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Wagons of a derailed regional passenger train lie on a railroad line near Riedlingen, Germany, Monday, July 28, 2025. (Thomas Warnack/dpa via AP)

Train derailment that killed 3 in Germany apparently was caused by landslide

By Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

Passengers wait for a train in the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, March 11, 2024. Germany's state-owned main railway operator says that it and a union representing many train drivers have resumed talks in a bitter dispute over working hours and pay. It said Saturday, March 16, 2024 both sides are optimistic that they will achieve a result next week. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

German railway operator resumes talks with train drivers’ union in a long dispute

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FILE - A Lufthansa aircraft is parked at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Two German unions on Monday again called on their members — German airline Lufthansa's ground staff and German rail operator's Deutsche Bahn train drivers — to go on strike this week following ongoing negotiations over wages and working conditions. Thousands of flights and trains are expected to be canceled Thursday and Friday — the two days that German train drivers’ union GDL and Ver.di called for the strikes. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Thousands of flights and trains will be canceled again this week in Germany with new strikes

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Chairman of the German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) Claus Weselsky cheers after his speech to GDL members at a rally in front of the main railway station, in Dresden, Germany, Friday Jan. 26, 2024. The German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) has called for another strike at Deutsche Bahn lasting several days. It is the fourth and by far the longest industrial action in the ongoing wage dispute at Deutsche Bahn. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)

German train drivers will end a 6-day strike early and resume talks with the railway operator

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Farmers demonstrate with their tractors in front of the state parliament in Kiel, Germany, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Farmers blocked highway access roads in parts of Germany Monday and gathered for demonstrations, launching a week of protests against a government plan to scrap tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)

German farmers block roads with tractors and stage protests against plan to scrap diesel tax breaks

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

"Stay train" is written on display boards at Hamburg Central Station after long-distance traffic in northern Germany came to a standstill in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Oct.8, 2022. According to Deutsche Bahn, a technical malfunction is currently causing a complete standstill in long-distance traffic in northern Germany. All ICE as well as IC and EC trains in northern Germany are affected, Deutsche Bahn announced on Saturday morning. (Bodo Marks/dpa via AP)

German railway network halted by act of sabotage

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A man puts up signs indicating COVID-19 restrictions, where access is allowed only for people who are vaccinated or recovered and tested, hangs at the entrance of a Christmas market in Essen, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021.(Roland Weihrauch/dpa via AP)

Germany starts to check COVID-19 documents on public transport

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 file photo a train leaves at night the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany. Four European rail companies announced Tuesday they plan to boost the continent’s network of night train connections by reviving routes that were dropped several years ago for cost reasons. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Europe to revive international night train links

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French urban climber Alain Robert, well known as &quot;Spiderman&quot;, climbs up the Deutsche Bahn high-rise in central Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Robert was wearing a silver suit and cowboy boots. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

French ‘Spiderman’ climbs Frankfurt skyscraper, faces fine

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Rails of a subway line are seen in Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises Saturday, June 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

German railway orders 30 high-speed trains for $1.1 billion

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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019 file photo, an ICE train approaches the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany. Germany's upper house of parliament has approved a plan to lower the value-added tax on train tickets, making rail travel cheaper from Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)

German government signs $96 billion rail infrastructure plan

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In this image taken from Twitter feed of Climate activist Greta Thunberg, showing Thunberg sitting on the floor of a train surrounded by bags Saturday Dec. 14, 2019, with the comment “traveling on overcrowded trains through Germany. And I’m finally on my way home!” The Tweet created a tweetstorm online Sunday about the performance of German railways, but the 16-year-old Swedish activist later sought to draw a line under the matter by tweeting that she eventually got a seat and that overcrowded trains are a good thing showing public transport is popular. (Twitter @GretaThunberg via AP)

Deutsche Bahn, German train company, claps back at Greta Thunberg over floor pic

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks during a news conference at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. Thunberg is in Madrid where a global U.N.-sponsored climate change conference is taking place. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

Greta Thunberg, German railway company in tweetstorm

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

Rail firm Deutsche Bahn examines sale of Arriva subsidiary

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Commuter’s ‘delay scarf’ bought by German train company

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A train sits in the empty station in Nauen, west of Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. The train traffic collapsed German-wide following a strike on Monday morning leaving thousands of commuters stranded. (AP Photo/Ferdinand Ostrop)

Commuter chaos in Germany due to rail strike over pay

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A special train of the Deutsche Bahn (DB) railway company departs towards Berlin at the central station in Munich, Germany, Friday, Dece. 8 2017. The Deutsche Bahn railway company celebrates the opening of the new fast railway track connection between Munich and Berlin on Friday. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

New German rail line connects Berlin to Munich in 4 hours

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Train passenger Marie-Helene from France smiles after arriving at the Berlin main station with the night train from Paris on Wednesday, morning Dec. 10, 2014. German railway company Deutsche Bahn is ending the sleeper service between Paris and Berlin this week, citing unsustainable losses. The service has been running since before World War II, and used to go all the way to Moscow. (AP Photo/Frank Jordans)

Last call for sleeper trains linking Berlin, Paris

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press