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Germany hit by last-minute train strike: Deutsche Bahn trains “massively affected”

German train drivers have launched a last-minute strike. The 24-hour public transport walkout began on Thursday evening.

It is the fourth strike this year and follows disruption earlier this week due to heavy snowfall in southern Germany.

Passenger services operated by Germany’s main train operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) will be disrupted until 10pm Friday.

DB have warned passengers to expect “massive restrictions and cancellations”.

The strike has been called by the GDL union following the breakdown of talks with DB over pay and working hours.

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Deutsche Bahn operates trains throughout Germany.

Commuter trains in the cities of Berlin and Hamburg will be hit.

DB have said that their “long-distance, regional and S-Bahn services will be subject to delays and cancellations”.

They said trains will be running according to a strike timetable which “only ensures a very limited basic service on DB’s long-distance, regional and S-Bahn services”.

According to the union, the strike will not only affect services run by Deutsche Bahn.

Other railway companies such as the Transdev Group (including Bayerische Oberlandbahn and NordWestBahn) are affected.

Around one in five ICE and IC long-distance trains were cancelled during the previous GDL strike.

Train dispatchers, who coordinate train services nationwide, have also been called out on the warning strike. However, the GDL is not strongly represented among them.

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