Deutsche Bahn also expects the announced strike by train drivers to have an impact on Munich S-Bahn traffic. According to a statement, the first disruptions are expected from Tuesday evening at 11 p.m. These would last until the night from Friday to Saturday. The railway plans to provide more detailed information about the emergency timetable later on Monday. Current information is available in the Munich Navigator app or on www.s-bahn-muenchen.de/aktuell available.
The German Locomotive Drivers’ Union (GDL) has called on its members to stop work across Germany from Wednesday morning at 2 a.m. until Friday evening at 6 p.m. The GDL wants to paralyze train traffic for several days at a time in this tariff round for the first time. Deutsche Bahn announced on Sunday evening that it would submit an urgent application to the labor court in Frankfurt am Main against the strike. She considers the strike to be “superfluous” and “not legally permissible.”
The railway responded to the union on Friday with a new offer, which also took into account the core demand for a reduction in working hours to 35 hours. The GDL called the offer insubstantial and accused the railway of not using the Christmas truce to counteract a strike with a negotiable offer.