Berlin
Train passengers will face significant disabilities on Friday. The EVG union is calling for nationwide warning strikes lasting several hours. Strikes are also going on again at airports.
Train passengers will have to look for alternatives again on Friday: Due to a nationwide warning strike by the railway and transport union (EVG) in the morning and in the morning, long-distance and regional transport are likely to come to a standstill, at least in the first half of the day. The sister union Verdi has also called for warning strikes at Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn and Hamburg airports on Thursday and Friday. However, the unions had not coordinated, according to the EVG.
On the rails, Deutsche Bahn has already adjusted its passengers to “significant restrictions”. In long-distance traffic in particular, the day was “more or less over,” said Group HR Director Martin Seiler in Berlin on Wednesday. “Anyone who can reschedule should do so.”
He initially left open whether the group basically leaves ICE and IC trains in the depots. “As always, we will provide our travelers with as much goodwill as possible,” he said. In regional transport and on the S-Bahn, it must be checked whether the trains can get back on the route during the course of the day.
The EVG has called on its members for Friday morning between 3 a.m. and 11 a.m. for a nationwide warning strike at Deutsche Bahn and several dozen other railway companies. The union wants to increase the pressure on employers in the ongoing wage dispute.
