Train strike: Deserted train stations, crowds at Düsseldorf airport – this is how the strike goes. Lufthansa ground staff and Deutsche Bahn employees stop working at the same time.
In some places, other groups spontaneously join in. The pictures. The tariff dispute between the GDL and Bahn has petered out. Nevertheless, the federal government, as the owner of the railway, does not want to interfere. "We cannot begin to resolve tariff conflicts politically or from the government side," says Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing.