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A "working time corridor" will be set up, allowing the train drivers to gradually reduce their working time to 35 hours per week by 2029 while keeping wages at the same level. Germany has been hit by a wave of industrial action in recent months, as high inflation and staff bottlenecks soured wage negotiations in the transport sector, affecting national rail, air travel and public transport.
A year after a major train derailment, the rail company is under fire from Ancora Holdings for lagging rivals in financial performance.
The cross-Channel rail operator said it carried 18.6 million passengers in 2023
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn says it has resumed its normal timetable after the three-day strike by the train drivers' union GDL. According to a spokesman for the federally-owned company, traffic was running smoothly and according to plan on Saturday morning. GDL had staged a nationwide strike on rail passenger services from Wednesday morning until Friday evening, causing thousands of train cancellations. After the end of the industrial action, the railway initially continued to operate ac
A three-day train drivers' strike ended throughout Germany on Friday evening, but the head of the GDL union warned that rail operator Deutsche Bahn should prepare for more industrial action to come. "After completing these strike measures, we will give the company (Deutsche Bahn) some time to come to its senses," GDL boss Claus Weselsky said in Berlin on Friday evening as the strike wound down. "If they don’t do that, the next industrial action will follow. It will be longer and it will hit the