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German national railway Deutsche Bahn and millions of passengers across the country are bracing for the start of a six-day strike by the train drivers' union GDL. The strike is scheduled to begin in the early hours of Wednesday morning and is expected to cause massive disruptions to train service throughout the country. Deutsche Bahn on Tuesday began publishing very limited emergency timetables of trains that will still run despite the strike by the GDL trade union. The strike on passenger rail

Germany's GDL train drivers' union on Monday said it has called on employees of state-owned Deutsche Bahn (DB) to go on a multi-day strike again. The strike will begin on Wednesday at 2 am (0100 GMT) and continue until 6 pm on Monday the following week, GDL said in a statement released in the early hours of Monday. Union members at DB Cargo, which is responsible for freight transport, had already been called to strike from 6 pm on Tuesday. On Friday, Deutsche Bahn presented a new wage offer to b

German national railway Deutsche Bahn has warned of massive travel disruptions after the train drivers' union GDL announced a six-day strike against the railway. The strike will begin on Wednesday at 2 am (0100 GMT) and continue until 6 pm on Monday the following week, GDL said in a statement released in the early hours of Monday. Union members at DB Cargo, which is responsible for freight transport, had already been called to strike from 6 pm on Tuesday. Deutsche Bahn said an extremely limited

German national railway Deutsche Bahn will not ask the courts to block an upcoming six-day strike by the GDL train drivers' union that is expected to severely impact rail service across the country. "After legal examination, there are currently no plans to obtain an injunction," Deutsche Bahn said on Monday, hours after GDL leaders announced plans for the strike. The union called on train drivers to stop work on passenger trains beginning at 2 am (0100 GMT) on Wednesday. The strike on freight tr

The leader of Germany's train drivers' union GDL defended the looming six-day strike against national railway Deutsche Bahn (DB) as both legal and proportionate, given what he described as unsatisfactory offers from the railway. "We can read. We know what is written there. And it is not a basis for entering into negotiations with DB," labour leader Claus Weselsky said of the railway's latest off to train drivers. The strike, which will begin on Wednesday, is expected to cause massive disruptions