Tag: Local transport
Bahn promises more modern stations and wants to create thousands of new jobs
Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn wants to modernize numerous stations. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Deutsche Bahn wants to face the group’s serious crisis with an increase in staff, more money for the…
Deutsche Bahn is planning thousands of new jobs and more modern stations
Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn wants to modernize numerous stations. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Deutsche Bahn wants to face the group’s serious crisis with an increase in staff, more money for the…
Wissing shies away from fact checking when it comes to climate protection
Volker Wissing (FDP) The transport minister recently announced that the climate targets in the transport sector would be easy to meet. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Just a few days ago,…
Railway operations started largely according to plan after the warning strike was canceled
Travelers on the platform The railway union EVG had surprisingly canceled the planned strike on Saturday. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt After the cancellation of the two-day warning strike, the trains ran…
A third of long-distance trains are canceled on Monday
Central Station in Hamburg The railway and the union EVG were able to agree on a comparison. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The planned 50-hour warning strike on the railways has surprisingly…
Warning strike on the railways averted for the time being
Deutsche Bahn The railway and the union EVG were able to agree on a comparison. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The 50-hour warning strike on the railways has been canceled at short…
EVG ultimatum in Deutsche Bahn wage conflict has expired
ECG Overall, the EVG is negotiating for 180,000 employees at DB and another 50,000 at other railway companies. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The railway and transport union EVG is sticking to…
Autonomous driving: setback for the self-driving car
Berlin Mobileye, the Israeli subsidiary of the American chip manufacturer Intel, will not apply for approval for an autonomous vehicle. The Handelsblatt found out about this as part of the…
The federal government wants to support the renovation of the railway network with billions
Construction site The federal government and the railways had agreed to fundamentally rehabilitate heavily used rail routes. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the future, the federal government wants to contribute far…
Driver shortage and image problems – the Deutschlandticket becomes a practical test
Dusseldorf This Monday is a kind of turning point for local public transport: Because the Deutschlandticket starts on May 1st. Millions of customers can then travel through the country unhindered…
Union EVG threatens the railway with weeks of strikes
Cologne Central Station during a strike The EVG had already twice called for strikes in the collective bargaining dispute. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Berlin According to a media report, the railway union…
Union EVG threatens the railway with weeks of strikes
Cologne Central Station during a strike The EVG had already twice called for strikes in the collective bargaining dispute. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Berlin According to a media report, the railway union…
Union EVG threatens the railway with weeks of strikes
Cologne Central Station during a strike The EVG had already twice called for strikes in the collective bargaining dispute. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Berlin According to a media report, the railway union…
Uber rival Lyft is cutting even more jobs
san francisco The US ride-hailing service Lyft announced a new round of layoffs shortly after changing its boss. “We will significantly reduce the size of our team,” new CEO David…
EVG largely paralyzes traffic in Germany
EVG warning strike Many trains are likely to be canceled or delayed on Friday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the collective bargaining dispute at the railways, the EVG union has largely…
EVG strike largely paralyzes rail traffic in Germany
EVG warning strike Many trains are likely to be canceled or delayed on Friday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the collective bargaining dispute at the railways, the EVG union has largely…
In which professions Germany is aging particularly quickly
Tram driver in Berlin Tram drivers and bus drivers in local public transport in particular are older. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The state of Hesse wants to know exactly. The Goethe…
250,000 Germany tickets sold in three days
Deutsche Bahn The sale of the 49-euro ticket, which will be valid from May, began last Monday. (Photo: imago images / STPP) Berlin In the first few days after the…
Bahn boss expects operational loss of billions in 2023 and wants to “change course”
Richard Lutz The head of Deutsche Bahn wants to “take a completely different approach to the renovation and modernization of the infrastructure”. (Photo: dpa) Deutsche Bahn boss Richard Lutz expects…
No flights from Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich, no rail traffic – how the major strike affects
strike on Monday Numerous trains and flights will be canceled on Monday. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Berlin The Verdi and EVG unions are calling on workers to go on massive warning…