The whole of Bavaria breathes a sigh of relief after the strike was cancelled? No. The employees of the Bayerische Regionalbahn (BRB) have nothing to gain from the agreement between DB and EVG and continue to strike.
Holzkirchen/Munich – Already on Sunday evening from 19 p.m. there is not much driving in southern Upper Bavaria. Affected are all connections that the BRB uses and thus all routes to the Oberland, also various connections to Chiemgau to Rosenheim and from there on to Salzburg as well as some connections from Augsburg to the district of Weilheim-Schongau and the Allgäu. The BRB passengers are apparently surprised by the message. The BRB website has not been accessible since the early afternoon – probably due to overload.
In detail, according to a recent BRB press release, train traffic on the following routes will be suspended on Sunday evening:
Certainly not from Sunday evening to Wednesday night: BRB from Tegernsee to Munich. © Thomas Plettenberg
Rail strike in Bavaria Monday to Wednesday: These lines in the Oberland are affected
The entire rail network in the Oberland is operated by the BRB (here: formerly Bayerische Oberlandbahn, BOB).
- Munich-Tegernsee (via Holzkirchen)
- Munich-Lenggries (via Bad Tölz and Holzkirchen)
- Munich-Bayrischzell (via Miesbach and Holzkirchen)
Five networks, one operator: BRB operates throughout southern Bavaria. © BRB/Nadine Kolbeck
BRB strike: These lines from Augsburg and in the district of Weilheim-Schongau are affected
- Augsburg-Schongau (via Weilheim)
- Augsburg-Füssen (via Buchlohe)
- Augsburg-Gessertshausen
BRB strike: These lines around Rosenheim to Salzburg are affected
- Munich-Rosenheim (formerly Meridian)
- Munich-Rosenheim (via Holzkirchen, formerly Meridian)
- Munich-Salzburg (via Rosenheim and Freilassing)
- Rosenheim-Berchtesgaden (via Freilassing)
- Rosenheim-Kufstein
Multi-day strike at the BRB – trains do not run again until Wednesday morning
The employees of the BRB are not in any collective bargaining association and thus do not benefit from the agreement reached on Saturday between the railway union EVG and Deutsche Bahn (DB). Therefore, from the point of view of the BRB employee representatives, there is no alternative to another massive strike. The loss hits Upper Bavaria with an unusual intensity. The strike call is valid from 22 p.m. on Sunday (May 14) to Tuesday (May 16) at 24 p.m.
However, the BRB will stop operations piecemeal from 19 p.m. on Sunday evening so that the trains are ready on Wednesday morning in such a way that a resumption of operations on Wednesday morning can take place as smoothly as possible.
By the way: Trains are not only cancelled on the BRB lines in Upper Bavaria and Swabia. Throughout Bavaria, DB expects various cancelled long-distance connections on Monday. The railway had shut down operations at the weekend in view of the impending strike and now has to switch back to "ramping up".
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