German Train Drivers on 2nd 2-Day Strike This Month

Passengers wait for their onward journey, which is delayed due to a strike by the train drivers' union GDL, at Cologne central station, Germany, on Aug. 23, 2021. Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP

BERLIN—Many train drivers with Germany’s national railway walked off the job on Monday as their union embarked on its second two-day strike this month in a bitter dispute with the company.

The GDL union called on passenger train drivers to strike from 2 a.m. Monday to 2 a.m. Wednesday. Freight train drivers already started their strike on Saturday afternoon.