Dutch rail workers are on strike today in the western part of the country, home to most of the population, demanding higher wages to cope with rising inflation. Rail operator NS has announced that the strike will cause problems elsewhere in the Netherlands, including on the international network to Belgium. “Use another mode of transport […]
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“Alliance” of Greece – Bulgaria on the railway, to revive the Rail TKABVR Project
By Fotis Fotinos Is the project of the railway connection of the ports of Northern Greece and Bulgaria being revived? This seems to be the case, since the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is hiring a legal advisor for the establishment of a Greek-Bulgarian company. The specific project, which has been named “Rail TKABVR Project” […]
Great Britain: New 24-hour rail strike
Around 40,000 rail workers are on strike in Britain today over pay and jobs, a month after the sector’s biggest strike in 30 years, amid the UK’s spending power crisis. Having failed to get their demands met in a historic three-day strike at the end of June, the RMT union has called a new 24-hour […]
German Railways plans freight train services to transport Ukrainian grain
German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced plans to resume freight train services to transport Ukrainian grain to German ports for loading onto ships. The grain will be transported by train to German ports such as Rostock and Hamburg, according to DB. No details have been released on the quantities that can be transported, […]
G. Karagiannis: The government gives the highest priority to railway projects
“Railway projects are of the highest priority for us,” said the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Giorgos Karagiannis, visiting construction sites for the construction and upgrading of the railway network in Thessaloniki at noon. The deputy minister pointed out that in the last three years the government has given and is giving “a very […]
France: Problems with train routes due to the 24-hour rail strike
Rail workers across France went on strike today, causing severe disruption to services just days before the start of the summer holidays and at a time of social unrest in other sectors of the economy as high inflation gnaws away the wages. Three of the four largest unions at SNCF, France’s state-owned railways, joined the […]
The strike on the British railways continues
The third day of the UK national railway strike continues on Saturday, after talks with union leaders ended without an agreement. The 24-hour work stoppage is part of the efforts of the National Union of Railway, Maritime and Transport Workers to promote demands for higher wages, a ban on mandatory redundancies and the maintenance of […]
Britain: Second day of strike by British railway workers
British rail workers are continuing their strike today, a day after fruitless inflation-driven wage negotiations reached record levels of more than 11% at the end of the year. It is the second largest strike day of the week, followed by a third on Saturday. Only one train at five will run and lines will only […]
Britain: Transport minister calls railway strikes ‘huge mistake’
Britain’s Transport Minister Grand Saps today called the strikes announced by railway officials in the UK this week a “huge mistake”, warning that people would not be able to go to their scheduled hospital appointments. school exams or people in general at work. More than 50,000 railway workers will go on strike on June 21, […]
Bloomberg: British train strike is part of the world’s oldest rail crisis
Britain’s biggest train strike in 30 years is set to halt this mode of transport next Tuesday as the world’s oldest railroad struggles to redefine its role in a coronary crisis. The planned layoffs of 40,000 workers at 13 train companies and the management company Network Rail They aim to provide guarantees for employment and […]