Tag: trains
US investment plans: Biden dreams of fast trains
Status: 10/27/2021 10:30 a.m. Dilapidated bridges, old trains and even in Las Vegas no train station: traveling by train in the USA is expensive, but not at all a pleasure.…
Munich: Criticism of the elimination of the motorail trains from Ostbahnhof – Munich
The ecologically oriented Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) is massively defending itself against the Deutsche Bahn (DB) plan to stop the transport of cars on passenger trains from Munich. The group said…
Trains: Controlled by an invisible hand – economy
Passengers on the platform can hardly tell that a vision is rolling off the Dammtor train station in Hamburg that morning. The type 474 railcar looks more like a commuter…
More Sprinter Trains: An Alternative to Flying?
Status: 07.10.2021 11:03 a.m. With additional sprinter connections on selected routes, Deutsche Bahn wants to make domestic flights less attractive with its new timetable. However, the group is also increasing…
New climate protection initiative: DHL relies on more mail trains
Status: 04.10.2021 3:29 p.m. Deutsche Post subsidiary DHL currently delivers only two percent of its parcels by rail. Thanks to a new cooperation with Deutsche Bahn, this share is expected…
A house collapses … All trains stopped in Marseille …
12:34 p.m .: Evacuated neighborhoods east of Marseille, a collapsed house While a lull is underway, before new precipitation expected in the early afternoon, the first damage from the torrential…
SNCF tries the experiment of biofuel trains
Green trains. Since September 21, SNCF and the Hauts-de-France region have launched a test phase to circulate 17 TER trains with biofuel on the Paris-Laon line, we learned on Friday.…
Ministry of Transport – Off for 3G rule on trains – Economy
The federal government has decided against the introduction of the so-called 3G rule in trains. The Ministry of Transport announced on Friday that it had been examined within the federal…
Paris-Munich-Vienna: The renaissance of the night trains
As of: 09/29/2021 2:49 p.m. Night trains are “in” again, as they are considered a climate-friendly alternative to flying. The Austrians are particularly successful in this niche. Deutsche Bahn could…
First half of the year: Fewer passengers on buses and trains
Status: 09/21/2021 10:38 a.m. The number of passengers in local public transport also fell in 2021 due to the pandemic. In the first six months, the decline was 18 percent…