Touring round Germany from 10 PM on Sunday till midnight on Tuesday (Might 14 – 26, 2023) might be troublesome because of the nation’s rail community being principally down.
Railway and Transport Employee’s Union are launching a 50-hour-long warning strike that can halt all long-distance, regional, and freight visitors.
UPDATE: The strike has been referred to as off as events have reached an settlement on the final minute.
Lufthansa depends on German’s rail community to supply connectivity to its long-haul flights and has issued the next steering:
Disruptions on Lufthansa Categorical Rail connections from 14 Might (10 p.m.) to 16 Might (midnight)
Lengthy-distance practice companies with the Deutsche Bahn might be suspended from Sunday, 14 Might 23 from 10 p.m. till Tuesday, 16 Might 23 midnight on account of a strike by the railway union EVG. Because of this, there can even be no Lufthansa Categorical Rail service to and from Frankfurt Airport. In case your practice is affected by a cancellation, please contact a Lufthansa Service Middle.
Alternatively, you too can select one other technique of transport. Lufthansa will cowl the prices for this, offered they’re cheap. As a self-payer, please ship your receipts in addition to your boarding cross, stating your financial institution particulars (IBAN and BIC), utilizing our suggestions kind.
Conclusion
It has been a spring of strikes round Europe in 2023 on account of staff demanding greater wages due to rampant inflation + strikes in France on account of pension reform plans.
The rail is the best way to go for brief/medium-distance journey round Europe on account of stations being in metropolis facilities and high-speed rail broadly obtainable.
I simply took the Eurostar on Monday and can take it again to London from Paris on Saturday. I’ve some rail journey inside Italy coming subsequent month too.