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Green light for Channel Tunnel after fire on lorry forced closure

Firefighters give all-clear for Channel Tunnel after a lorry fire saw trains cancelled

17/01/2015

Ukraine

Visa and MasterCard quit Crimea over US sanctions

Visa and MasterCard said they can no longer support their payment cards being used in Crimea. The move by the world's biggest payment card companies follows the latest round of US sanctions imposed

26/12/2014

Ukraine

'Security concerns' halt trains between Ukraine and Crimea

Trains between Ukraine and Crimea are being suspended because of unspecified security concerns. Ukraine’s state rail company Ukrzaliznytsia said

26/12/2014

Spain

Trains run on time despite 23-hour Spanish rail strike

Spanish rail travel has been running mostly on schedule. That’s despite a 23-hour rail strike called by the General Confederation of Labour (CGT)

26/12/2014

Italy

Italy trains delayed after 'arson attack' along Milan-Bologna line

Italian train services have suffered severe disruptions following an arson attack along the Milan-Bologna line. Though no group has claimed

23/12/2014

Europe News

Belgium gripped by travel chaos as strike takes hold

A national strike has brought much of Belgium to a standstill , with airports, train stations and local transport services being shut down as the

15/12/2014

Belgium

Belgium hit by national strike

Passengers are having to cope with a national strike in Belgium with planes, trains and buses all hit by a stoppage over the new government’s

15/12/2014

Belgium

Belgium: Train strike gives passengers a taste of things to come

A 24 hour strike has been causing severe disruption to train services across Belgium as drivers take industrial action in a pay dispute. And

11/12/2014

Belgium

Belgium: Docks paralysed and transport hit in anti-austerity strike

24/11/2014

United Kingdom

London Charing Cross station reopens after fire

23/11/2014

Focus

BAM: a Soviet dream back on track

06/10/2014

Russia

Two detained following deadly Moscow metro derailment

16/07/2014

France

Artists wrap Paris Metro train in Christmas paper for festive stunt

20/12/2013

United Kingdom

British railway workers being sprayed with urine and faeces - union

19/12/2013

United Kingdom

Camera catches couple having sex in UK railway station lift

23/10/2013

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Soundtrack for safer trains

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Travelling the Trans-Siberian

27/05/2013

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Traveller's diary: The Trans-Siberian railway

27/05/2013

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Peugeot driven to sell assets

20/09/2012

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Branson's grim train warning

15/08/2012