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The ÖBB recommends postponing travel to, from and via Germany. Information is available via the “Scotty” timetable information. Deutsche Bahn’s attempt to avert the strike with an urgent court application failed. The Railjet connections Vienna-Munich are all canceled. Trains run by the mostly private Westbahn.
In view of the planned construction work at the Deutsches Eck, the inner Austrian ÖBB train traffic between Salzburg and Tyrol will be run according to the construction site timetable or will be redirected via Zell am See. Railjets towards Bregenz travel as planned via the Deutsche Eck and those to Zurich via Zell am See.
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The trains that were temporarily rerouted via Passau to Munich due to the construction site timetable will instead be routed to Salzburg in order to ensure a connection to the Bavarian Regiobahn (BRB). Travelers can switch to the hourly trains of the Bavarian Regiobahn (BRB) between Salzburg and Munich as well as Kufstein and Munich; ÖBB tickets are recognized, the Austrian Federal Railways announced on Monday.
Railjets between Vienna and Munich are canceled
The Railjet connections between Vienna and Munich are completely canceled. “Due to the different timetable due to the construction work and the short-term nature of the strike, it is not possible to run individual trains between Salzburg and Munich,” wrote the ÖBB on Monday afternoon, referring to the sixth strike in a shorter period of time on the railway in Germany.
The other long-distance trains towards Germany usually end at the border stations. The ICE connections start and end in Passau and Nuremberg respectively.
Night trains will be affected by the strike measures starting overnight (from March 11th to 12th). There will be failures and partial failures.
Westbahn connections not affected
The Westbahn, which also has the French state railway SNFC on board as a part-owner, runs five times on weekdays from Vienna via Salzburg to Munich and back. Each train has around 500 seats. Since she drives through with her train drivers, there shouldn’t be any problems because of the GDL strike. For ÖBB trains, the locomotive drivers are swapped at the border stations. Due to the strike, there is no German transfer fee to continue the journey.
The freight transport strike in Germany began on Monday at 6:00 p.m. According to the release, ÖBB Rail Cargo is trying to minimize the impact on transport through coordination with partners and customers. Freight traffic is expected to fully resume on March 12 at 6:00 p.m.
In Germany there are far-reaching restrictions on long-distance, regional and freight transport, the GDL union announced. On Monday afternoon, Deutsche Bahn tried to avert the train drivers’ strike with an urgent application to court. However, the court rejected Deutsche Bahn in the evening.
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