Traffic: Train: Significantly more passengers before traffic warning strike

The all-day and comprehensive traffic warning strike announced for Monday in Germany is already having an impact on Deutsche Bahn (DB).

Traffic: Train: Significantly more passengers before traffic warning strike

The all-day and comprehensive traffic warning strike announced for Monday in Germany is already having an impact on Deutsche Bahn (DB). "DB is already noticing a significantly increased number of passengers and a high utilization of the trains, especially in long-distance traffic, before the nationwide warning strike by the EVG on Monday," said a railway spokesman on Saturday morning.

Travelers are therefore recommended to reserve a seat. "Train passengers are also asked to reach their intended destination as early as possible on Sunday, as there may already be disruptions to rail traffic in the evening," it said.

Three federal states are waiving the Sunday driving ban for trucks

Meanwhile, several federal states are refraining from enforcing the driving ban for trucks on Sunday. Goods transports can be brought forward if necessary. North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania announced that they would lift the truck driving ban on Sunday or not check it. Forwarders, retailers and Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) had previously advocated such an exception.

The police in Baden-Württemberg will generally refrain from punishing violations of the Sunday driving ban, said a spokesman for the Stuttgart Ministry of the Interior on Saturday when asked. Rhineland-Palatinate had already suspended the truck driving ban for this Sunday on Friday. The Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia announced that the police in the federal state would "refrain from checking the Sunday driving ban next Sunday".

According to the Association of Transport Economics and Logistics North Rhine-Westphalia, the waiver of controls will not lead to traffic jams on the motorways. "We'll see a few hundred more trucks on the autobahn tomorrow, but it's not like we have to fear traffic jams," said Marcus Hover, deputy general manager of the VVWL NRW association, on Saturday to the German Press Agency. Although this measure in several federal states is a relief, it comes very, very late for the industry.

The Verdi union and the railway and transport union (EVG) have called for a major warning strike in the transport sector on Monday. Long-distance, regional and S-Bahn rail traffic is on strike, as are almost all German airports and local public transport in seven federal states. Shipping is also affected, as is the motorway company.

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