Deutsche Bahn will appeal lower court ruling allowing train strike

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Freight wagons are parked at the Maschen marshalling yard. The German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) has called for another 24-hour strike in the collective bargaining dispute at Deutsche Bahn in passenger and freight transport. Bodo Marks/dpa
Freight wagons are parked at the Maschen marshalling yard. The German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) has called for another 24-hour strike in the collective bargaining dispute at Deutsche Bahn in passenger and freight transport. Bodo Marks/dpa

The German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said it would appeal a Monday decision by the Frankfurt Labour court allowing a planned train drivers' strike to go ahead.

"The strike notice is far too short notice. There are also unlawful demands," said Florian Weh, managing director of the railway employers' association AGV Move, on Monday evening.

Deutsche Bahn's appeal will now be heard in the labour court in the state of Hesse on Tuesday.

The appeal came quickly after the Frankfurt court ruled that the strike was not disproportionate to the circumstances. It denied a temporary injunction against the strike.

The GDL union had already started its walkout on Monday evening in freight sector and is scheduled to expand the strike to passenger trains in the early morning hours on Tuesday.

A locomotive stands on the site of the Maschen marshalling yard. The German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) has called for another 24-hour strike in the collective bargaining dispute at Deutsche Bahn in passenger and freight transport. Bodo Marks/dpa
A locomotive stands on the site of the Maschen marshalling yard. The German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) has called for another 24-hour strike in the collective bargaining dispute at Deutsche Bahn in passenger and freight transport. Bodo Marks/dpa