Tariffs - 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." The Munich S-Bahn intends to run every hour, on the S8 between Pasing and the airport every 20 minutes. 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 will continue 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 as far as possible, but could be indirectly affected if DB Netz signalmen or dispatchers are also unable to work.
For example, the trains of the private Austrian Westbahn from Munich to Vienna will run five times as usual on Friday via Rosenheim, Salzburg and Linz to the Austrian capital.
A spokesperson for Go-Ahead in Augsburg said: "There may still be train cancellations and delays." The company's trains run on the busy Augsburg-Munich route, among others. It is to be feared that "a number of DB train drivers in the Allgäu region will probably also go on strike", the company announced on Thursday afternoon. It is therefore expected that the route between Munich and Lindau on Lake Constance will not be able to run to its full extent.
The company is trying to find a replacement service with buses, but cannot guarantee this. In addition, trains are expected to be fuller than usual. Passengers should therefore check online shortly before their journey.
The 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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Source: www.stern.de
