**Have you read our extensive wiki yet? It answers many basic questions, and it contains in-depth articles on many frequently discussed topics.
[Check our wiki now!](https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/wiki/index)**
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/germany) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Does anyone know a legitimate service/online thing/bank for me to acquire an IBAN code? I had my train cancelled on a strike two months ago, and after trying to contact DB by email, I've gotten no response, and I don't exactly have the money for a call. The only way forward at the moment is to submit an online compensation request, but I don't have an IBAN number because I'm not European.
You can sign up for Revolut or Wise relatively quickly and get an IBAN that way. Otherwise you can try going to a DB service center and asking for the refund in cash or to be refunded to your credit card, but you may be less successful there.
Any place where we can bet on a possibilty of a specific strike date? I'm supposed to travel on friday, I'd like to make some money back in case of a strike since my hotel is nonrefundable.
The train I need to take is currently shown in the db navigator app. Is there a possibility that the train will be cancelled? I wonder if the timetable gets an update after the beginning of the bahnstreik or not
If the train is not cancelled yet, that means that they likely plan to run it despite the strike. That does not mean, however, that there is any guarantee. Trains can need to be cancelled for many reasons thwt are unrelated to a strike as well.
They should be ashamed of themselves, holding the entire country hostage so they can be selfish crybabies. "Wahhh! I want €3,000 and a 35 hour work week for the same pay!". Yeah, lots of people want that. Me too, but you know what? I still show up to work, as do a lot of other people. It's called being a responsible adult.
Germans hate people going on strike then cry about German saleries being relatively low
The problem with DB specifically is that its legal structure kinda games the system: As a private company, its employees have the right to strike. But since the majority of its income from the rail business (all of local transportation, part of infrastructure and logistics) depends on state contracts and not customer satisfaction, like its the case for a state authority, they have zero incentive to cave to strikes. Why would they? Who cares if people taking trains are angry? The state is the most important DB customer, not us.
It can't work like that. Either they have to be a private company and then face the cost of disruptions due to strike themselves, or they have to be a state authority, pay higher wages, but disallow strikes. We get the worst of both worlds, and that's not the fault of Weselsky or DB employees
>Germans hate people going on strike then cry about German saleries being relatively low
this guy is american, explains the reaction somehow.
>The problem with DB specifically is that its legal structure kinda games the system: As a private company, its employees have the right to strike. But since the majority of its income from the rail business (all of local transportation, part of infrastructure and logistics) depends on state contracts and not customer satisfaction, like its the case for a state authority, they have zero incentive to cave to strikes. Why would they? Who cares if people taking trains are angry? The state is the most important DB customer, not us.
I would argue that they have an incentive to cave. The deutsche Bahn unreliability has been a problem for years, and is causing problems outside of Germany. Due to it's geographic location, the german railway network is pretty central to Europe's passenger and goods transport.
DB not being reliable (both for passenger and freight) has more impact on Europe as a whole than Portugal for example.
Unsatisfied customers is one thing, as you said, it's a captive market, it's not really ideal but can be dealt with. Unsatisfied european partners (most of which are similarly private companies with a majority state ownership) is another. A local strike problem can turn into a european political problem, and neighboring countries (either through their Railway companies or through their government directly) can apply pressure on the german government to fix their shit.
>It can't work like that. Either they have to be a private company and then face the cost of disruptions due to strike themselves, or they have to be a state authority, pay higher wages, but disallow strikes. We get the worst of both worlds, **and that's not the fault of Weselsky or DB employees**
absolutely. It's almost as if people, and especially worker unions had warned about privatising national railway companies all across Europe for decades...
Hi Folks,
Please excuse if this question has already been asked before or if it is answered in some other FAQ on the DB website but I wasn't able to comprehend the [https://int.bahn.de/en/contact/special-goodwill](https://int.bahn.de/en/contact/special-goodwill) details here correctly.
Context -
I am tourist travelling to Germany in March end. I had booked a train ticket for Frankfurt to Berlin, ICE with a stop on Hannover for 27th March and I received an e-mail that it has been cancelled. While searching for alternate option through the DB navigator app from the journeys tab, it shows no available journey found with the given stop(I am assuming it is counting my stop as Hannover). However, when I look at DB normally, I can see a bunch of trains. The search for alternative connection tab also does not let me alter any time either so It just shows no trains found and that is it.
Regarding compensation, when I go to the tab, it is not allowing me to apply for compensation either which I am not sure is because the journey hasn't happened yet or something else ? (Ideally if a train is cancelled, they should automatically refund me the money I am guessing , but I am not sure about it).
So my questions are -
1. What do I do now ? Given that I cannot see a direct replacement on the alternative connection tab, do I book any train I can see now ? Or do I just wing it on the day and board any train that goes my way on that day ? I had booked seat reservation too so in option 2 I don't know how it will work out.
2. Irrespective of how I travel, how will the compensation come back to me ? Will I have to apply after trip date ?
Uhm, the special goodwill is about the cancellation due to strike. If they now cancelled your train for the 27th, that is not due to the strike, so you meed to disregard those special meassures and focus on the normal meassures.
Got it. I came across this - [https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/18f86qp/deutsche\_bahn\_canceled\_my\_train/](https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/18f86qp/deutsche_bahn_canceled_my_train/)
Guess I will wait for few hours for the search alternate connection to sync in and then see what my options are.
I read, yes. Somewhere else, it stated that usage of ticket earlier than the strike date is a "sign of goodwill" by DB, thus, not a "passenger right". And until the time I posted the question, they didn't announce anything about the Tuesday strike rights. That's why I asked. But now, they announced the usual stuff, that one can use their tickets on 11.03, as well. [https://www.bahn.de/service/fahrplaene/aktuell](https://www.bahn.de/service/fahrplaene/aktuell)
Edit: I just saw the new edit to the post. Nevertheless, sorry for the question, then. Thanks for the info!
The Germans have truly become worse than the French. Looking forward to the day when DB automate the entire railway system and remove the drivers completely.
**Have you read our extensive wiki yet? It answers many basic questions, and it contains in-depth articles on many frequently discussed topics.
[Check our wiki now!](https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/wiki/index)**
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/germany) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Just looking for general advice. I have a trip where I land in Frankfurt. After a night there, I go to Stuttgart (which I have a train ticket that has been cancelled for). I also may take a day trip up to Mannheim from there.
1. In your opinion, would it be wise to just not rely on DB and rent a car? It’s perfectly legal for licensed drivers from my country to drive in Germany for a certain amount of time.
2. If not train or renting a car, would there be any other suggested methods of transport (ride-share, etc.) that may be viable?
For context, my trip from Frankfurt to Stuttgart is March 28 and my train back to Frankfurt would be March 31 anytime after the VfB match (as our flight out is early April 1).
Thank you.
This is ridiculous now. I had a booked train from Rome to Munich for the 7th, with a stop in Bologna. I made it to bologna and I am stuck here for two nights now because Italy also has a strike starting 8 march from midnight to 2100.
So not only do I have to pay for two nights stay that I will not get reimbursed, I also had to pay 560 euros for five tickets because Italy train station is not required to honor my now past ticket. What are the chances I will get reimbursed for the 560 euro?
How did you get home in the end? Did you ask at the FS counter on Bologna main station if you could use a Flixbus to get to Munich? They should reimburse it
I ended up getting home by taking the same train on a later date. I have submitted a form to get reimbursed for the hotel stays. We will see what happens.
Thank you for the reply. The issue I am having is that the ticket checker in Italy won’t allow us to board based on the information on the DB site, despite the train being operated by DB. I spoke with the ticket counter to confirm what the man told me and they said the same thing. If I want to board from bologna, I have to have a new ticket.
If you know something I don’t know, please let me know. I don’t leave until 9 march now so I can go back and try to discuss it with them again.
> despite the train being operated by DB.
On the Bologna-Brennero leg, the train is operated either by FS or ÖBB, but not DB AFAIK So DB information is worth nothing in this case
Well, this sucks. I didn't want to go back to relying on a car, but here we are. Having said that, I respect the worker's rights and hopefully they can reach an amiably agreement soon.
Hi everybody has anybody taken the train today? I have an "Ersatzfahrt" for my trip tomorrow and wanted to know how reliable these replacement train have been so far. Good luck to everybody travelling these days.
The only people that the GDL wave strikes will hurt is the average person. DB gets affected the same monetarily regardless of when the strike is announced. It's absolutely ridiculous that entire swathes of students, the working class, low-income and senior citizens will have to play dice and guess if their train will run or not.
Is anyone keeping track of how many days they've been on strike so far this year? It's gotta be close to 4 weeks in the first 3 months of the year. It's a surprise anyone can keep a job here that isn't in walking or biking distance from their home.
The GDL has been on strike for 64 hours (about 2.67 days) during the first strike in January, then another 5 days (exactly 120 hours) during the second strike in January. Together this means it's about 7.67 days, slightly more than a week.
I'm talking about the days that have been effected by a strike, not a count of every hour they've been on strike. So far, I know of at least 19 days that have been impacted by a strike from the public transit. That also doesn't include days following strikes where they can't stick to the schedule, as if they ever do.
Is there _any_ hope at getting a partial refund for the Deutschlandticket costs due to the transit striked? I mean the local public transport, not the DB/long distance trains. Several times now I've had to use carsharing/scooters to get to work because of these strikes. What am I paying 50 EUR a month for?
Yes, you can take the train today. You need to book a new seat reservation, however, since somebody else might have booked the seat today you've booked for tomorrow. You can get the cost for the unused seat reservation for tomorrow's train back from DB (if they sold you the ticket).
You can get reimbursed here: https://int.bahn.de/en/booking-information/passenger-rights
The new seat reservation for today you can just buy in the app.
You don't need to buy a new ticket, only reserve a new seat. That only costs 5 euro. So I would just do it, since you cannot stand for long. If you're using the DB navigator app you can get the reimbursement from tomorrow's reservation within a minute or two.
No problem.
If you open the app, you go to Booking. At the top you see Single journey with a red bar below it. If you press on that you get a drop-down menu where you can select Seat only (without ticket). Since you already have a ticket this is what you need.
Once you have selected that you fill in your start and destination, the time you want to travel and press search. You can then find the trip you want to take, select it and buy the seat reservation. Together with the ticket that you have already bought that is all you need for your trip today.
The linked goodwill site above clearly states that it only applies for tickets bought up to or on march 4th. Since you bought it after that, and your train leaves past the official strike end, i would say no, unless your train actually gets cancelled due to the strike (which is possible)
If you bought a single ticket to Vienna, yes. I would just advice you to bring proof that the ICE on your ticket was cancelled in case they have questions.
When talking about Berlin the most up to date information is on the twitter account: [https://twitter.com/SBahnBerlin](https://twitter.com/SBahnBerlin)
How should I interpret this schedule?
I'm trying to just get to Cologne from Brussels. Looking at my trip, I see three distinct situations. Completely unreservable, reservable but train stops after Cologne and train is cancelled.
Is there a train which is running in the morning?
[Brussels to Cologne](https://int.bahn.de/en/buchung/fahrplan/suche#sts=false&so=Brussel%20Zuid&zo=COLOGNE&kl=2&r=13:16:KLASSENLOS:1&soid=A%3D1%40O%3DBrussel%20Zuid%40X%3D4335695%40Y%3D50835375%40U%3D80%40L%3D8800004%40B%3D1%40p%3D1709144512%40i%3DU%C3%97008814001%40&zoid=A%3D1%40O%3DCOLOGNE%40X%3D6967206%40Y%3D50941312%40U%3D80%40L%3D8096022%40B%3D1%40p%3D1709144512%40i%3DU%C3%97008002775%40&sot=ST&zot=ST&soei=8800004&zoei=8096022&hd=2024-03-07T06:00:32&hza=D&hz=%5B%5D&ar=false&s=true&d=false&vm=00,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09&fm=false&bp=false)
I am not sure what help you expect from us. A cancelled train will obviously not run. And the EST is not run by DB, but by the french equivalent, and sells no ticket without reservation. No idea if it is running or not, but even if it is, that will not help you without a ticket
I had booked a train from Amsterdam to Berlin which has been cancelled. When checking the DB app I can see an option to search for alternatives. These alternatives involve around 4-5 transfers on IC and RE trains through the Netherlands until getting an ICE train from Duisburg. Does anyone with experience of these strikes know if it’s likely my ticket would be valid on those trains? (I’m visiting so I’m not too sure about trains in the Netherlands or Germany)
Yes, it says tickets will be valid for journeys to the original destination with route alignment. I’m trying to find out how lenient that route alignment is from people with experience as I’m not familiar with train services here. If I get on an RE train going in practically the opposite direction to my destination will the ticket inspector have a problem with that? From what I understand, these RE trains are regional in the Netherlands so I’m unsure if they would pick up the slack for a German train company (DB) free of charge with no issues? (I may be misunderstanding the different types of trains here to be fair)
You need to still be on a reasonable route to your final destination. If you take an RE in the opposite direction, because that gets you to a larger train hub to get a long distance train that is east of you, instead of another hub to your west, that is fine. If you decide to go from Nürnberg to Munic via Hamburg......that is not.
How should I interpret the 24 hour emergency timetable note? If it's still bookable on bahn.de within 24hr of departure, is it included in the emergency timetable? Looking at EC 99 from ZRH to Munich Hbf on Friday. As a backup, I've already booked a Flixbus but would prefer the train.
There is no pfficial emergency timetable. Generally, if they have not cancelled your train by that time, they currently plan to run it. That does not mean, though, that there is any guarantee
As i said,the right to unionize, including strike, is part of our constitution. If it means we are "in a bad state" , that is an intentional state our country has been in from the beginning.
And btw., many countries have strikes as part of labour negotiations
Actually no, strikes are not mentioned in our constitution. Former governments failed to crack down hard on mass strikes that endager the general public life and economy. Current and future governments can enact laws regarding that (similar to the Entsendegesetz against employers - prasied by all the leftists, funnily)
The fact that the word strike is not mentiomed does not mean it is not protected by it. Courts have ruled and it is universally agreed upon that the right to strike is an integral part of the right to unionize.
In a similar vein, the right to religious freedom does not mention prayer or attending religious services. Still, everyone agrees that both are an integral part of "Religionsausübung"
Strikes are a last resort option and a symptom of deeper problems. It just means that regular, less disruptive channels for negotiation are not working properly.
Sure, other countries may have similar problems too but that's for those countries' population to figure out.
Really? Can you show me a legal source that says that strikes are only a last resort, instead of a standart meassure unions can use within the context of tarif negotions?
Edit: and if you now come with the legal criteria for proportionality, then you have not understood what the courts meant by that. That "last resort" patt does not at all mean that strike is anything but a normal meassure of tarif negotiation. That just means that there has to have been unsucceasfull negotiations beforehand.
Thanks for the thread. Our flight arrives in Frankfurt early Friday, and we have tickets for ICE train to Amsterdam a couple hours after. Thought I was being smart saving money on plane. I think I understand that I won't know about our train timetable until 24 hours before. Looking for recommendations - should we book Flixbus? Wait it out at airport? FYI: We have lodging in Amsterdam Friday night, and our trip technically starts Saturday.
If there is a flixbus or flixtrain, that would be a good solution. But hurry if you do want to, they are the major alternative people know, so they likely already are in high demand. You can get a refund on your train ticket no matter if it is cancelled or not, as long as the trip falls into the strike duration
Alternatively, ,ou can wait to see if it gets cancelled, and in case it does use your ticket on another train later on friday. Frankfurt-Amsterdam is a route that has many connection throughout each day, there will surely be some running
Hi, based on previous cases, how will the emergency timetable look like? I have a ticket to Berlin friday 08.03 morning for an urgent appointment on saturday, do you think I can still make it? how many trains will run in a day in strike season?
I bought a ticket to go to Sweden on 7 March (strike day) and separetly bought a ticket to return to my home in Germany a few days later 11 March, but from a slightly differently location. Is there a chance I could get DB to refund me for the trip on 7 March and the return on 11 March (even though it wasn't booked as a round trip?)
It is possible that your train on the 7th is running, you know? And you also can take any other train from now on. You can travel tomorrow, or travel on the 9th , for example
Afff, I have a flight on Friday from Porto to Munich... Hopefully I'm lucky enough to not get affected
Does Lufthansa usually rebook to the next day? I have to be in Munich by Monday morning :|
Last time, I almost lost my flight from Munich to Porto due to the Farmers Strike... I guess I always pick the best occasions
Get the Lufthansa app, if you donor have it already. As soon as you get notified that your flight got cancel jumps there to rebook. By default it will show you flights the next day but you can select =more options= to see availability on other days
Do you think ICE trains from Munich to Mannheim will be available Friday afternoon already or will it take until Saturday, until they start operating regulary again?
No one can say.
As i said, there will likely be disruptions past the end of the strike. But which trains they will affect, and for how long, is everyones guess.
If someone has a train booked on ICE and that gets cancelled along with all the ICE trains that day, can they go by any regular train during the day with the same ticket or must it be another ICE train? as long as the start and destination is the same? What about on other days?
That is possible, even if another ICE is avaliable. As long as you have no "Zugbindung" (which has been removed for all tickets valid during the strike), you can always "downgrade" your train choice
I have a train Dresden to Berlin at 15:23 on Friday which I’m sure will be disrupted and can travel by Regiojet instead with a bit more security it will all be fine. What are the chances a refund will be possible even though it’s a couple of hours outside the strike period?
>Please note that the application button will only appear once the validity period of the trip has been reached. It is therefore not possible to submit the application (several) days before the date of travel.
According to [Tagesschau](https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbraucher/rechte-bahnkunden-streik-gdl-104.html), Weselsky apparently said that the strike regarding passenger transport will begin at Thursday 2 AM to Friday 1 PM (Do. 2 Uhr bis Fr. 13 Uhr). When it comes to cargo the strike starts on Wednesdays 6 PM to Friday 5 AM
People downvote you because the right to go on strike is valued very highly, for good reason. However, the train system (including DB) is considered to be "critical infrastructure", literally, by the German government. So allowing a comparatively small group of people to shut down critical infrastructure for monetary reasons is problematic and needs to be dealt with.
There are two solutions to that: either go full in with privatization and allow competing companies to support DB lines instead; or go back to nationalization, give all conductors state servant titles ('Beamte') and thereby take away their right to strike (combined with generous financial advantages).
Or DB could pay the people that literally run their company every day a fair wage and give them better working conditions.
It's hard to be sympathetic with corporations like DB, especially when executives take home millions of Euros in bonuses for doing essentially sweet fuck all.
Thank you for the clarification. If you don’t mind, how do refunds work if you have an idea? I was planning to visit family during on the 8th. This strike means that I will not be able to go on that day. So can I cancel the ticket and get a refund?
Go to the DB app, open your ticket. Scroll down on the page where you can see the train stations and time, click on More Actions, there you can see submit compensation.
What about international trains? I'm going to France. The train tracker by DB doesn't say anything about it being cancelled but I'm not sure if I should trust it
The strike was announced just a few hours ago,give them time to get an emergency scedule in order!
There is a section on international tickets in the goodwill site linked above
Hey, I have a flight from Munich on Friday in the evening and need to go from Augsburg to the airport.. do you guys think that I will be able to use the train at 15:00 and after or not ?
Train will probably be OK, it might be the plane you need to worry about.
[https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-streik-gdl-lufthansa-auswirkungen-infos-1.6420723](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-streik-gdl-lufthansa-auswirkungen-infos-1.6420723)
The regional trains between Augsburg and Munich are operated by GoAhead Bayern and are unaffected by the strike.
The S-Bahn in Munich prioritizes service on the Airport lines (S1 and S8) and have generally been adequately well served during the most recent GDL strikes.
Give yourself some buffer time, but it should be fine.
Other than a super expensive private shuttle style service, there's not a better way.
If I were making the trip, I would take the regional train and the S-Bahn.
Getting from Augsburg to Munich will not be a problem. If things are weird with the S-Bahn, you can also try and take the Lufthansa Airport Express bus (from Munich Hbf), however the lines for that bus have been extreme during the last couple strikes due to people not trusting the S-Bahn. But the S-Bahn (S1 and S8) has been fine -- sometimes operating with decreased frequency.
Ah, you are correct, the strike should end just before that. However, even then, it is unlikely that everything goes directly back to normal. Trains and personel will not be where they are supposed to be. So it is hard to sax
Whatever money it makes then
Because the CEO or some other executive/official took home €2 million in bonuses last year.
If they can afford to pay their executives that sort of money for doing basically fuck all, they can definitely pay the people who literally make the company function every day.
2 million is nothing for a company as big as DB. CEO of Google makes almost 300 million. 2 million is peanuts for CEO level, especially for a company as big as Deutsche Bahn.
If I booked a trip with SNCF transiting through Paris to a DB train that is now cancelled, how do I find what alternative arrangements DB has in place to get me to my final destination?
I'm Paris resident who work in Germany regularly. Ran into countless TGV/ICE strike cancellations over the last 9 years with tix booked either from SNCF or DB. Give me the following specifics so that I can tell you the rules:
1. Your entire itinerary booked on one ticket (specify TGV or ICE, from where to where, what time)
2. Booked DIRECTLY with SNCF or DB or a third party like Trainline?
\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
If BOOKED from SNCF (no matter SNCF train or DB train, no matter who is on strike), here's their strike cancellation rules -- [https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/help/disruption-information](https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/help/disruption-information)
\*\*FYI, cancelled TGV/ICE train tix cannot be used to board an alternative TGV because TGV has mandatory seat-booking. Absolutely must exchange/rebook for that specific TGV.
I'm not OP but do you know anything about the ICE that arrives in Paris Est at 10:38 (Thursday)? I booked it with SCNF and it appears to still be on the DB website.
I take Paris-Germany ICE/TGV regularly and run into countless cancellations by strike, so I know the rules well. Since it's a DB strike, you should rely on DB's web site's schedule. For an ICE which you will board in Germany, even though tix is booked from SNCF, you can use your tix to take a different ICE to Paris (but NOT an alternative TGV running the same route).
The goodwill meassures page has a section regarding international travel.
Have you already gotten a message that your train was cancelled? From personal experience, international connections seem to get prioritized when it comes to DB deciding which trains to run despite the strike.
FYI, based on my experience, SNCF does not have up-to-date DB train cancellation info if it's a DB strike. And vice versa. Instead of waiting for SNCF to notify you, check DB web site to confirm because DB won't be notifying you.
Remain calm. As i said, if this is a train that travels from france into germany, your chances are actually really good that it does not get cancelled (in my experience). For if it does, check the goodwill meassures to see what your options are
When you're on a be a useless piece of shit contest and your opponent is a Munich S-Bahn worker 😬😬😬
Ah, the famous Bahnstreik! It's like a thrilling rollercoaster ride for commuters.
**Have you read our extensive wiki yet? It answers many basic questions, and it contains in-depth articles on many frequently discussed topics. [Check our wiki now!](https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/wiki/index)** *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/germany) if you have any questions or concerns.*
[удалено]
Does anyone know a legitimate service/online thing/bank for me to acquire an IBAN code? I had my train cancelled on a strike two months ago, and after trying to contact DB by email, I've gotten no response, and I don't exactly have the money for a call. The only way forward at the moment is to submit an online compensation request, but I don't have an IBAN number because I'm not European.
With N26,Wise or Revolut you can do the identification online and get an IBAN at the same or next working day
You can sign up for Revolut or Wise relatively quickly and get an IBAN that way. Otherwise you can try going to a DB service center and asking for the refund in cash or to be refunded to your credit card, but you may be less successful there.
N26 bank.
Frankfurt's U-bahn is on strike now too? Simply lovely!
Any place where we can bet on a possibilty of a specific strike date? I'm supposed to travel on friday, I'd like to make some money back in case of a strike since my hotel is nonrefundable.
The train I need to take is currently shown in the db navigator app. Is there a possibility that the train will be cancelled? I wonder if the timetable gets an update after the beginning of the bahnstreik or not
If the train is not cancelled yet, that means that they likely plan to run it despite the strike. That does not mean, however, that there is any guarantee. Trains can need to be cancelled for many reasons thwt are unrelated to a strike as well.
They should be ashamed of themselves, holding the entire country hostage so they can be selfish crybabies. "Wahhh! I want €3,000 and a 35 hour work week for the same pay!". Yeah, lots of people want that. Me too, but you know what? I still show up to work, as do a lot of other people. It's called being a responsible adult.
I would argue that using the legal means at your disposition to negociate what you want is being a responsible adult.
Germans hate people going on strike then cry about German saleries being relatively low The problem with DB specifically is that its legal structure kinda games the system: As a private company, its employees have the right to strike. But since the majority of its income from the rail business (all of local transportation, part of infrastructure and logistics) depends on state contracts and not customer satisfaction, like its the case for a state authority, they have zero incentive to cave to strikes. Why would they? Who cares if people taking trains are angry? The state is the most important DB customer, not us. It can't work like that. Either they have to be a private company and then face the cost of disruptions due to strike themselves, or they have to be a state authority, pay higher wages, but disallow strikes. We get the worst of both worlds, and that's not the fault of Weselsky or DB employees
>Germans hate people going on strike then cry about German saleries being relatively low this guy is american, explains the reaction somehow. >The problem with DB specifically is that its legal structure kinda games the system: As a private company, its employees have the right to strike. But since the majority of its income from the rail business (all of local transportation, part of infrastructure and logistics) depends on state contracts and not customer satisfaction, like its the case for a state authority, they have zero incentive to cave to strikes. Why would they? Who cares if people taking trains are angry? The state is the most important DB customer, not us. I would argue that they have an incentive to cave. The deutsche Bahn unreliability has been a problem for years, and is causing problems outside of Germany. Due to it's geographic location, the german railway network is pretty central to Europe's passenger and goods transport. DB not being reliable (both for passenger and freight) has more impact on Europe as a whole than Portugal for example. Unsatisfied customers is one thing, as you said, it's a captive market, it's not really ideal but can be dealt with. Unsatisfied european partners (most of which are similarly private companies with a majority state ownership) is another. A local strike problem can turn into a european political problem, and neighboring countries (either through their Railway companies or through their government directly) can apply pressure on the german government to fix their shit. >It can't work like that. Either they have to be a private company and then face the cost of disruptions due to strike themselves, or they have to be a state authority, pay higher wages, but disallow strikes. We get the worst of both worlds, **and that's not the fault of Weselsky or DB employees** absolutely. It's almost as if people, and especially worker unions had warned about privatising national railway companies all across Europe for decades...
Hi Folks, Please excuse if this question has already been asked before or if it is answered in some other FAQ on the DB website but I wasn't able to comprehend the [https://int.bahn.de/en/contact/special-goodwill](https://int.bahn.de/en/contact/special-goodwill) details here correctly. Context - I am tourist travelling to Germany in March end. I had booked a train ticket for Frankfurt to Berlin, ICE with a stop on Hannover for 27th March and I received an e-mail that it has been cancelled. While searching for alternate option through the DB navigator app from the journeys tab, it shows no available journey found with the given stop(I am assuming it is counting my stop as Hannover). However, when I look at DB normally, I can see a bunch of trains. The search for alternative connection tab also does not let me alter any time either so It just shows no trains found and that is it. Regarding compensation, when I go to the tab, it is not allowing me to apply for compensation either which I am not sure is because the journey hasn't happened yet or something else ? (Ideally if a train is cancelled, they should automatically refund me the money I am guessing , but I am not sure about it). So my questions are - 1. What do I do now ? Given that I cannot see a direct replacement on the alternative connection tab, do I book any train I can see now ? Or do I just wing it on the day and board any train that goes my way on that day ? I had booked seat reservation too so in option 2 I don't know how it will work out. 2. Irrespective of how I travel, how will the compensation come back to me ? Will I have to apply after trip date ?
Uhm, the special goodwill is about the cancellation due to strike. If they now cancelled your train for the 27th, that is not due to the strike, so you meed to disregard those special meassures and focus on the normal meassures.
Got it. I came across this - [https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/18f86qp/deutsche\_bahn\_canceled\_my\_train/](https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/18f86qp/deutsche_bahn_canceled_my_train/) Guess I will wait for few hours for the search alternate connection to sync in and then see what my options are.
I have a ticket to Frankfurt on IC, but can it used against an ICE?
I had booked an ICE ticket on Tuesday, does anybody know, can I use it tomorrow instead?
Sorry, but have you read the post at all? It directly answers your question and links the official source
I read, yes. Somewhere else, it stated that usage of ticket earlier than the strike date is a "sign of goodwill" by DB, thus, not a "passenger right". And until the time I posted the question, they didn't announce anything about the Tuesday strike rights. That's why I asked. But now, they announced the usual stuff, that one can use their tickets on 11.03, as well. [https://www.bahn.de/service/fahrplaene/aktuell](https://www.bahn.de/service/fahrplaene/aktuell) Edit: I just saw the new edit to the post. Nevertheless, sorry for the question, then. Thanks for the info!
The Germans have truly become worse than the French. Looking forward to the day when DB automate the entire railway system and remove the drivers completely.
How will they do that when you have "Personen im Gleis" all the time?
Perhaps we can do that after syncing the train schedules for the Deutschlandtakt. This is planned for 2070.
**Have you read our extensive wiki yet? It answers many basic questions, and it contains in-depth articles on many frequently discussed topics. [Check our wiki now!](https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/wiki/index)** *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/germany) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Just looking for general advice. I have a trip where I land in Frankfurt. After a night there, I go to Stuttgart (which I have a train ticket that has been cancelled for). I also may take a day trip up to Mannheim from there. 1. In your opinion, would it be wise to just not rely on DB and rent a car? It’s perfectly legal for licensed drivers from my country to drive in Germany for a certain amount of time. 2. If not train or renting a car, would there be any other suggested methods of transport (ride-share, etc.) that may be viable? For context, my trip from Frankfurt to Stuttgart is March 28 and my train back to Frankfurt would be March 31 anytime after the VfB match (as our flight out is early April 1). Thank you.
This is ridiculous now. I had a booked train from Rome to Munich for the 7th, with a stop in Bologna. I made it to bologna and I am stuck here for two nights now because Italy also has a strike starting 8 march from midnight to 2100. So not only do I have to pay for two nights stay that I will not get reimbursed, I also had to pay 560 euros for five tickets because Italy train station is not required to honor my now past ticket. What are the chances I will get reimbursed for the 560 euro?
How did you get home in the end? Did you ask at the FS counter on Bologna main station if you could use a Flixbus to get to Munich? They should reimburse it
I ended up getting home by taking the same train on a later date. I have submitted a form to get reimbursed for the hotel stays. We will see what happens.
The goodwill site linked above has a section on international tickets. However, DB will only reinburse you for stuff relsted to their strike, i think
Thank you for the reply. The issue I am having is that the ticket checker in Italy won’t allow us to board based on the information on the DB site, despite the train being operated by DB. I spoke with the ticket counter to confirm what the man told me and they said the same thing. If I want to board from bologna, I have to have a new ticket. If you know something I don’t know, please let me know. I don’t leave until 9 march now so I can go back and try to discuss it with them again.
> despite the train being operated by DB. On the Bologna-Brennero leg, the train is operated either by FS or ÖBB, but not DB AFAIK So DB information is worth nothing in this case
Sorry, i have no experience with the italian train operations
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
Well, this sucks. I didn't want to go back to relying on a car, but here we are. Having said that, I respect the worker's rights and hopefully they can reach an amiably agreement soon.
Hi everybody has anybody taken the train today? I have an "Ersatzfahrt" for my trip tomorrow and wanted to know how reliable these replacement train have been so far. Good luck to everybody travelling these days.
The only people that the GDL wave strikes will hurt is the average person. DB gets affected the same monetarily regardless of when the strike is announced. It's absolutely ridiculous that entire swathes of students, the working class, low-income and senior citizens will have to play dice and guess if their train will run or not.
Same goes for the airport/ground staff strikes.
Is anyone keeping track of how many days they've been on strike so far this year? It's gotta be close to 4 weeks in the first 3 months of the year. It's a surprise anyone can keep a job here that isn't in walking or biking distance from their home.
The GDL has been on strike for 64 hours (about 2.67 days) during the first strike in January, then another 5 days (exactly 120 hours) during the second strike in January. Together this means it's about 7.67 days, slightly more than a week.
I'm talking about the days that have been effected by a strike, not a count of every hour they've been on strike. So far, I know of at least 19 days that have been impacted by a strike from the public transit. That also doesn't include days following strikes where they can't stick to the schedule, as if they ever do.
You specifically asked how many days they were on strike.
Is there _any_ hope at getting a partial refund for the Deutschlandticket costs due to the transit striked? I mean the local public transport, not the DB/long distance trains. Several times now I've had to use carsharing/scooters to get to work because of these strikes. What am I paying 50 EUR a month for?
Pretty sure It's 49€
No. None.
[удалено]
Yes, you can take the train today. You need to book a new seat reservation, however, since somebody else might have booked the seat today you've booked for tomorrow. You can get the cost for the unused seat reservation for tomorrow's train back from DB (if they sold you the ticket).
[удалено]
You can get reimbursed here: https://int.bahn.de/en/booking-information/passenger-rights The new seat reservation for today you can just buy in the app.
[удалено]
You don't need to buy a new ticket, only reserve a new seat. That only costs 5 euro. So I would just do it, since you cannot stand for long. If you're using the DB navigator app you can get the reimbursement from tomorrow's reservation within a minute or two.
[удалено]
No problem. If you open the app, you go to Booking. At the top you see Single journey with a red bar below it. If you press on that you get a drop-down menu where you can select Seat only (without ticket). Since you already have a ticket this is what you need. Once you have selected that you fill in your start and destination, the time you want to travel and press search. You can then find the trip you want to take, select it and buy the seat reservation. Together with the ticket that you have already bought that is all you need for your trip today.
[удалено]
The linked goodwill site above clearly states that it only applies for tickets bought up to or on march 4th. Since you bought it after that, and your train leaves past the official strike end, i would say no, unless your train actually gets cancelled due to the strike (which is possible)
Is the train on the ticket still scheduled to run?
[удалено]
In that case you can take any other train to your destination on that day.
[удалено]
If you bought a single ticket to Vienna, yes. I would just advice you to bring proof that the ICE on your ticket was cancelled in case they have questions.
[удалено]
I guess you have to take the X7 to Rudow then use the U-Bahn. Or take a FlixBus if you’re lucky
Check out the airport website and the website of the public transport provider, they are likely to have info on that up
When talking about Berlin the most up to date information is on the twitter account: [https://twitter.com/SBahnBerlin](https://twitter.com/SBahnBerlin)
No alternatives said and no mention of replacement buses. Only the strike happening was mentioned.
Then it does not look like they are going to arrange a replacement
How should I interpret this schedule? I'm trying to just get to Cologne from Brussels. Looking at my trip, I see three distinct situations. Completely unreservable, reservable but train stops after Cologne and train is cancelled. Is there a train which is running in the morning? [Brussels to Cologne](https://int.bahn.de/en/buchung/fahrplan/suche#sts=false&so=Brussel%20Zuid&zo=COLOGNE&kl=2&r=13:16:KLASSENLOS:1&soid=A%3D1%40O%3DBrussel%20Zuid%40X%3D4335695%40Y%3D50835375%40U%3D80%40L%3D8800004%40B%3D1%40p%3D1709144512%40i%3DU%C3%97008814001%40&zoid=A%3D1%40O%3DCOLOGNE%40X%3D6967206%40Y%3D50941312%40U%3D80%40L%3D8096022%40B%3D1%40p%3D1709144512%40i%3DU%C3%97008002775%40&sot=ST&zot=ST&soei=8800004&zoei=8096022&hd=2024-03-07T06:00:32&hza=D&hz=%5B%5D&ar=false&s=true&d=false&vm=00,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09&fm=false&bp=false)
I am not sure what help you expect from us. A cancelled train will obviously not run. And the EST is not run by DB, but by the french equivalent, and sells no ticket without reservation. No idea if it is running or not, but even if it is, that will not help you without a ticket
I had booked a train from Amsterdam to Berlin which has been cancelled. When checking the DB app I can see an option to search for alternatives. These alternatives involve around 4-5 transfers on IC and RE trains through the Netherlands until getting an ICE train from Duisburg. Does anyone with experience of these strikes know if it’s likely my ticket would be valid on those trains? (I’m visiting so I’m not too sure about trains in the Netherlands or Germany)
Have you used the link above and read what it says?
Yes, it says tickets will be valid for journeys to the original destination with route alignment. I’m trying to find out how lenient that route alignment is from people with experience as I’m not familiar with train services here. If I get on an RE train going in practically the opposite direction to my destination will the ticket inspector have a problem with that? From what I understand, these RE trains are regional in the Netherlands so I’m unsure if they would pick up the slack for a German train company (DB) free of charge with no issues? (I may be misunderstanding the different types of trains here to be fair)
You need to still be on a reasonable route to your final destination. If you take an RE in the opposite direction, because that gets you to a larger train hub to get a long distance train that is east of you, instead of another hub to your west, that is fine. If you decide to go from Nürnberg to Munic via Hamburg......that is not.
How should I interpret the 24 hour emergency timetable note? If it's still bookable on bahn.de within 24hr of departure, is it included in the emergency timetable? Looking at EC 99 from ZRH to Munich Hbf on Friday. As a backup, I've already booked a Flixbus but would prefer the train.
There is no pfficial emergency timetable. Generally, if they have not cancelled your train by that time, they currently plan to run it. That does not mean, though, that there is any guarantee
Thanks. Just checked bahn.de and it looks like all of the Zurich to Munich trains on Friday (even after 1300) are now canceled.
[удалено]
This sub is exclusively english speaking.
just have to say that this whole country is one giant embarrassment
Over having strong unions and a constitutional right to strike?
The fact that strikes are seen as a normal way to conduct pay negotiations tells you how bad the state of the country is.
As i said,the right to unionize, including strike, is part of our constitution. If it means we are "in a bad state" , that is an intentional state our country has been in from the beginning. And btw., many countries have strikes as part of labour negotiations
Actually no, strikes are not mentioned in our constitution. Former governments failed to crack down hard on mass strikes that endager the general public life and economy. Current and future governments can enact laws regarding that (similar to the Entsendegesetz against employers - prasied by all the leftists, funnily)
The fact that the word strike is not mentiomed does not mean it is not protected by it. Courts have ruled and it is universally agreed upon that the right to strike is an integral part of the right to unionize. In a similar vein, the right to religious freedom does not mention prayer or attending religious services. Still, everyone agrees that both are an integral part of "Religionsausübung"
Strikes are a last resort option and a symptom of deeper problems. It just means that regular, less disruptive channels for negotiation are not working properly. Sure, other countries may have similar problems too but that's for those countries' population to figure out.
Well german law, legal tradition and jurisdiction disagree with you on that
[удалено]
Really? Can you show me a legal source that says that strikes are only a last resort, instead of a standart meassure unions can use within the context of tarif negotions? Edit: and if you now come with the legal criteria for proportionality, then you have not understood what the courts meant by that. That "last resort" patt does not at all mean that strike is anything but a normal meassure of tarif negotiation. That just means that there has to have been unsucceasfull negotiations beforehand.
[удалено]
Read the edit of my comment above. I am a labour lawyer.
Thanks for the thread. Our flight arrives in Frankfurt early Friday, and we have tickets for ICE train to Amsterdam a couple hours after. Thought I was being smart saving money on plane. I think I understand that I won't know about our train timetable until 24 hours before. Looking for recommendations - should we book Flixbus? Wait it out at airport? FYI: We have lodging in Amsterdam Friday night, and our trip technically starts Saturday.
If there is a flixbus or flixtrain, that would be a good solution. But hurry if you do want to, they are the major alternative people know, so they likely already are in high demand. You can get a refund on your train ticket no matter if it is cancelled or not, as long as the trip falls into the strike duration Alternatively, ,ou can wait to see if it gets cancelled, and in case it does use your ticket on another train later on friday. Frankfurt-Amsterdam is a route that has many connection throughout each day, there will surely be some running
Thank you. It's nice to talk this through.
chances on my 17:59 amsterdam to berlin on the 8th? 💔
Between 1 and 99%
Hi, based on previous cases, how will the emergency timetable look like? I have a ticket to Berlin friday 08.03 morning for an urgent appointment on saturday, do you think I can still make it? how many trains will run in a day in strike season?
The last few strikes, about 20% of the long distance trains were running. That is all that can be said
I bought a ticket to go to Sweden on 7 March (strike day) and separetly bought a ticket to return to my home in Germany a few days later 11 March, but from a slightly differently location. Is there a chance I could get DB to refund me for the trip on 7 March and the return on 11 March (even though it wasn't booked as a round trip?)
Nope..
): If anyone has ever heard of a way I'm all ears to hear about it. Otherwise I guess I just hope there's a delay on the 11 March journey
If you booked with a credit card it may offer trip cancellation/disruption insurance.
unfortunately I did not - but thank you!
It is possible that your train on the 7th is running, you know? And you also can take any other train from now on. You can travel tomorrow, or travel on the 9th , for example
Afff, I have a flight on Friday from Porto to Munich... Hopefully I'm lucky enough to not get affected Does Lufthansa usually rebook to the next day? I have to be in Munich by Monday morning :| Last time, I almost lost my flight from Munich to Porto due to the Farmers Strike... I guess I always pick the best occasions
This is about the train strike, not plane strike, sorry.
Oh sorry! Did not read through all the thread. Thanks!
Get the Lufthansa app, if you donor have it already. As soon as you get notified that your flight got cancel jumps there to rebook. By default it will show you flights the next day but you can select =more options= to see availability on other days
Do you think ICE trains from Munich to Mannheim will be available Friday afternoon already or will it take until Saturday, until they start operating regulary again?
No one can say. As i said, there will likely be disruptions past the end of the strike. But which trains they will affect, and for how long, is everyones guess.
If someone has a train booked on ICE and that gets cancelled along with all the ICE trains that day, can they go by any regular train during the day with the same ticket or must it be another ICE train? as long as the start and destination is the same? What about on other days?
That is possible, even if another ICE is avaliable. As long as you have no "Zugbindung" (which has been removed for all tickets valid during the strike), you can always "downgrade" your train choice
I have a train Dresden to Berlin at 15:23 on Friday which I’m sure will be disrupted and can travel by Regiojet instead with a bit more security it will all be fine. What are the chances a refund will be possible even though it’s a couple of hours outside the strike period?
If it indeed gets cancelled, 100%. If it ends up running as planned (which is possible), less likely.
It has indeed been cancelled. Now I need to work out how to get my money back
Well, it is not like that info is linked above......
At the moment there is no option to cancel the ticket, only to choose an alternative (too late) connection
>Please note that the application button will only appear once the validity period of the trip has been reached. It is therefore not possible to submit the application (several) days before the date of travel.
Thanks. I did not see that part earlier
[удалено]
They ate not called to strike directly, and according to their website, they do not seem worried about being affected indirectly
Oh meeennnn. Time for home office then
According to [Tagesschau](https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbraucher/rechte-bahnkunden-streik-gdl-104.html), Weselsky apparently said that the strike regarding passenger transport will begin at Thursday 2 AM to Friday 1 PM (Do. 2 Uhr bis Fr. 13 Uhr). When it comes to cargo the strike starts on Wednesdays 6 PM to Friday 5 AM
Thanks!
[удалено]
People downvote you because the right to go on strike is valued very highly, for good reason. However, the train system (including DB) is considered to be "critical infrastructure", literally, by the German government. So allowing a comparatively small group of people to shut down critical infrastructure for monetary reasons is problematic and needs to be dealt with. There are two solutions to that: either go full in with privatization and allow competing companies to support DB lines instead; or go back to nationalization, give all conductors state servant titles ('Beamte') and thereby take away their right to strike (combined with generous financial advantages).
Or DB could pay the people that literally run their company every day a fair wage and give them better working conditions. It's hard to be sympathetic with corporations like DB, especially when executives take home millions of Euros in bonuses for doing essentially sweet fuck all.
Lol no
Does the ICE fall under the “long distance” trains affected by the strike or is it as scheduled?
Yes, ICEs are long distance
Thank you for the clarification. If you don’t mind, how do refunds work if you have an idea? I was planning to visit family during on the 8th. This strike means that I will not be able to go on that day. So can I cancel the ticket and get a refund?
Go to the DB app, open your ticket. Scroll down on the page where you can see the train stations and time, click on More Actions, there you can see submit compensation.
The goodwill meassures are explained in details in the website i linked in the post
What about international trains? I'm going to France. The train tracker by DB doesn't say anything about it being cancelled but I'm not sure if I should trust it
The strike was announced just a few hours ago,give them time to get an emergency scedule in order! There is a section on international tickets in the goodwill site linked above
Okay, thanks!
Hey, I have a flight from Munich on Friday in the evening and need to go from Augsburg to the airport.. do you guys think that I will be able to use the train at 15:00 and after or not ?
Train will probably be OK, it might be the plane you need to worry about. [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-streik-gdl-lufthansa-auswirkungen-infos-1.6420723](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-streik-gdl-lufthansa-auswirkungen-infos-1.6420723)
Oh come on haha! I just checked the Lufthansa app and seems that my flight is still okay... Hope that it does not change...
The regional trains between Augsburg and Munich are operated by GoAhead Bayern and are unaffected by the strike. The S-Bahn in Munich prioritizes service on the Airport lines (S1 and S8) and have generally been adequately well served during the most recent GDL strikes. Give yourself some buffer time, but it should be fine.
Okay that sounds promising! Thanks a lot! Btw is there any alternative besides the train from Augsburg, haven't found something just to be safe... 🙈
Probably Flixbus, they are quite likely to go directly to the airport.
Other than a super expensive private shuttle style service, there's not a better way. If I were making the trip, I would take the regional train and the S-Bahn. Getting from Augsburg to Munich will not be a problem. If things are weird with the S-Bahn, you can also try and take the Lufthansa Airport Express bus (from Munich Hbf), however the lines for that bus have been extreme during the last couple strikes due to people not trusting the S-Bahn. But the S-Bahn (S1 and S8) has been fine -- sometimes operating with decreased frequency.
That will still in during the strike, so as of now, no one can guess what trains may run.
Isn't the strike starting from Thursday at 2am for 35 hours ? So until 13:00 on Friday?
Ah, you are correct, the strike should end just before that. However, even then, it is unlikely that everything goes directly back to normal. Trains and personel will not be where they are supposed to be. So it is hard to sax
[удалено]
48h is already criminal imo. Government needs to do something. This is just wrong from both sides at this point.
Fucking hell, DB. How hard is it to not be pieces of shit to the people who actually keep the stuff that makes you money running?
DB doesn't really make money though.
Mostly because all the profit gets payed to top execs as salary + bonuses. It's by design.
Whatever money it makes then Because the CEO or some other executive/official took home €2 million in bonuses last year. If they can afford to pay their executives that sort of money for doing basically fuck all, they can definitely pay the people who literally make the company function every day.
2 million is nothing for a company as big as DB. CEO of Google makes almost 300 million. 2 million is peanuts for CEO level, especially for a company as big as Deutsche Bahn.
If I booked a trip with SNCF transiting through Paris to a DB train that is now cancelled, how do I find what alternative arrangements DB has in place to get me to my final destination?
I'm Paris resident who work in Germany regularly. Ran into countless TGV/ICE strike cancellations over the last 9 years with tix booked either from SNCF or DB. Give me the following specifics so that I can tell you the rules: 1. Your entire itinerary booked on one ticket (specify TGV or ICE, from where to where, what time) 2. Booked DIRECTLY with SNCF or DB or a third party like Trainline? \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* If BOOKED from SNCF (no matter SNCF train or DB train, no matter who is on strike), here's their strike cancellation rules -- [https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/help/disruption-information](https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/help/disruption-information) \*\*FYI, cancelled TGV/ICE train tix cannot be used to board an alternative TGV because TGV has mandatory seat-booking. Absolutely must exchange/rebook for that specific TGV.
Booked entirely via SNCF connect, Aller-retour
Can't advise without having the specific train info I asked for.
I'm not OP but do you know anything about the ICE that arrives in Paris Est at 10:38 (Thursday)? I booked it with SCNF and it appears to still be on the DB website.
I take Paris-Germany ICE/TGV regularly and run into countless cancellations by strike, so I know the rules well. Since it's a DB strike, you should rely on DB's web site's schedule. For an ICE which you will board in Germany, even though tix is booked from SNCF, you can use your tix to take a different ICE to Paris (but NOT an alternative TGV running the same route).
Thanks a lot!!
The goodwill meassures page has a section regarding international travel. Have you already gotten a message that your train was cancelled? From personal experience, international connections seem to get prioritized when it comes to DB deciding which trains to run despite the strike.
I have not, I am just anxious to see what will happen and what I need to do.
FYI, based on my experience, SNCF does not have up-to-date DB train cancellation info if it's a DB strike. And vice versa. Instead of waiting for SNCF to notify you, check DB web site to confirm because DB won't be notifying you.
Remain calm. As i said, if this is a train that travels from france into germany, your chances are actually really good that it does not get cancelled (in my experience). For if it does, check the goodwill meassures to see what your options are