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Freight train drivers working for Germany’s state-owned rail firm Deutsche Bahn are to begin a six-day strike this evening – making it one of the longest industrial actions ever seen on the country’s rail network.

The call for strike action from the locomotive drivers’ union GDL followed its rejection of DB’s third offer to the union, which was lambasted as “bogus” and led the union to boycott the next round of negotiations, which were scheduled for 25 January.

Instead, the strike will ...

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