Overview
- Ver.di says buses and trams will largely be grounded across many of the roughly 150 municipal operators, with services in affected cities expected to come to a standstill.
- Major stoppages are planned in Baden‑Württemberg’s urban networks—Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Heilbronn, Freiburg, Baden‑Baden, Esslingen and Konstanz—and in Bremen’s BSAG system.
- Berlin’s BVG labels the action a disproportionate escalation, considers legal steps, and warns re‑freezing could again disrupt trams after days of manual de‑icing.
- S‑Bahn and regional trains operated by Deutsche Bahn are excluded from the municipal walkout and are expected to run.
- Berlin authorized the use of sidewalk de‑icing salt by emergency order to reduce falls, while a BVG board expert urges automated overhead‑line de‑icing that will require months to develop and test.