German trains disrupted by railway strike in the Netherlands

A railway strike was paralyzing traffic in the Netherlands on Wednesday, and affecting several international connections to Germany.

According to the Dutch Railways, long-distance trains between Amsterdam and Berlin or Frankfurt/Main are affected, as are some regional trains that run between Germany and the Netherlands.

The disruptions are the result of an all-day strike by the trade unions to protest against planned cuts in the Dutch social system.

According to Deutsche Bahn, tickets purchased before September 3rd for the trains affected by the strike could be cancelled free of charge or used flexibly at a later date.

In regional traffic, affected connections run between the states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands.

These include trains from Münster to Enschede or from Aachen to Heerlen.

Trains on these routes will still run in Germany, but terminate at the border stations. From there, replacement buses have been set up to get passengers to the Dutch destination station.