Railway employees in Germany stopped working again overnight from Wednesday to Thursday. This is already the fifth strike in a months-long collective labor agreement dispute between the German train drivers’ union GDL and state railway company Deutsche Bahn.
International train traffic between the Netherlands and Germany will also be seriously disrupted in the coming days.
The strike began at 2 a.m. on Thursday and will last 35 hours until 1 p.m. on Friday. Drivers also stopped working in the field of transporting goods by rail. Their strike began earlier on Wednesday. During previous strikes in the long-running labor dispute, train traffic between the Netherlands and Germany was also seriously disrupted.
DB has again introduced an emergency timetable, meaning approximately one-fifth of its long-distance trains will run. DB expects that the consequences for regional train traffic will vary by region. The railway company also assumes that trains in Germany will only run according to their normal timetable again on Saturday.
An NS spokesman said earlier that there would be no train movement between the Netherlands and Germany during the strike period. For example, ICE International and intercity flights to Berlin do not operate. Night trains to Austria and Switzerland will also not depart on Thursday. NS advises travelers to closely monitor the information and itinerary. “We are still dependent on the cross-border situation,” the National Assembly said.
In addition, an Areva spokesperson said the company is also canceling trains to and from Germany. The Arriva high-speed train from Maastricht to Aachen will arrive in Heerlen during the strike. GDL union members want to take advantage of the strike to demand higher wages to compensate for rising inflation.
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