The train drivers’ strike in Germany is taking place as announced – Deutsche Bahn has not submitted an urgent request to the court. The work will be halted from Wednesday night to Friday evening and connections to and from Austria will also be affected.
The strike had been planned for some time by the German trade union GDL and has now been confirmed in the second instance by the Hesse labor court. The freight transport strike started at 6 p.m. In passenger transport, according to union plans, this should start at 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning – and also affect travelers to and from Germany.
ÖBB long-distance connections affected
The train driver’s strike will not affect ÖBB traffic over Deutsche Eck, but will affect the long-distance connections of Deutsche Bahn (DB) and ÖBB to Munich or even further north. In Austria, trains that start or end in Germany only run to the relevant border station or are canceled completely because the drivers are changed at the border. However, according to the ÖBB, trains sometimes run via the Brenner route to Munich.
Westbahn runs to Munich
ÖBB and DB customers can use their tickets to transfer to the local Salzburg-Munich transport, which runs every hour. Westbahn trains run to Munich because the drivers are not changed at the border.
Source: Krone
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