Photos: 'Mega-strike' disrupts travel in Germany

Protestors demonstrate in front of 'Landungsbruecken' at the harbour during a nationwide strike called by the German trade union over a wage dispute in Hamburg, Germany. A major strike brought much of Germany's air traffic, rail service and commuter lines to a halt on Monday as workers demand wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation.

Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe's top economy heeded a call by the Verdi and EVG unions for the 24-hour walkout. Above, trams are seen at a storage facility in Bonn, Germany.

Arrival and departure boards at Frankfurt airport, the nation's biggest, and Munich airport showed rows of cancelled flights.

Berlin's usually bustling central train station was mostly quiet, after the national railway cancelled long-distance and regional links across the country.

An empty S-Bahn commuter train station is seen during a one-day wage strike of the public transport sector in Berlin.

Empty counters are seen at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.

Regional trains are parked in Munich, southern Germany, during a strike on March 27, 2023.

Commuters walk past empty platforms during a strike of employees in the public transport sector at the main railway station in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.

A passenger stands on a platform in an empty Munich central station, southern Germany on March 27, 2023.

Employees in the public transport sector demonstrate as they stage a strike in Frankfurt am Main.