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The German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) is on strike at Deutsche Bahn until Monday.
There are also outages and restrictions in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) has been on strike at Deutsche Bahn since Wednesday (January 24th) at 2 a.m.
There are massive disruptions during the strike.
Numerous trains and trams are canceled.
The strike is scheduled to last until Monday (January 29th) at 6 p.m.
All news from NRW about the rail strike at a glance.
Update January 25th, 6:11 a.m.:
The rail strike has been going on for over 24 hours.
Numerous trains and S-Bahn trains will be canceled until Monday evening.
Many more are experiencing massive delays.
“The emergency timetable only ensures a very limited train supply in traffic.
Please refrain from making unnecessary trips during the GDL strike and postpone your journey to another time,” says
Zuginfo.nrw
.
GDL rail strike since Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 2 a.m
► The German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) has been on strike at Deutsche Bahn since Wednesday (January 24th) at 2 a.m. until Monday (January 29th) at 6 p.m.
During this period, a number of regional and long-distance connections throughout Germany and therefore also in North Rhine-Westphalia will be canceled.
► The GDL is calling for weekly working hours to be reduced to 35 hours and higher wages - so far, however, negotiations with Deutsche Bahn have not resulted in an agreement acceptable to both sides.
► As a result of the strike, there are not only cancellations but also reduced timing, delays or timetable changes.
You can find out more about this via the DB app or the Deutsche Bahn homepage, among other things.
► Overview: Which trains are running in Cologne despite the strike
► Overview: Which trains are running in Düsseldorf despite the strike
► Which trains in North Rhine-Westphalia are canceled due to the rail strike
► Which trains are running in North Rhine-Westphalia despite the rail strike
Rail strike in North Rhine-Westphalia: Trains that were supposed to run are also canceled
Update January 24th, 7:22 p.m.:
As expected, the rail strike in North Rhine-Westphalia is hitting train traffic hard.
More than 40 railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia alone are canceled due to the GDL strike.
The hope for many rail travelers lies in the lines that will be served despite the strike.
But some failures were also reported on Wednesday.
This particularly affects the region from the eastern Ruhr area to Siegerland.
The lines RE34 (Dortmund – Siegen) and RB91 (Hagen – Siegen) are canceled even though they should have been running.
The reason: “The signal boxes in the Hagen, Finnentrop, Kreuztal and Siegen Hbf area are on strike,” says zuginfo.nrw.
After all, replacement rail services have been set up for parts of the routes.
Rail strike in North Rhine-Westphalia: 41 lines are canceled, 42 are still in operation
Update from January 24th, 10:08 a.m.:
At the start of the six-day rail strike, there are significant restrictions for travelers and commuters in North Rhine-Westphalia.
As can be seen from the regional information portal
zuginfo.nrw
, a total of 41 regional trains (RE and RB) and S-Bahn lines in the state were affected by the strike, which was called by the train drivers' union GDL and which began on Wednesday morning in local passenger transport.
Deutsche Bahn has set up a thinned-out emergency timetable.
This is running stable, said a railway spokesman.
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According to him, the weather did not make the situation any worse: there had been no major disruptions due to the storm so far.
There were no strikes on trains run by smaller railway companies such as Nationalexpress, Eurobahn or RheinRuhrBahn.
All in all, according to
zuginfo.nrw
, 42 regional train and S-Bahn lines were running without restrictions on Wednesday morning - about as many as were affected by the strike.
Rail strike started – what travelers need to know now
Update from January 24th, 8:37 a.m.:
The six-day strike by the German Locomotive Drivers' Union (GDL) is paralyzing large parts of rail traffic in Germany.
The strike began on Tuesday evening in freight transport and early Wednesday morning in long-distance and regional transport of Deutsche Bahn.
The emergency timetable for passenger traffic got off to a stable start on Wednesday night, a railway spokeswoman told the German Press Agency in the morning.
“We see that many of the travelers were able to either bring their trip forward or postpone it to a later date.”
As with the previous strikes, around 80 percent of long-distance trains are canceled, according to Deutsche Bahn.
There are also significant restrictions in regional transport, said the spokeswoman.
As was the case recently, these are expected to vary greatly from region to region.
Passengers can find out about their journey via the railway website or the “DB-Navigator” app.
The train connection is canceled for journeys booked during the strike period.
Customers can therefore postpone their trips to a later date.
Rail strike in Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia has started
Update from January 24th, 6:14 a.m.:
The GdL strike has now also begun in passenger transport.
As Deutsche Bahn reports, the emergency timetable has been in effect since morning.
The strike will cause massive disruption to long-distance and regional transport up to and including Monday.
The emergency timetable only offers passengers on long-distance, regional and S-Bahn transport a “greatly reduced” range of journeys.
According to information from the railway, this should be reliable.
However, the extent to which trains run despite the strike varies greatly from region to region.
The rail strike will cause significant restrictions on long-distance and regional transport from Wednesday
Update from January 23rd, 9:47 p.m.:
The GDL strike in passenger transport will begin in just under four hours.
With the approximately six-day strike, the train drivers' union will paralyze large parts of Deutsche Bahn's rail traffic from early Wednesday morning (2 a.m.).
Passengers will have to prepare for significant restrictions on long-distance and regional transport from the start of operations in the morning.
It is the fourth and longest strike to date in the ongoing collective bargaining dispute at the railway.
GDL strike: freight transport stops work on Tuesday evening
Update from January 23rd, 7:39 p.m.:
In addition to the strike in passenger transport on Wednesday, a number of DB Cargo freight trains have been on strike by members of the GDL since 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
“European freight traffic across the Alps, Poland or to Scandinavia as well as the sea ports in Holland or Belgium are also affected,” Deutsche Bahn said on Tuesday evening.
As a result of the strike, it is feared that customers from business and industry will have to shift a lot of goods to trucks and roads.
“The colleagues at DB Cargo are still doing everything they can to ensure that supply-relevant freight trains arrive despite the strike,” it continues.
Rail strike from Wednesday – several train cancellations in North Rhine-Westphalia
First report from January 23rd:
Cologne - train travelers beware: Anyone who has planned a train trip between Wednesday (January 24th) and Monday (January 29th) will probably not be able to take it as planned.
Because: The train drivers' union (GDL) is on strike at Deutsche Bahn for the second time this year.
As a result, a number of trains across Germany and thus also in North Rhine-Westphalia are canceled, others are running late or at significantly reduced frequency.
The train drivers' union is calling, among other things, for weekly working hours to be reduced to 35 hours and higher wages - so far without agreement with Deutsche Bahn (DB).
GDL goes on strike at Deutsche Bahn - train drivers stop work, but some trains still run
Due to the GDL strike, a number of trains across Germany will be at a standstill from Wednesday (January 24th) (symbolic image/montage).
© Marc John/Imago & Panama Pictures/Imago
That's why the train drivers will stop working from Wednesday morning (January 24th, 2 a.m.).
For passengers, this means that many regional and long-distance trains will not run until Monday evening (January 29th, 6 p.m.).
However, not every train company is on strike; train companies such as Flixtrain or National Express are not organized in the GDL and still run.
In addition, travelers in large cities such as Cologne or Düsseldorf can also use urban rail lines such as KVB or Rheinbahn.
These are also unaffected by the strike.
By the way: The GDL strike also has a major impact in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Here too, various lines are canceled or run late, with reduced frequency, or with a changed timetable.
Either way, everyone who had planned a train trip during the strike period will have stressful travel days ahead of them due to the latest strike announcement.
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