Fears for German economy grow as rail strike cost estimated at up to a billion euros
                        
                                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                    German train drivers began on Wednesday their longest-ever strike, piling on travel misery for thousands of passengers in an escalating industrial dispute that economic experts warn could cost the economy up to a billion euros ($1.1 billion).                                
                            
                        
                        
                                                    
                        
                        
    
    
        
            
            
        
        
    
                        
                            German train drivers began on Wednesday their longest-ever strike, piling on travel misery for thousands of passengers in an escalating industrial dispute that economic experts warn could cost the economy up to a billion euros ($1.1 billion).