Baden-Württemberg: ver.di warning strike at SWEG rail infrastructure on Thursday 29 October 2026 — cancellations possible on five regional lines

The union ver.di called a one-day warning strike at SWEG Schienenwege, the SWEG subsidiary that runs the rail infrastructure on several regional lines in Baden-Württemberg, on Thursday 29 October 2026. The call covers the train control centres in Endingen am Kaiserstuhl and Gammertingen and the head office in Lahr; ver.di confirmed in the morning that the strike had started at all sites.

What to expect: SWEG says cancellations are possible on the five regional lines it controls in the Breisgau, Ortenau and Swabian Alb areas (for example Bad Krozingen–Münstertal and Hechingen–Gammertingen), with knock-on restrictions possible on a few connecting services run by DB Regio and the Schwäbische Alb-Bahn. SWEG's bus services are not affected. Check your connection before travelling.

Why: the stoppage is part of ver.di's nationwide bargaining round for the railway collective agreement (Eisenbahntarifvertrag), in which no agreement with the employers has been reached so far. It follows the separate ver.di bus strike at SWEG on 23 October.