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Deutsche Bahn’s long-distance, regional and S-Bahn services are “to be massively affected nationwide” today, the rail operator said after train drivers’ union GDL called a strike.

This is the sixth strike in a long-running dispute. Deutsche Bahn on Monday tried to prevent the strike, filing an urgent lawsuit before a Frankfurt labour court, but a judge ruled that the strike was not disproportionate and could move ahead.