as anticipated, the strike affected train service nationwide. however, the company brought in 1,000 managers and other employees to keep trains running. still, more than 40 percent of all freight trains were halted. while 50 percent of regional passenger trains in western germany were running, only one in 10 regional passenger trains operated in eastern germany. disruptions in local service varied. in berlin and munich, commuter service was only minimally interrupted, but by the end of the day only a third of all trains had run. but in hamburg, frankfurt and stuttgart, major cutbacks in train schedules occurred. in north rhine-westphalia, germany's most populous state, trains ran every hour. two-thirds of the country's high-speed intercityexpress trains were running normally.