Again, the passengers had to have a pretty thick skin.
The train drivers make vacation trips and commuting by train unpredictable.
And another strike cannot be ruled out.
Berlin - After the strike of the train drivers' union GDL, Deutsche Bahn set course for normal operations on Wednesday.
"Rail traffic started largely normally on the morning after the GDL strike," said Deutsche Bahn in Berlin that morning.
On Wednesday, the entire timetable should run again in long-distance and regional traffic as well as on the S-Bahn.
The GDL's labor dispute ended on schedule at around 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
However, a solution to the collective bargaining conflict is still not in sight.
On Tuesday and on Wednesday night, according to the railway, work was carried out 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.
However, travelers should inform themselves in advance via the timetable information on the Internet and in the app whether there are any deviations, the railway said.
Rail strike: special rules for affected customers
According to DB Cargo, up to 220 trains were caught in a backlog due to strikes.
Freight traffic has started up again since Wednesday night.
"We expect a very dynamic resolution of the consequences of the strike in the next few hours," said a spokesman.
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.
In the collective bargaining dispute, there is disagreement about when employees should receive income increases.
There is also a struggle for a possible corona premium and company pensions.
The strike had started on Monday night in passenger traffic and in freight traffic on Saturday.
A balance sheet from the GDL is still pending.
It was her second labor dispute that month.
Further strikes are possible.
Rail strike: GDL has competition
The GDL competes with the Railway and Transport Union (EVG) for members of the railway.
Unlike the EVG, it does not want to accept a zero round this year.
The EVG chairman Klaus-Dieter Hommel
asked
politicians in an interview with
Merkur.de
to stay out of the tariff conflict at the railways. On Tuesday he followed up with a letter to Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU): Although the GDL is “only partially concerned with material demands, but rather with political goals,” it says in Hommel's letter to the politician. “Nevertheless, we are convinced that this collective bargaining round has to be resolved exclusively by the negotiating partners themselves.” Scheuer had criticized the GDL strike and asked the union to return to the negotiating table.
(dpa)