Tag: trains
Many trains are canceled on Monday
After SMHI issued an orange warning for snowfall in the area around Stockholm and Uppsala, all train operators had a meeting with the Swedish Transport Administration. Because the Swedish Transport…
Russia’s important target in Ukraine is the railways – yet the trains stay on the minute schedule and take the children, weapons and Sanna Marin there
KRAMATORSK/POKROVSK The explosions ripped through the air at half past eleven in the morning. The railway station was full of people, after all, the evacuation train was about to leave.…
Trains overcrowded, but tickets considerably more expensive: ‘NS is really asking too much of travelers now’
The Dutch Railways will increase the prices for single train tickets in 2nd class by 5.5 percent next year. The price for some subscriptions is going down, with which the…
The SNSM trains in mass rescue to help shipwrecked people in the Channel
Storms, technical damage, shipwrecks, drownings: the National Society for Sea Rescue (SNSM) intervenes more than 6,000 times a year off the French coast. These volunteer rescuers risk their lives to…
NATO’s battle group trains here in Slovakia
Around 1,500 soldiers from various countries have been deployed in a new battle group along NATO’s eastern flank in Europe. The soldiers have had to learn to work together faster…
New subway trains became overcrowded – could not continue
During Wednesday morning there were major disruptions in the subway traffic in Stockholm. It was a drip plate that fell from the roof onto the tracks in Hornstull and this…
No trains at all on Friday due to strike, also actions next week
Utrecht – Once again, regional strikes at the NS stop the timetable throughout the country. There will be no NS trains running at all next Friday if the strikes continue.…
Christophe Boisbouvier and the windows of night trains
All summer, the great voices of RFI told you about their adventures in transport. Last part this week with a great connoisseur of Africa, Christophe Boisbouvier. You will hear it,…
A monthly ticket for nine euros? Germany tried it during the summer – EPN traveled by local trains from Berlin to Hamburg and asked about the experiences
Germany’s ruling party wants to continue the highly popular support ticket. Instead of nine euros, the party proposes 49 euros as a new fixed monthly ticket price. Berlin/Schwerin/Hamburg The doors…
Strike in the Utrecht region shuts down the entire country: no trains tomorrow
The staff of the Dutch Railways is not only on strike for themselves, but also for the traveler, says Janssen. “There are 1400 vacancies. Service and social safety are declining.…