diff --git a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/DateImportService.php b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/DateImportService.php
index 1cab011e..418f83ae 100644
--- a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/DateImportService.php
+++ b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/DateImportService.php
@@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ class DateImportService implements SingletonInterface, LoggerAwareInterface
         $date['services_general'] = serialize($combinedServices);
 
         $pickups = [];
-        $timezone = new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Berlin');
         foreach ($row['pickups'] as $pickup) {
             $busProId = (int) $pickup['busProId'];
             if ($busProId === 0) {
@@ -467,9 +466,7 @@ class DateImportService implements SingletonInterface, LoggerAwareInterface
             $pickupDate = $dateStart->format('d.m.Y');
             $pickupTime = '';
             if ($pickup['datetime'] !== null) {
-                $pickupDateTime = (new \DateTimeImmutable($pickup['datetime']))->setTimezone($timezone);
-                $pickupDate = $pickupDateTime->format('d.m.Y');
-                $pickupTime = $pickupDateTime->format('H:i');
+                [$pickupDate, $pickupTime] = $this->parsePickupDateTime($pickup['datetime']);
             }
             $pickups[] = [
                 'bus_pro_id' => $busProId,
@@ -803,6 +800,26 @@ class DateImportService implements SingletonInterface, LoggerAwareInterface
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A pickup time is the local date and time as BusPro states it
+     * ("2027-03-28T02:45:00"), taken over as is. An ISO-8601 time with an
+     * offset is still accepted and converted to Europe/Berlin, which cannot
+     * express a time inside the daylight saving gap.
+     *
+     * @param string $datetime
+     * @return string[] date as d.m.Y and time as H:i
+     */
+    protected function parsePickupDateTime(string $datetime): array
+    {
+        if (preg_match('/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2})(?::\d{2}(?:\.\d+)?)?$/', $datetime, $parts)) {
+            return [$parts[3] . '.' . $parts[2] . '.' . $parts[1], $parts[4] . ':' . $parts[5]];
+        }
+
+        $pickupDateTime = (new \DateTimeImmutable($datetime))->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Berlin'));
+
+        return [$pickupDateTime->format('d.m.Y'), $pickupDateTime->format('H:i')];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Reads back a price parseService() formatted for display ("1.234,50").
      *
diff --git a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/XmlProductReader.php b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/XmlProductReader.php
index 9e50c21c..1832bba1 100644
--- a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/XmlProductReader.php
+++ b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/XmlProductReader.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ final class XmlProductReader implements \IteratorAggregate
     private const MARKER_TS_FORMAT = 'd.m.Y H:i:s';
     private const CODE_PSEUDOPRICE = 'PDGS';
     private const TIMEZONE = 'Europe/Berlin';
+    private const LOCAL_DATETIME_FORMAT = 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s';
 
     /**
      * @var string
@@ -41,6 +42,15 @@ final class XmlProductReader implements \IteratorAggregate
      */
     private $timezone;
 
+    /**
+     * Pickup times are clock readings, not instants. They are handled in UTC,
+     * which has no daylight saving gaps, so a time BusPro plans inside one
+     * (02:45 on the night clocks go forward) is kept as stated.
+     *
+     * @var \DateTimeZone
+     */
+    private $wallClock;
+
     /**
      * @var array|null pickup master data by BusPro id
      */
@@ -51,6 +61,7 @@ final class XmlProductReader implements \IteratorAggregate
         $this->path = rtrim($path, '/');
         $this->logger = $logger ?? new NullLogger();
         $this->timezone = new \DateTimeZone(self::TIMEZONE);
+        $this->wallClock = new \DateTimeZone('UTC');
     }
 
     public function getPath(): string
@@ -245,7 +256,8 @@ final class XmlProductReader implements \IteratorAggregate
     /**
      * A bare HH:mm takes the travel date's start, and is rolled onto the next
      * day when it would otherwise fall before the latest full date-time listed
-     * before it: a coach does not board backwards.
+     * before it: a coach does not board backwards. The result is the local
+     * date and time as BusPro states it, without an offset.
      */
     private function readDatePickups(\SimpleXMLElement $xmlDate, \DateTimeImmutable $from): array
     {
@@ -257,12 +269,12 @@ final class XmlProductReader implements \IteratorAggregate
 
             $datetime = null;
             if ($time !== '' && strpos($time, ' ') !== false) {
-                $datetime = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('!d.m.Y H:i:s', $time, $this->timezone) ?: null;
+                $datetime = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('!d.m.Y H:i:s', $time, $this->wallClock) ?: null;
                 if ($datetime !== null && ($latest === null || $datetime > $latest)) {
                     $latest = $datetime;
                 }
             } elseif ($time !== '') {
-                $datetime = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('!Y-m-d H:i', $from->format('Y-m-d') . ' ' . $time, $this->timezone) ?: null;
+                $datetime = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('!Y-m-d H:i', $from->format('Y-m-d') . ' ' . $time, $this->wallClock) ?: null;
                 if ($datetime !== null && $latest !== null && $datetime < $latest) {
                     $datetime = $datetime->modify('+1 day');
                 }
@@ -275,7 +287,7 @@ final class XmlProductReader implements \IteratorAggregate
                 'city' => $masterData['city'] ?? null,
                 'street' => $masterData['street'] ?? null,
                 'price' => $this->parsePrice((string) $xmlPickup['preis']),
-                'datetime' => $datetime !== null ? $datetime->format(\DateTimeInterface::ATOM) : null,
+                'datetime' => $datetime !== null ? $datetime->format(self::LOCAL_DATETIME_FORMAT) : null,
             ];
         }