Train travel - Rail strike will hit Bavarian regional transport hard
The latest warning strike by the train drivers' union GDL will severely disrupt regional Deutsche Bahn train services in Bavaria. DB Regio assumes that the 24-hour work stoppage by train drivers from Thursday evening at 10 p.m. will have a massive impact on all German rail operations. This was announced by a DB spokesperson in Munich.
There is an emergency timetable for long-distance services. However, many regional trains will also be canceled: "In regional transport, the aim is to run a greatly reduced service," explained the spokesperson. "The extent to which this is possible varies greatly from region to region." It was not immediately clear whether and to what extent the S-Bahn trains in Munich and Nuremberg would run. DB has set up a telephone hotline, which can be reached on 08000 99 66 33.
The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) are suspending their connections to and from Bavaria during the warning strike, but intend to run their inner-Austrian trains from Tyrol to Salzburg and vice versa via Rosenheim as usual. Although this connection is on Bavarian territory, it has always been used by ÖBB.
The private railroad companies, which operate on several important routes, are not on strike. The companies want to maintain their train services to the full extent possible, but could be indirectly affected if DB Netz signalmen or dispatchers are also unable to work.
"There may still be train cancellations and delays," said a Go Ahead spokesperson; the company's trains run on the busy Augsburg-Munich route, among others. Go Ahead expects trains to be fuller than usual and recommends that passengers check online shortly before their journey.
Bayerische Regionalbahn, whose trains run from Munich to Rosenheim and Salzburg, among others, expects limited effects, according to a spokeswoman. "Although the GDL members of the Transdev companies, to which BRB belongs, have also been called to strike this time, only a few BRB employees belong to this union."
Agilis in Regensburg also intends to maintain operations as far as possible: "Agilis trains will also run as usual on Thursday evening and Friday," the company announced on X - formerly Twitter. Agilis runs from Regensburg along the Danube, both in the direction of Swabia and Lower Bavaria.
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- Despite the strike, some private railroad companies in Germany, such as Go Ahead, which operates on the Augsburg-Munich route, aim to maintain their train services to the full extent possible.
- The impact of the train strike on consumers traveling by regional Deutsche Bahn trains in Bavaria is expected to be significant, as a spokesperson from DB Regio announced a greatly reduced service due to the work stoppage.
- The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) have suspended their connections to and from Bavaria during the warning strike, but intend to run their inner-Austrian trains from Tyrol to Salzburg and vice versa via Rosenheim as usual.
- The GDL union's warning strike will have a massive impact on all German rail operations, with DB Regio assuming that the 24-hour work stoppage by train drivers will disrupt train traffic throughout the country.
- Train journeys between Munich and Nuremberg may be affected by the rail strike, as it was not immediately clear whether and to what extent the S-Bahn trains in these cities would run.
- The private railroad company Agilis, which runs from Regensburg along the Danube, plans to maintain operations as far as possible during the strike, with Agilis trains running as usual on Thursday evening and Friday.
- Bayerische Regionalbahn, whose trains run from Munich to Rosenheim and Salzburg, among others, expects limited effects from the rail strike due to the fact that only a few of its employees belong to the GDL union.
- The train drivers' union GDL has called for a warning strike, which will affect the Deutsche Bahn's regional train services in Bavaria, causing cancellations, delays, and disruptions in train traffic.
- During the rail strike, long-distance services will operate under an emergency timetable, but many regional trains will be canceled, as a DB spokesperson explained in an announcement from Munich.
- The Romanian-owned train operator Transdev, which operates trains in Bavaria, is also impacted by the GDL's warning strike, as its employees are members of the union, potentially leading to further disruptions in regional traffic.
Source: www.stern.de
