Berlin: Millions of travellers have been hit by one of the largest railway strikes in Germany which crippled train services across the country.
More than 70 per cent of train services were cancelled yesterday, the first day of a two-day strike, making it biggest since 2008.
The strike has been called by the locomotive drivers’ trade union GDL to press its demands for higher salary and improved working conditions. The strike, which is the second within a week, forced the German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) to drastically reduce or to shut down its regional train services, long-distance trains, suburban railways, city shuttle services and freight train services in several regions. (PTI)