Germany: Rail strike ends after 20 hours
The industrial action led to mass train cancelations across Germany, and only 20% of scheduled services operated on Thursday. Disruptions are expected to continue into the night, with services largely resuming on Friday. Germany's GDL train drivers union on Thursday ended a 20-hour strike. The strike had started at 10 p.m. local time (2100 UTC) and ended on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. The action led to mass train cancellations across the country, with only 20% of scheduled services operating on Thursday. Disruptions are expected to continue through Thursday night. A spokesperson for the Deutsche Bahn rail service said that services will be nearly completely restored on Friday. "We expect to offer an almost complete range of trains again tomorrow," Deutsche Bahn spokesperson Achim Stauß told the Reuters news agency. GDL head Claus Weselsky, did not rule out a new warning strike in comments to the German Press Agency (dpa). What is the union demanding? The collectiv...