Many connections are lost because of the train drivers' strike.
The railway has drawn up an emergency plan.
Train drivers should inform themselves before starting their journey.
Munich - Because of the strike of the train drivers' union GDL, the railway canceled 75 percent of its long-distance trains on Wednesday and Thursday.
In regional transport, the also very limited range of services will vary greatly according to the group.
The S-Bahns are also likely to be affected.
But the railway has drawn up an emergency plan.
Particularly heavily used connections between Berlin and the Rhine-Ruhr area, between Hamburg and Frankfurt as well as the connections to important train stations and airports have priority.
The aim is a two-hour service with particularly long trains on the main axes, according to the company.
Deutsche Bahn wants to be accommodating to passengers, allow tickets to be valid for longer or refund them.
In any case, every train traveler should find out whether his train is actually running on bahn.de and in the DB Navigator app before starting his journey.
Here you can find out what rights passengers have in the event of train delays and cancellations.
Engine drivers strike: Many trains in Bavarian regional traffic are likely to run normally
The strike will also slow down rail traffic in Bavaria. The deputy state chairman of the Pro Bahn passenger association, Lukas Iffländer, said according to the
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: "It will probably hit the S-Bahn in Munich and Nuremberg." He reckons with massive thinning, shorter routes and longer cycle times.
In regional traffic, private railways are on the move on many routes, which are not on strike by the GDL and are "allowed to drive reasonably normally".
But the failure of many S-Bahn trains will probably lead to them being full and less punctual.
It will probably hit Nuremberg hardest, because no private rail operators run regional traffic to Stuttgart, said Iffländer.
In comparison with other federal states, Bavaria has the advantage that the railway still has many officials on duty here who are not on strike.
In long-distance traffic, the DB wants to use long trains.
The ICE between Nuremberg and Munich could possibly run every two hours.
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