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UNBELIEVABLE: Strikes cripple air and rail travel across germany | History Defined

A man stands on a platform next to empty railway tracks at Cologne Deutz train station [Jana Rodenbusch/Reuters]

Massive industrial action has paralysed air and rail travel across Germany as striking workers walked off the job to demand better pay to cope with the rising cost of living.

Thursday’s walkouts by the train drivers coincided with a strike by ground staff at national airline Lufthansa that led to mass flight cancellations at Germany’s busiest airports, including main hub Frankfurt.

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