TRAVEL NEWS
Saturday, May 31, 2008
German rail privatisation agreed
A quarter of Germany's state rail firm is to be privatised after the country's politicians gave the go-ahead.
The long-disputed plan will see a 25% stake in Deutsche Bahn's passenger and freight services arm sold to investors, raising between 5bn and 8bn euros.
news.bbc.co.uk
The long-disputed plan will see a 25% stake in Deutsche Bahn's passenger and freight services arm sold to investors, raising between 5bn and 8bn euros.
news.bbc.co.uk
Saturday, March 29, 2008
German plans for maglev derailed
Germany's plan to launch a magnetic levitation - or maglev - rail service has collapsed amid soaring costs.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Labels: germany, maglev, train
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Train travel rise in Norway
Norwegians are riding the rails like never before. State railway NSB released its best half-year results in history this week, along with hikes in passenger traffic on both long and short routes.
aftenposten.no
aftenposten.no
Saturday, October 13, 2007
German train drivers walk off job
Thousands of German commuters jumped in their cars or packed buses on Friday, as 1,500 train drivers staged strikes in an effort to disrupt the nation's vast commuter network. More than 1,700 regional trains - about 50 percent of Germany's commuter rolling stock - did not run, railway operator Deutsche Bahn AG said.
nytimes.com
nytimes.com
Labels: germany, strike, train
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Romance returns to rail travel
The new Eurostar line to the continent is an engineering wonder of the age and it has added lustre to a Victorian architectural jewel.
telegraph.co.uk
telegraph.co.uk
Friday, August 31, 2007
8 killed when trains collide near Rio
A fast moving train carrying hundreds of commuters slammed into an empty train near Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, killing at least eight people and injuring 60, officials said.
news.yahoo.com (page not found)
news.yahoo.com (page not found)
Labels: brazil, rio de janeiro, train
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Electrical fault derails train travel plans
Thousands of UK rail passengers had their travel disrupted today when rush hour trains were cancelled because of an electrical fault.
news.scotsman.com
news.scotsman.com
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
No trains to Oestfold - Norway
All train traffic on the NSB eastern branch, to Oestfold, has been halted, after a bridge fell down and blocked the rails on Sunday morning.
norwaypost.no
norwaypost.no
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Mumbai trains may be world's deadliest commute
They are the arteries that keep Mumbai's economy ticking, rattling 6 million people a day to offices, shops and factories. But arriving safe and sound for work after a trip on Mumbai's clogged railways is no mean feat. On average 4,000 people die a year on Mumbai's railways, crushed under trains, electrocuted by overhead power lines or killed as they lean from jam-packed carriages to gasp for air. It is perhaps the world's deadliest commute.
edition.cnn.com
edition.cnn.com
Labels: commuters, India, mumbai, train
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
European rail to compete with airlines
Eurostar, Germany's Deutsche Bahn AG and France's SNCF joined Dutch, Austrian, Swiss and Belgian train companies to form a rail alliance, Railteam, that aims to make international train bookings far easier and simpler by building a single online reservation system.
theage.com.au
theage.com.au
Labels: European, Eurostar, rail, railteam, train
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Rail link reopens line from Koreas to rest of the world
In a symbolic act of reunification, trains will cross the Cold War frontier between North and South Korea today for the first time in over half a century, bring the dream of continuous rail travel between London and Seoul closer to reality.
timesonline.co.uk
timesonline.co.uk
Labels: North Korea, South Korea, train
Saturday, April 21, 2007
By train to Ferihegy Airport from July
Budapest's International Airport will finally be accessible by train from July, with Máv announcing that it will build a train stop at Ferihegy 1 with an overpass to connect it with the terminal.
bbj.hu
bbj.hu
Labels: airport, Budapest, train
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Super trains leave Britain behind
The UK government has invited tenders to build a £1bn high-speed rail service that would run considerably slower than it's continental counterparts, reigniting debate about whether Britain should build high-speed lines that could significantly cut current journey times.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Labels: Britain, high-speed railway, train
Friday, February 23, 2007
Passenger train derails in northwestern England, 1 dead
A high-speed passenger train has derailed in northwest England, killing at least one person and injuring dozens of others.
nytimes.com
nytimes.com
Labels: derailed, England, train
Monday, February 19, 2007
Dozens dead in India train fire
At least 53 people have been killed in a fire on a train traveling from the Indian capital Delhi to Pakistan.
bbc.co.uk
bbc.co.uk
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Take a virtual train trip to Siberia
Travelers can now take a virtual trip on the Trans-Siberian Mainline on a new website launched by Russian Railways.
news.yahoo.com (page not found)
news.yahoo.com (page not found)
Labels: siberia, train, Trans-Siberian
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Beijing-Tibet train finishing first trip
China's first train from Beijing to Tibet has made the final leg of its maiden journey, reaching such altitudes that passengers had access to piped-in oxygen from tubes.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Source: news.yahoo.com
Labels: Beijing, China, tibet, train
Friday, June 30, 2006
China's Tibet railway ready to go
China is set to unveil its 710-mile-long railway line to the Tibetan capital amid concern from environmental groups and Tibetans loyal to the exiled Dalai Lama.
news.yahoo.com
news.yahoo.com
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Train fares double in secret deal by ministers
Train fares on some routes will double after a deal struck between the Government and Britain's biggest train company in a bid to reduce overcrowding.
travel.timesonline.co.uk (page not found)
travel.timesonline.co.uk (page not found)
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