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Regional train at Berlin Central Station
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After the second rail strike within a month, traffic should largely return to normal on Wednesday.
In long-distance and regional traffic as well as on the S-Bahn, the full timetable will be run, said Deutsche Bahn.
"Rail traffic started largely normally on the morning after the GDL strike," it said.
However, travelers should use the timetable information on the Internet and in the app to find out in advance whether there are any deviations.
Hundreds of employees in control centers, dispatching, plants and in the on-board service worked on Tuesday and overnight to ensure that around 860 trains in long-distance and around 21,000 trains in regional and S-Bahn traffic can run according to the normal schedule again, it said in one Press release.
Goodwill regulation for booked tickets
All long-distance tickets already booked from August 23rd to 25th inclusive for routes affected by the GDL strike will remain valid, according to Deutsche Bahn, and can be used flexibly up to and including September 4th.
There is no train connection for Spar and Super Spar price tickets.
According to the railway, the strike hotline 08000-996633 can also be reached on Wednesday.
The train drivers' union (GDL) ended the strike on Wednesday at 2 a.m.
It had started on Saturday afternoon in freight traffic and Monday morning in passenger traffic.
According to the railway, about 70 percent of long-distance and 60 percent of local trains were canceled.
But you could run the replacement schedule stably.
A solution to the collective bargaining conflict is not yet in sight.
The GDL demands a new, specific tariff offer from the state company.
If this is not presented, GDL boss Claus Weselsky had threatened to strike longer and possibly also on weekends.
The union is demanding a corona bonus of 600 euros in addition to a wage increase of 3.2 percent.
However, Deutsche Bahn does not want to pay this immediately, but in two steps: 1.5 percent by January 1, 2022 and 1.7 percent by March 1, 2023, with a term until the end of June 2024.
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