

The EVG had already threatened new, longer labor actions to reinforce their demands for a considerably higher wage. on Sunday evening and will last until midnight brings Tuesday night to a close.

International train connections were also disrupted, including sleeper trains to Austria and Switzerland and trains between the Netherlands and Germany. Train transport in Germany was hit hard by the previous strikes in March and April. The NS is still looking at the details, the NS spokesperson said.ĭeutsche Bahn said it expects the 50-hour rail strike to begin on Sunday evening to cause a "massive disruption" to rail traffic in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. It is not yet known when exactly the first ICE trains will be canceled on Sunday. The strike was announced by the rail union EVG on Thursday. Railway staff in Germany will stop working for a 50-hour period beginning on Sunday evening due to a long-running clash over a collective bargaining agreement with Deutsche Bahn and other railway companies.

The international ICE trains between the Netherlands and Germany will be canceled from Sunday evening to Tuesday night due to a major national strike by German rail workers, a spokesperson for Dutch national railway NS.
