In the middle of the holiday season: Huge train strike from today - passengers in Bavaria should know that now

With Deutsche Bahn passengers these days, good nerves are required: The train drivers have announced a strike.

Passengers in Bavaria need to know that now.

Munich

- Not only is Corona making travel plans more difficult this summer: In the middle of the holiday season, the German Locomotive Drivers Union (GDL) has now announced a Germany-wide strike, Bavaria is also affected.

The GDL boss blamed the management of Deutsche Bahn for the escalation in the middle of the holiday season.

"Anyone who wants to reach into the pockets of the employees and serve themselves shamelessly deserves an answer as we will give it," said Weselsky.

The protest starts this evening, August 10th.

Here is the most important information for passengers from Bavaria.

Rail strike in Bavaria: only every fourth long-distance train runs - DB with replacement timetables

Strike plan:

From Tuesday evening, the GDL train drivers will initially strike freight traffic.

From 2 a.m. on Wednesday, August 11th, it will also hit rail passenger traffic.

The end of the nationwide strike is scheduled for Friday, August 13th, 2 a.m.

Long-distance and regional transport:

The announced protest action has serious consequences for travelers: On Wednesday and Thursday, only about every fourth planned long-distance train is to run on Deutsche Bahn.

But commuters also have to be prepared for delays and train cancellations: In the case of regional traffic and S-Bahn traffic, the also very limited range of services will vary greatly, the company announced on Tuesday in Berlin.

Rail strike in Bavaria: regional traffic severely restricted

During the course of the day, Deutsche Bahn compiled replacement timetables.

In the metropolitan and rural regions in particular, "a basic offer for schoolchildren, commuters and important feeders to long-distance trains or airports" should be maintained, the company writes on its website.

From Tuesday afternoon, 3 p.m., the replacement timetable for long-distance traffic can be found in the timetable information on bahn.de and in the DB Navigator app.

But alternative timetables or not - stress seems preprogrammed here.

The railway therefore expressly appeals: “Please postpone your for 11.08.

as well as long-distance travel planned on 08/12/2021, if you do not necessarily have to drive. "

Train drivers strike in Bavaria: passengers can return tickets

Refunds:

All long-distance tickets already booked for routes affected by the GDL strike remain valid and can be used flexibly until August 20th.

The railway announces this on its homepage.

The train connection for saver fares and super saver fares has also been lifted.

Other trains can be used for the onward journey.

This also applies to local trains.

Tickets are refunded free of charge.

You can read more news from Bavaria here.