Baden-Württemberg: SWEG bus and local rail strike from 30 September to 2 October 2026 (ver.di)

ver.di has called a three-day warning strike at SWEG, the state-owned transport company of Baden-Württemberg, from Wednesday 30 September to Friday 2 October 2026, in the pay round for private railway companies that also brought stoppages at regiobus Hannover and AVG Karlsruhe.

Buses: SWEG Bus depots in Weil am Rhein, Müllheim, Endingen, Emmendingen, Lahr, Offenburg, Schutterwald, Kehl, Gammertingen, Wiesloch, Sinsheim, Dörzbach and Lauda-Königshofen are on strike; SWEG expects its school buses to stop and offers no replacement services. Routes run by subcontractors may still operate.

Trains: because signal-box staff at Endingen and Gammertingen are also striking, trains stop on the Bad Krozingen–Münstertal, Achern–Ottenhöfen, Biberach–Oberharmersbach and Hechingen–Gammertingen lines, and other operators are hit too: the Schwäbische Alb-Bahn (Gammertingen–Engstingen–Schelklingen) and DB Regio's Endingen–Gottenheim service, with possible restrictions between Tübingen, Hechingen, Albstadt and Sigmaringen and on the Aalen–Ulm and Munderkingen–Ulm lines.

Why: ver.di wants a new sector agreement (Eisenbahntarifvertrag) and a social plan for about 500 drivers threatened by route retendering; SWEG calls the strike "disproportionate". The next negotiating round is on 5 October.