Weekend, holiday start and warning strikes at airports: If you are traveling in the southwest on Friday, you have to expect fuller trains.
Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - Because of the warning strikes at several airports, Deutsche Bahn trains in the southwest could get tighter on Friday. "We expect high utilization during the day," said a railway spokeswoman on Thursday in Stuttgart. Friday is in any case a high-demand travel day for the railways, with the start of the holidays that applies all the more.
However, additional trains are not planned, said the spokeswoman. There are at least hourly ICE connections between the big cities. The railways expect that the normal clock will be sufficient. Travelers should check the occupancy display for less popular trains.
Because of a warning strike by the Verdi union, thousands of planes across Germany remain on the ground on Friday. According to the airport association ADV, almost 300,000 people are affected. In Stuttgart, 163 flights and around 20,000 passengers are affected. Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, on the other hand, does not expect any effects.
