World news about “Transport” published by euronews.
Scania cuts jobs and investment A slowdown in truck orders has led Scania to cut jobs and delay investment in the business. The Swedish lorry maker saw a boom in demand in 2010 and early… 01/02/2012
Taxi strike in Italy in protest at ‘liberalisation’ Row upon row of taxi sat empty and idle in Milan on Friday, as drivers called a one-day unauthorised strike in Italy. Vehicles were not taking fares in… 13/01/2012
Full speed ahead for UK high speed rail network The British government has given the go ahead for a high-speed rail network initially linking London and Birmingham and later cities further north. The… 10/01/2012
Indian cars vie for smallest, cheapest title India seems to be locked in a contest to produce the world’s tiniest and cheapest cars. The latest, the Bajaj RE 60, has just been unveiled at the New… 05/01/2012
Air Berlin gets help from Etihad Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is to spend 73 million euros to increase its stake in Air Berlin to almost 30 percent and loan it nearly 200 million… 19/12/2011
Pop on a pod They call it the ‘Heathrow Pod’, and it is a new way of getting around the urban jungle. Rather than waiting for a bus, business travellers just take one a… 14/12/2011
Italy: anti-high-speed rail demo – nocomment Demonstrators clashed with police near the Italian village of Chiomonte on Thursday after several thousand protesters marched towards the construction site of… 09/12/2011
Sun, sea and uncertainty at Thomas Cook The troubled holiday giant Thomas Cook is reported to be ready to cut 1,000 jobs and shake up its boardroom after securing yet another emergency cash… 28/11/2011
Finmeccanica results warning Finmeccanica has lowered its full-year earnings forecast and is anticipating a loss of around 200 million euros before interest and taxes. Italy’s biggest… 15/11/2011
Swedes say intelligent trucks on our roads soon Critics say that the transport of goods by road damages the environment, because of the high levels of pollution and high fuel consumption. Researchers in… 31/10/2011
Italian train tunnel protest – nocomment In Northern Italy thousands turned out to protest against the contruction of a high-speed train tunnel between Lyon in Franace and Turin. 23/10/2011
EU’s Barroso unveils 50 billion euro growth plan The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled plans to spend 50 billion euros on improving Europe’s transport, energy and internet networks. Commission… 19/10/2011
Scania puts brakes on production Swedish lorry maker Scania is to cut back production in Europe due to weakening demand. It will reduce output by 10 to 15 percent from November compared… 10/10/2011
Ride the – private – rails in France The launch date has been announced for the first private passenger rail service in France competing with the state owned SNCF. An Italian and French joint… 07/10/2011
China: 64 kids in a 8-seat school minivan – nocomment Qianan traffic police stopped a 8-seat school minivan overloaded with 66 children. 12 police cars were used to send the kids home. 14/09/2011
Chinese cab drivers strike in Hangzhou – nocomment Thousands of cab drivers strike in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou over rising fuel costs and low taxi fares. 04/08/2011
EU truck sales edge up in June Commercial vehicle sales in the European Union were up in June, but by just 1.5 percent; that is slower growth than in previous months. Fewer vans and buses… 26/07/2011
Cheap and healthy: forget the car! In this edition of U talk our guest answering your questions is from the European Cyclists’ Federation. “Hi, my name is Dora Pinto and here’s my question… 07/07/2011
Fighting driver fatigue A lorry driver falls asleep at the wheel, a stark reminder of just how dangerous it is to drive when you are tired. Fatigue is one of the main causes of road… 07/07/2011
China opens latest high-speed train line China is going railway crazy with the opening of the new express line between the country’s two most important cities – Beijing and Shanghai. Tickets for… 27/06/2011
Belgium launches Europe’s first solar train Europe’s first ever solar-powered train is being launched in Belgium. The energy comes from 16,000 solar panels, installed on the roof of a rail tunnel… 16/06/2011
Trucks to pay more to use EU roads New EU rules to allow governments to charge trucks for air and noise pollution have received final backing from the European Parliament. They are expected to… 08/06/2011
Airlines say business travel demand holding up The airline industry says it is seeing signs of business confidence and a recovery in world trade. The International Air Transport Association’s chief… 07/06/2011
Schneider Electric buying Spain’s Telvent French energy management company Schneider Electric is moving to buy Spain’s Telvent for 1.4 billion euros. Telvent makes information technology systems… 01/06/2011
Paving the way to cleaner air Too many cars in our city centres can make for a pretty unpleasant atmosphere. Toxic nitrogen levels often exceed the maximum permitted limits in several… 23/05/2011
Private business plane travel recovering More business travelers are taking to the air on privately owned and chartered planes. The European air safety body Eurocontrol saw a 5.5 percent rise in… 18/05/2011
Oil demand slackens on price peaks says IEA The International Energy Agency has said high prices are eroding demand for oil and threatening the West’s economic recovery. The IEA – which is the energy… 12/05/2011
EasyJet hit by fuel price rise Rising fuel prices and tough economic conditions caused low-cost airline easyJet losses to almost double in the six months up to the end of March. Its… 10/05/2011
Cyclists demonstrate in LimaHundreds of cyclists ride through Lima in Peru to promote cycling and to draw the authorities’ attention to the need to construct bike paths. REUTERS/Mariana… 06/05/2011
Back in the Day: Channel tunnel links Britain and FranceMay 6, 1994. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French president François Mitterand officially open the Channel Tunnel, the first fixed link between… 05/05/2011
Going fast and still going strong – TGVs hit 30 France is marking the 30th anniversary of the launch of the country’s high-speed rail service, the TGV or Train à Grande Vitesse. At a ceremony at a Paris… 07/04/2011
German trains hit by drivers strike German train drivers at private regional rail companies went on strike for 24 hours on Monday in Berlin and the states of Brandenburg and Saxony. The walkout… 28/03/2011
Uniting Europe’s skies In this edition of Fly, euronews takes its cameras inside the cockpit of a cargo plane, during a night flight. We are on board to discover how new routes… 22/03/2011
Debt costs push Eurotunnel to a loss Eurotunnel slipped back into the red in last year. Its 57 million euro loss came as the cost of servicing its debt rose by more than a quarter. It is also… 04/03/2011
Bus and coach passenger rights More than 70 million Europeans travel by coach each year. What legal guarantees of service, similar to those of plane, train and boat passengers, are they… 21/02/2011
An helicopter in Vienna ÖAMTC helicopter just before take off in Liesinger Platz in Vienna. By Selim Babacan 20/02/2011
Bus of the future In Rouen in France, engineers have been working within EBSF- The European Bus System of the Future Project to make public transport a bit easier for people… 27/01/2011
New fuel cell could mean cleaner, greener boats Researchers in Europe have come up with a cleaner alternative to power some of the world’s biggest polluters: cruise-ships and ferries. They have developed… 25/01/2011
Parisian subway by Michael Mouilleron 21/01/2011
Bologna curbs traffic by improving urban mobility As the northern Italian city of Bologna continues to grow, so does the number of vehicles on its roads. Its historical centre, however, has very limited… 11/01/2011
Safer roads for freight in Bavaria Each day, thousands of trucks ply one motorway between Munich and Salzburg. But one section,in Bavaria, Germany, is a bit special. Little do drivers know, but… 04/01/2011
Fewer blues for the Danube? There is a long history of cooperation in the region through which the Danube river flows. A new macro-regional European strategy for the area will take… 03/01/2011
Snow in Brussels Philippe Wanet 24/12/2010
Afghan graffitiAn Afghan artist paints graffiti on the wall of an industrial park in Kabul. A bus with no wheels and crammed with passengers is a stark comment on war-torn… 22/12/2010
Towards cross-border traffic fines EU figures show that while foreign drivers account for only five percent of traffic on Europe’s roads, they are responsible for 15 percent of speeding… 13/12/2010
Shifting cargo from road to water The traffic saturation of Europe’s roads is making it more important than ever to find alternatives for transporting freight. Although moving it by water is… 12/11/2010
Stuttgart 21: dividing a city In the German city of Stuttgart, for many months thousands of citizens have been protesting against a train station project called Stuttgart 21. What is it… 28/10/2010
Electric cars that buy and sell their own power Getting the most out of power consumption. That’s the idea behind the Edison Project: programming the recharging of electric vehicles at night and controlling… 05/10/2010
Towards a clearer European sky? Improving air transport, what to do about it: Europarliamentarians Isabelle Durant and Dominique Baudis — Belgian Green on the one hand, and French… 25/06/2010
Strike halts Portugal’s trainsThere were hardly any trains running in Portugal on Sunday because drivers went on strike in protest at disciplinary measures. They were disciplined for… 01/01/2012
Turkey and Russia reach deal over gas pipelineTurkey has reached agreement with Russia to allow a pipeline to be built under the Black Sea to transport Russian gas to Europe. The deal, removing a major… 28/12/2011
Giant outdoor escalator built in Colombian shantytownA huge outdoor escalator has been unveiled in one of the poorest districts of Colombia’s second largest city. Until now residents of Medellin’s Comuna 13… 27/12/2011
French PM defends use of police in airport strikeThursday has seen delays at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, but this time no cancellations. More than 250 police and gendarmes were brought in to carry… 22/12/2011
Strike action sparks Christmas travel disruptionWith the Christmas rush underway, travellers are facing widespread disruption in Belgium, as rail unions join a public sector strike. Trains ground to a… 22/12/2011
Wildcat strikes stop trains in BelgiumThere will be at least two days of disruption for rail passengers in Belgium after a series of wildcat strikes the day before a planned general strike… 21/12/2011
Police could be used to break French airport disputeThe French government has warned that if there is no let up in strike action by airport security workers they will send in the police to aid passengers and… 21/12/2011
Go-slow protest over Eastern European truckersThere has been a go-slow on roads in several European countries. The action has been staged by lorry drivers in Denmark, Holland, Sweden and Norway. The… 12/12/2011
To Russia by railState-run Russian Railways (RZhD) seems to be on the right track, as it has just launched a regular train service between Moscow and Paris. The route was… 12/12/2011
Germany: Vote on controversial rail projectVoters in the German state of Baden-Württemberg have been casting their ballots in a referendum on the controversial, multi-billion euro, Stuttgart 21 rail… 27/11/2011
Strike brings transport system to a halt in PortugalMetro stations were empty across Portugal as transport workers staged a strike in protest at the government’s austerity package. The measures include longer… 08/11/2011
Rail link between North Korea and Russia inauguratedA ceremony has been held in North Korea to mark the start of a new train service to Russia. The repaired railway route links the economic zone of Rajin to… 14/10/2011
Attack on guard paralyses French trainsFrench railways have been brought to a virtual standstill because staff are on strike after a colleague was stabbed eight times on an intercity service. The… 07/10/2011
‘Pay as you go’ electric cars unveiled in ParisA fleet of fully electric cars you can rent by the hour has been unveiled in Paris. The eco-friendly vehicles have been produced by French conglomerate… 01/10/2011
Work begins on high-speed train network in MoroccoIt is the first of its kind in Africa and the Arab world. Work has begun on a new high-speed train network in Morocco. At a cost of three billion euros… 30/09/2011
No lights for landing planes in Mexico CityA power blackout has disrupted traffic at Mexico City’s international airport. Lights along the runway were among those to go out. Passengers were left… 29/09/2011
No buses, no trams, no metros – another day in AthensAnother weekday, another Greek transport strike. In Athens buses, trams, metros and taxis are all paralysed for the second day running on Tuesday. The… 27/09/2011
Fires as Belgian binmen strikeRefuse collectors in the Belgian capital set piles of rubbish on fire on Thursday during a wildcat strike to protest local government reforms. Around half… 23/09/2011
Putin pledges to re-open Arctic trade routeRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has predicted that the Arctic shipping routes along the northern coast will soon rival the Egypt’s Suez Canal. At a… 23/09/2011
Greece hit by one-day transport strike against cutsTransport in Greece has been severely disrupted as workers stage a 24-hour strike against renewed austerity measures designed to save the country from… 22/09/2011
Greek taxi drivers disrupt airport traffic on CreteGreek taxi drivers have stepped up their protests against EU/IMF inspired reforms by disrupting tourism at the height of the summer season. They blocked… 02/08/2011
Medvedev sets out his ‘big’ vision for MoscowPresident Dmitry Medvedev met with Moscow authorities on Wednesday to discuss his vision for the Russian capital. The president wants to double the city’s… 22/07/2011
Second day of cab chaos in AthensThousands of cab drivers in the Greek capital Athens have taken to the streets for a second day of protest, angry that the government has liberalised taxi… 19/07/2011
Greek taxis strike over austerity-inspired reformsGreek taxi drivers started a 48-hour strike on Monday in protest at moves to liberalise their trade. They blocked roads near Athens international airport… 18/07/2011
Striking taxi drivers block roads in AthensTaxi drivers in Athens have gone on strike as part of demonstrations against deregulation of numerous sectors. Roads were blocked, disrupting traffic over… 06/07/2011
Clashes with police in Italy over high-speed train lineViolence has erupted in Italy in bitter clashes between demonstrators and the police. According to the police an estimated 200 people have been injured, at… 03/07/2011
More demonstrations in Italy against Alpine rail linkSeveral thousand people have protested in a northern Italian valley against a planned high-speed railway. The rally follows a protest last week when people… 03/07/2011
Chinese ‘TGV’ opens to link Beijing and ShanghaiA high-speed train line linking the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai opened on Thursday. The train can travel just over 300 kilometers per hour… 30/06/2011
Susa Valley anti-tunnellers and police injuredAt least 40 people have been injured in demonstrations against a planned high-speed rail line between France and Italy. Some of those hurt are reported to be… 27/06/2011
Spain restores motorway speed limitsSince March speed limits on Spain’s motorways have been reduced to save money, but from July 1 they will revert to 120 kilometres per hour. Trimming the… 24/06/2011
Chilean ash cloud carries chaos to AustraliaOnce again volcanic ash has grounded planes in Australia, causing cancellations to domestic and international flights. National carrier Qantas has stopped all… 21/06/2011
French motorists angry over new lawsMotorcyclists and car drivers in France staged a series of protests on Saturday against new road safety measures which they say are criminal and unfair… 18/06/2011
Ferry links resume between India and Sri LankaSea ferry services have resumed between India and Sri Lanka for the first time in 30 years. The aim is to boost tourism and economic cooperation in light… 14/06/2011
Protesters removed from German railway sitePolice have removed protesters at a railway construction site in Stuttgart in Germany. Work had begun at a disputed Deutsche Bahn project after a two month… 14/06/2011
Airports re-open as volcano eruption easesGeologists in Iceland say the volcano eruption that has been disrupting European air traffic is almost over – banishing any remaining fears of prolonged… 25/05/2011
October launch for EU’s GPSThe first two operational satellites of the European Union’s global navigation system, Galileo, are to be launched in October. The European Commission also… 23/05/2011
Belgium today, tomorrow the world for solar energy planeThe world’s first international solar-powered flight has been completed. The Solar Impulse landed in Belgium after a 12-hour journey from Switzerland. It… 14/05/2011
Hong Kong Airlines train Kung-fu “fight” attendantsThere was a time when a proficiency in foreign languages was enough training for flight attendants – but now martial arts classes have become a must. Hong… 02/05/2011
Turkey’s PM unveils ‘crazy’ canal projectIt has been dubbed a ‘‘crazy project’‘, but Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday unveiled a mega canal scheme that aims to redraw the map of… 27/04/2011
Green light for main phase of Brenner alpine tunnelWork has officially begun in earnest on what will be the second longest tunnel in the world – linking Austria and Italy. It is hoped the 55 kilometre… 18/04/2011
Japan launches new 300kmh bullet trainJapan’s latest bullet train has made its maiden journey, leaving Tokyo for Shin-Aomori in the north of the country’s main island. The “Hayabusa” or… 05/03/2011
Traffic chaos as snow blocks Spanish motorwayThe European winter is not letting up. In Spain heavy snow forced a motorway north of Madrid to close, trapping thousands of drivers for several hours… 05/03/2011
Russia makes tracks in AbhkaziaThey are laying down new tracks in Abhkazia – but it is Russia’s state-owned railway that is carrying out the work. Moscow is helping the breakaway Georgian… 05/03/2011
Winter brings relief for Estonian driversResidents of four Estonian islands usually have to rely on the ferry to get to the mainland but wintry weather is offering them an alternative. The frozen… 01/03/2011
More rail disruption signalled in GermanyThe German train drivers union is threatening further strike action after an initial two-hour stoppage on Tuesday stranded passengers on both local and long… 22/02/2011
Skies to get more crowded says IATAThe number of airline tickets sold is expected to rise to 3.3 billion by 2014 from 2009’s two and a half billion – an increases of nearly a third. The… 14/02/2011
Stuttgart 21 protests start up againOpponents of the multi-billion-euro Stuttgart 21 project have been back on the streets of the German city. They say plans to modernise the city’s railway… 30/01/2011
Greek commuters hit by one-day strikePublic transport has come to a virtual standstill in Athens with a one-day strike hitting train, bus and tram services. Workers are protesting against… 13/01/2011
No let up in the snow for travellers on America’s east coastDay two of the winter white-out on USA’s eastern seaboard. The winds that had driven the blizzards had abated, the sun broke through but the planes at… 28/12/2010
Nightmare train journey in FranceIt is no wonder there was frustration. Passengers on a train in France embarked on a journey that should have taken only about 10 hours. But delays have… 27/12/2010
Angry Russian travellers storm passport controlTempers are reported to have flared at one of Moscow’s main airports as snow and power cuts disrupted flights for a second day. Angry passengers are said to… 27/12/2010
