The GDL trade union has announced a nationwide strike in passenger transport at short notice from Wednesday, 24 January, 2 am to Monday, 29 January, 6 pm. This also affects travelling to boot Düsseldorf by train.

This strike does NOT affect the Rheinbahn network, i.e. the city of Düsseldorf, the district of Mettmann, the city of Meerbusch and the connections to Duisburg, Krefeld, Neuss and Ratingen will be served by Rheinbahn buses and trains as planned.

All visitors travelling to boot 2024 by car will have no problem finding a parking space at Messe Düsseldorf. Especially on the weekend (27/28 January), additional parking areas will be opened in the large car parks P1 and P2.

Deutsche Bahn will offer an alternative timetable with a greatly reduced number of journeys for DB's long-distance, regional and S-Bahn services.

Restricted timetable on the S-Bahn lines every 60 minutes:


S1 Dortmund - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Solingen

S6 Düsseldorf-Rath - Düsseldorf central station - Cologne

S8 Hagen - Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Mönchengladbach



According to information from DB, the following trains will continue to run without restrictions:

S28 Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Kaarst

RE 3 Hamm (Westf) Hbf - Düsseldorf Hbf

RE 4 Aachen Hbf - Düsseldorf - Dortmund Hbf

RE 10 Düsseldorf Hbf - Kleve

RE 19 Düsseldorf Hbf - Arnhem Central


Further lines run in North Rhine-Westphalia. Please refer to zuginfo.nrw for up-to-date information. It is to be expected that these trains will be very full. Please allow extra time for your journey to boot Düsseldorf.

Alternatively, you can find travel options with Flixbus and the car hire companies.