The German Locomotive Drivers’ Union (GDL) has once again called on Deutsche Bahn (DB) employees to go on a nationwide strike on Tuesday, March 12th. The restrictions are again affecting passengers on the Munich S-Bahn.
The 24-hour strike on passenger transport lasts from Tuesday morning at 2 a.m. to Wednesday at 2 a.m. As the DB announces, despite the short lead time, there should be a basic rail service again.
As with the recent strikes, an emergency timetable applies to the S-Bahn: All S-Bahn lines run at least every hour: Line S 1 runs between Ostbahnhof and Freising every 60 minutes and does not go to the airport. The S 2 runs between Markt Schwaben and Dachau every 20 to 40 minutes, and on the other sections every hour. The lines S 3, S 4, S 6 and S 7 run every hour.
The S 8 line runs between Pasing and the airport every 20 minutes, between Pasing and Germering every 20 to 40 minutes and between Germering and Herrsching every 60 minutes. The S 20 is no longer applicable.
The Munich S-Bahn points out that there are also construction-related disruptions: On the night of Wednesday, March 13th, construction work will take place on the main route from 9:40 p.m. to 4:40 a.m. During construction work, the S6 will be the only line running between Ostbahnhof and Pasing. On the same night, there will be a replacement service on line S7 between Perlach and Kreuzstrasse from 9:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m.
The DB once again advises against unnecessary trips during the GDL strike and to postpone planned trips to another time. Information on the operating situation is available on s-bahn-muenchen.de or in the Munich Navigator app.
If you would like to find out about the current traffic situation and the effects of the GDL strike on rail traffic by telephone, you can reach the DB Service on the free hotline 0800 099 66 33. At peak times, there may be longer waiting times and delays due to the large number of calls.