After the cancellation of the two-day warning strike, the trains are, according to the german train Drove “largely” as planned on Monday morning. The rail operation “started according to plan”, a spokesman said.
- About 90% of the planned long-distance trains will run regularly on Monday. Regional and S-Bahn traffic runs largely without strike-related restrictions.
- Night trips may resume overnight from Monday to Tuesday.
- For Railjet connections via Deutsches Eck, an hourly rail service will be set up on Monday and Tuesday. Changes are needed at Salzburg Hbf and Kufstein.
- Local trains run according to schedule with some exceptions.
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Despite the cancellation of the 50-hour warning strike, travelers in Germany and Austria should expect restrictions until Tuesday.
They judge Railjet trains on this german corner Hourly shuttle service on Monday and Tuesday. In addition, overnight trips will not resume until Tuesday night.
An hourly rail service will be set up through Deutsches Eck. This means that all Railjets start and end at Salzburg Hbf or Kufstein. There, the passage for the shuttle train takes place, which takes passengers over the Deutsches Eck. “Due to the two changes, slightly longer travel times are expected. However, the two-hour detour via the Austrian inland route has been eliminated,” explained ÖBB on Sunday evening.
The following trains run between Salzburg Hbf and Munich Hbf as rail replacement services:
- 05/15: RJX 861.669 and 366
- 16.5. RJX 669 and 366
They drive on public transport ÖBB fully standard time again. There are still individual restrictions on Monday on the route between Scharnitz and Mittenwald. ÖBB asks its passengers to inquire about planned connections before starting their journey, either via ÖBB Scotty timetable information, the ÖBB app or ÖBB customer service at 05-1717-0.
On the Western Railway, which runs from Vienna to Salzburg, Innsbruck and Munich, the website said on Sunday that all trains to Innsbruck are scheduled and there is no rail replacement service to the German corner. The schedule between Salzburg and Munich is reduced to three trains each way on Monday and four or five trains on Tuesday. Tickets for Monday or Tuesday are also valid today, Sunday and Wednesday. Rail traffic on the Vienna – Salzburg section is not affected.
Despite the cancellation of the strike, DB warned of restrictions in the coming days. “DB is facing the major challenge of having to reschedule around 50,000 train journeys and the associated shifts and deployment schedules.” On Sunday, DB specified that around a third of planned long-distance trains would be canceled on Monday. And even on Sunday night there were “individual train cancellations”. From Tuesday, all ICE and IC trains should be back on the road as planned, the railway promised.
The German railway and transport union (EVG) and the DB reached an agreement before the Frankfurt am Main labor court on Saturday. EVG is also negotiating new collective agreements with around 50 competitors of Deutsche Bahn, and the call for strikes remains valid for these companies. With these railways, which mainly operate regionally across Germany, there is a risk of large-scale failures at the beginning of the week. Restrictions are also expected on regional transport on Deutsche Bahn, as well as on freight transport.