Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
800px-Intercity_train_netherlands_2010
- Credit: Picture: Wikimedia Commons/Steven Lek
Amsterdam
Berlin
Deutsche Bahn
Frankfurt
GDL
Germany
NS
train drivers strike
train traffic
Tuesday, 5 May 2015 - 10:54
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Trains to Germany disrupted amid rail strike

Since 02:00 a.m. on Tuesday, many passenger trains have not been traveling due to a train drivers strike in Germany. The strike started on Monday with the stopping of freight trains, but has now entered a new phase. The strike was organized by union GDL, a small union that represents only a part of the drivers. The union wants to continue the strike until 09:00 a.m. on Sunday, NOS reports. The Deutsche Bahn has set up an emergency timetable and hopes tat at least a third of the trains will still be able to travel between major cities. NS International expects that some 10 thousand Dutch train travelers will be inconvenienced by this strike. There are no Intercity trains traveling between Amsterdam and Berlin at present. The high speed trains between Amsterdam and Frankfurt are still traveling on schedule. The striking drivers are demanding higher wages, shorter hours and more recognition for their union. The Deutsche Bahn has announced that it is only willing to negotiate with the other union, that represent both drivers and all the other crew members.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Hundreds register for March 10 affordable housing protest in The Hague
  • Women twice as likely to have Covid vaccine side effects
  • Teenagers suspected of manslaughter in The Hague snack bar owner's killing
  • Utrecht garbage strike comes to an end after one week
  • Rutte tells Erdogan the Dutch can offer more help; Dutch donate millions in relief aid
  • Netherlands, Germany & Denmark buying at least 100 Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine

Top stories

  • Rutte tells Erdogan the Dutch can offer more help; Dutch donate millions in relief aid
  • Netherlands, Germany & Denmark buying at least 100 Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine
  • Care farm ordered closed for physically, mentally abusing people with disabilities
  • Vattenfall to lower energy prices to below price cap for 700,000 customers in April
  • Dutch rescue team arrives in Turkey; Nearly €1.2 million raised for earthquake victims
  • Netherlands to send a search & rescue team to Turkey after 7.8 magnitude earthquake

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content