There will be a strike in German long-distance and local transport on Monday. This affects many who want to go to Freilassing or Tyrol. Air travel is also affected.
ÖBB recommends that it is better not to travel to Germany on Monday. Because there is a strike: The unions have called for warning strikes in public long-distance and local transport throughout Germany for Monday. This also applies to motorways, waterways and airports in the neighboring country.
This will also be noticeable in Austria. Trains to Germany stop in Salzburg or fail completely. All RJ and RJX train connections via the Deutsches Eck are affected, inform the ÖBB. There will be a replacement rail connection between Salzburg and Wörgl on Monday – but every two hours. “The replacement service cannot go via Germany. The train connection within Austria goes via Zell am See and therefore takes up to three hours more,” says ÖBB spokesman Klaus Baumgartner. There are no train connections to Munich from Salzburg on Monday – those of the Westbahn have also been cancelled. Individual night trains are already affected from the night of March 25th to March 26th. Some of the restrictions on night train services will last until the night of March 28th to March 29th. ÖBB asks all affected passengers to inform themselves in good time.
Local transport is also affected in Salzburg, according to the Salzburg Transport Association. The trains on line S3 towards Freilassing and Bad Reichenhall start and end in Salzburg- Liefering. Trains on line S2 in the direction of Freilassing begin and end at Salzburg main station. Travelers can change to the S3 in Salzburg and drive to the Taxham-Europark stop: From there there will be an hourly rail replacement bus to Freilassing on Monday. According to ÖBB, around 1800 to 2000 commuters are affected in Salzburg. Those affected who cannot start their journey to Germany will be reimbursed for the costs of tickets already purchased. The Salzburg regional buses, such as line 180, are not affected.
The warning strikes also paralyze air traffic on Monday. For Salzburg, this already means that all flights to Frankfurt have been canceled with the exception of one connection in the morning. According to airport spokesman Alexander Klaus, it was still unclear until Friday evening whether the Eurowings flights to Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Cologne would also have to be cancelled. Travelers are asked to obtain information from their tour operators or the airlines.
Some commuters are likely to switch from trains to cars on Monday. The ÖAMTC expects significant traffic jams at the borders and longer waiting times. More traffic on the roads will affect freight transport. The German logistics industry is even warning of a “supply chaos” in the neighboring country and is calling for the truck driving ban to be lifted on Sunday. Such chaos is unlikely in Salzburg. But one has to reckon with individual delays in freight traffic, says Patrick Friedrich, Managing Director of the Transport and Traffic Division at the Chamber of Commerce.
