Baden-Württemberg: SWEG bus and local rail strike from 30 September to 2 October 2026 (ver.di)
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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.
This alert was originally created on 29 September 2026.
Public Impact
Effective Dates
Organizer
Affected Locations
- Baden-Württemberg
- Offenburg
- Lahr
- Emmendingen
- Endingen
- Gammertingen
- Sinsheim
- Wiesloch
Sources
- https://www.sweg.de/de/service/aktuelles/fahrtausfaelle-im-bahn-und-busverkehr-der-sweg-vom-30-september-bis-2-oktober-2026-aufgrund-von-erneutem-verdi-warnstreik
- https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/lokales/baden-wuerttemberg/weniger-busfahrten-im-suedwesten-weitere-warnstreiks-bei-sweg-von-mittwoch-bis-freitag-79505211.html