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This is a quite big MAY but a back-up plan you may need.

 

Germany: Train drivers plan 30-hour strike

23-Oct-2007 01:19:21 AM (GMT) From media reports: Bloomberg news service reported German train drivers are planning a 30-hour nationwide strike beginning at 2 a.m. local time on Thursday, 25 October. They plan to return to work at 8 a.m. on Friday, 26 October.

 

The Frankfurt-based GDL train drivers' union made their announcement in an email statement today. The union said the strike will affect both local and regional railway traffic.

 

The train drivers have held previous walkouts during the past three months as they continue to demand higher pay.

 

Deutsche Bahn's passenger-service director has urged the union to return to negotiations and appealed to the GDL to wait until after a court hearing to conduct further strikes. The appeals court is set to hold a hearing on 2 November.

 

Two other railway unions, Transnet and the GDBA, settled their pay disputes in July

 

Our travel provider at work has advised that upto last week these strikes were mainly affecting Berlin and the east of country and a court order prevents drivers on long-distance routes joining the strike. But as you can see from the quote above, they are now going nationwide.

 

There might be some expensive taxi fares come the 6th, 7th and 8th of November!!

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well i hope this shit is over by then but we'll see what happens after sunday..... then the court will rule wether strikes are allowed on long-distance drains too.....

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We only get updates when there is new news to be had. The latest we have at work is:

 

No strike action between October 30th and November 4th

 

Decision today (2nd November) regarding strike action for next week.

Posted

Doubt it affects anyone as its the day of the game, but on the offchance that someone is travelling down the east coast line to London for an early flight next thursday, bear in mind the midlandmainline mob are on strike.

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ill just follow the crowds but will this affect whatever we ride on from munich to the ground?

 

no

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ill just follow the crowds but will this affect whatever we ride on from munich to the ground?

 

 

no

Or from the airport into the centre of Munich?

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I was in Paris for the rugby world cup, and the SNCF strike was taking place at the time.

 

They managed to run the entire Metro service there with a skeleton staff almost without disruption, so I'd guess (hope) it'll be the same in Munich.

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Or from the airport into the centre of Munich?

 

 

hmm i think this week this train wont be affected either....

but even on a strike day the airport line was always kept alive somehow

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No strikes in long-distance, regional and S-Bahn services until further noticeNo strikes are expected in long-distance, regional and S-Bahn services at Deutsche Bahn until further notice. All DB trains are running to schedule.

 

Information for travellers on the replacement timetable as well as detailed information on all regional train lines and S-Bahn lines for each German federal state is available at www.bahn.de/aktuell .

 

Round-the-clock toll-free information is available on the service hotline 08000 99 66 33.

 

Latest travel information is available at www.bahn.de/ris

 

Customers from abroad can obtain information on the service hotline +49 1805 33 44 44 (fees depend on country of origin and provider).

 

Passengers unable to start their journey on the day of a strike owing to strike-related train cancellations or delays can have their fare reimbursed at no charge until the end of November. DB season tickets will be proportionally reimbursed if the scope of the ticket?s validity as well as the day of travel are directly affected. In regional transport associations the relevant conditions for exchange and refund remain valid.

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