Bus strike in Stuttgart: Important lines affected-this is how passengers are affected!

On January 9 and 10, 2025, extensive bus strikes take place in Stuttgart and the surrounding region. The Verdi trade union called up the employees in the private omnibus industry on these work -layers. Around 30 companies are affected by the strikes, which are carried out partly on Thursday and Friday.

In Stuttgart, several bus lines are affected by the strikes. This includes lines 53, 54, 58, 73, 90, 91 and 99. The Stuttgart trams (SSB) recommend that passengers plan more time and to find out more about the electronic timetable information. There are also also affected:

• in the Böblingen district: All lines of Sindelfingen and Böblingen city traffic, as well as lines 634, 634a, 635, 636 and 637 in Leonberg. The express bus lines X16 and X76 as well as the Schönbuch lines 734, 752, 756, 760 and 761 could also be.
• in the district of Ludwigsburg: Here all city traffic lines in Ludwigsburg are affected, as well as connections to Kornwestheim, Remseck, Asperg, Marbach, Waiblingen and Stuttgart-Stammheim as well as various city traffic lines in Bietigheim-Bissingen.
• in the Esslingen district: Although no specific failures are reported, lines from Fischle could be affected, especially to Esslingen, Kirchheim and in the Nürtingen area.
• in the Rems-Murr-Kreis: Confirmed strikes take place in Waiblingen and Backnang, but the rail replacement traffic for the lines S2E, S3E and S4E remains in operation.

background of the strikes

According to a report by SWR Aktuell, the warning strikes in bus traffic were announced in several municipalities in Baden-Württemberg. The ver.di trade union called for work to put pressure on the Baden-Württemberg Omnibus company (WBO). The WBO criticized the strike call call and pointed out that it could affect schoolchildren in particular.

The first negotiations for the approximately 9,000 employees in private bus industry took place on December 18 without an offer from employers. Ver.di calls for a wage increase of nine percent and an increase of 100 euros for trainees for a term of twelve months. The obligation to peace expired on December 31, 2024. Further effects have been announced in other cities such as Göppingen, Geislingen, Neckarsulm and Schwetzingen/Wiesloch, whereby bus traffic in Heidenheim, Plochingen, Karlsruhe as well as in overland traffic in the Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and Pforzheim area could also be affected.