Transportation
German Rail Strike Ends Early as Wage Negotiations Resume
- GDL union agrees to not call a new walkout before March 3
- Passenger and freight services will gradually restart Sunday
Stationary Deutsche Bahn passenger trains on the first day of the strike.
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Germany’s railways will start rolling again after negotiations between train drivers and state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG resumed.
The Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer, or GDL, will end its strike on Saturday and agreed to not stage another walkout until at least March 3, according to a statement. The six-day strike — which would have been the longest in Deutsche Bahn’s history — was originally supposed to end on Monday at 6 p.m. local time.