With so many travel warnings and lockdowns, it rushed past unnoticed: the European Year of Rails 2021. The hoped-for renaissance of the railways did not materialize. Now laws should help. Containers shake through the Federal Republic on almost 34,000 kilometers of rail. Hundreds of ICE trains glide through the landscape. But Germany is still anything … Read more
The first strong autumn storm has reached Germany: warnings of hurricane gusts are given, especially from Saarland to Saxony. The first storm damage occurred in the morning. All information in the news blog. The storm “Ignatz” reached Germany early Thursday morning with strong gusts, thunderstorms and rain. In the course of the day, the German … Read more
As of: 09/25/2021 8:18 a.m. Deutsche Bahn expects train cancellations and delays until well into Saturday after a train has derailed in Wolfsburg. There were no injuries, millions were lost. As the Deutsche Bahn announced on Friday afternoon, it should take at least until Saturday afternoon until the malfunction is resolved. On the company’s homepage, … Read more
Status: 09/24/2021 7:43 p.m. Deutsche Bahn expects train cancellations and delays until well into Saturday after a train has derailed in Wolfsburg. There were no injuries, millions were lost. As the Deutsche Bahn announced on Friday afternoon, it should take at least until Saturday afternoon until the malfunction is resolved. On the company’s homepage, travelers … Read more
Status: 09/24/2021 3:24 p.m. Deutsche Bahn expects train cancellations and delays until Saturday evening after a train has derailed in Wolfsburg. People were not injured, the damage runs into the millions. As Deutsche Bahn announced on Friday afternoon, it should take until Saturday evening for the malfunction to be resolved. On the company’s homepage, travelers … Read more
Status: 07.09.2021 12:12 p.m. After the third round of strike by the German Locomotive Drivers’ Union (GDL), which ended early Tuesday morning, rail traffic is returning to normal. For now, travelers can breathe a sigh of relief. But the wage dispute continues. Deutsche Bahn assumes that the trains will mostly run according to the normal … Read more
Status: 06.09.2021 6:58 a.m. The fifth day of strike in a row at the railway has started and travelers in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein still have to be prepared for delays and train cancellations. The GDL union continues its strike unabated, it said. “The situation is unchanged, the replacement schedule has started again as planned,” said … Read more
As of: 05.09.2021 8:14 am The strike of the train drivers at Deutsche Bahn continues. The regional labor court in Frankfurt on Friday in the second instance rejected Deutsche Bahn’s application for an injunction, with which the company wanted to stop the labor dispute. Claus Weselsky, head of the German Locomotive Drivers’ Union (GDL), was … Read more
Status: 03.09.2021 2:48 p.m. The strike of the train drivers at Deutsche Bahn continues. The regional labor court in Frankfurt on Friday in the second instance rejected Deutsche Bahn’s application for an injunction, with which the company wanted to stop the labor dispute. Claus Weselsky, head of the German Locomotive Drivers’ Union (GDL), was satisfied … Read more
Status: 02.09.2021 00:01 am In the wage conflict, the railway offers 3.2 percent more wages and 600 euros corona bonus. GDL boss Claus Weselsky wants to check the offer by morning. For the third time in the ongoing collective bargaining dispute with Deutsche Bahn, the German Locomotive Drivers Union (GDL) has called for a labor … Read more