A platform is closed during a train drivers' union GDL strike at the Spandau station in Berlin November 6, 2014. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German court dismissed an attempt on Thursday by rail operator Deutsche Bahn to halt a nationwide strike that has paralysed the country and threatens to keep people from attending weekend celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.
Labour court judge Ursula Schmidt ruled on Thursday the strike, which stopped commuter travel from early in the morning, does not violate German law and is not out of proportion.
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