https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The rail controller in Bad Aibling in southern Bavaria, where two trains collided on Tuesday, twice tried to stop the accident that killed eleven people. https://www.thelocal.de/20160212/controller-twice-tried-to-warn-trains-before-collision Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:32:11 +0100 controller-twice-tried-to-warn-trains-before-collision German railways operator Deutsche Bahn on Thursday announced an end to a drivers strike that had paralysed train travel in Europe's biggest economy, after the feuding sides agreed to mediation. https://www.thelocal.de/20150521/strike-ends-as-train-drivers-return-to-table Thu, 21 May 2015 10:07:43 +0200 strike-ends-as-train-drivers-return-to-table Passenger train traffic was massively reduced on Wednesday after train drivers began their strike overnight, but hope is growing that the GDL union will agree to mediated talks with rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB). https://www.thelocal.de/20150520/train-strike-db-and-train-drivers-working-on-mediation Wed, 20 May 2015 16:58:52 +0200 train-strike-db-and-train-drivers-working-on-mediation Train drivers will walk out on strike for an indefinite period on Tuesday afternoon after last-minute talks between rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the train drivers' union GDL failed. https://www.thelocal.de/20150519/db-tries-last-ditch-talks-with-train-drivers Tue, 19 May 2015 10:52:53 +0200 db-tries-last-ditch-talks-with-train-drivers Train drivers' union GDL said on Monday that members would strike on goods trains from Tuesday and passenger services from Wednesday in a long-running battle with rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB). https://www.thelocal.de/20150518/fresh-train-strikes-looms-as-talks-break-down Mon, 18 May 2015 11:33:17 +0200 fresh-train-strikes-looms-as-talks-break-down Train drivers' union GDL said on Monday that passenger services as well as freight could be hit by strikes this week, after talks over pay, conditions and union representation failed on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150420/gdl-deutsche-bahn-train-rail-strike Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:13:33 +0200 gdl-deutsche-bahn-train-rail-strike Deutsche Bahn has become too Anglicized, managers have decided, and issued staff with a booklet of more than 2,000 German terms and phrases which they want to become the norm. https://www.thelocal.de/20130624/50473 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:05:00 +0200 50473 Berlin police discovered more incendiary devices on the German capital’s rail network on Wednesday, including one that had apparently exploded earlier. The remains of the device were found in Staaken station in the west of the city. https://www.thelocal.de/20111012/38159 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:31:00 +0200 38159