[g_sch]

I think it's not fair to fault DB or EVG for failing to run 100% service after a nationwide strike was called off just a few hours before it was supposed to start. An orderly temporary shutdown of a major rail network is going to require plenty of ramp-down and ramp-up as trains and people get in position. Some of that was undoubtedly already underway when the tentative agreement was reached, and you can't just turn it around on a dime.

[hutattedonmyarm]

To be fair, DB dragged EVG to court over the strike trying to get them to cancel it. DB wasn’t surprised by the cancellation. [0]

Nonetheless, a last minute reschedule of train and worker’s shift plans at that scale is a huge task and I’m impressed that they managed to get a big chunk running again

[https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/wirtschaft/bahn-evg-streik-ab...]

[johannes1234321]

They couldn6ne sure about winning the court case (well, the didn't win, but settle the case technically) and not preparing for strike and then losing the case would have lead to a longer period of issues as the no train and no personal end up where they are needed

[wunderland]

If they were serious about even their lame 80% on-time rate, they should try paying their workers more and giving them good benefits and comfortable and safe working conditions. But the management of DB has been taken over by the same people who want to privatize rail like the British have done with disastrous consequence.

[Georgelemental]

If German rail is anything like France's public railways (genuinely don't know whether it is), the workers are overpaid and the unions too powerful. On the other hand, if it's anything like US private railways, then the unions are right to complain about unethical working conditions.