German train drivers to go on strike from Wednesday

FILE PHOTO: Locomotives of freight trains are seen at a shunting yard, during a railway drivers' strike of the German Train Drivers Union (GDL), in Maschen, 30 kilometres away from Hamburg, Germany August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's GDL train drivers' union said on Monday it would go on strike on Sept.1 for a week after wage talks with rail operator Deutsche Bahn failed to yield a compromise.

The strike, the third and longest in the current wage dispute, will affect freight services from Wednesday afternoon while passenger traffic will be affected from the early hours on Thursday. The strike will run until Sept. 7.