth meeting, where more than 2,000 participants are heading home by train.