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Railroad strikes spread  Train drivers launched a strike on the passenger network, following freight train drivers off the job Strike brings travel chaos

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Talks fail to end strike  French commuters are facing a 9th day of travel chaos as a country-wide strike by transport workers continues Transport 'sabotage' hits France
France braces for day of strikes  Workers at the national rail company, SNCF, have begun strike action against President Sarkozy's plans to reform public-sector pensions Dhaka-Calcutta train link resumes  The passenger train service (Maitreyi, or Friendship, Express) has resumed after an interval of more than 40 years Super-fast train unveiled  President Sarkozy has attended the launch of a new high-speed train made by engineering giant Alstom Travelers gradually get back on track   Authorities expect 1.3 million people to travel out of Guangzhou's train station over the next few days Fog worsens travel nightmare  Heavy fog fell over parts of central China, further clogging a transport system already paralyzed by weeks of snow Chaos as travelers stampede stations  The continuing snow storms would still crush the hopes of desperate to see their families during their only break of the year Rail services resuming  Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers pushed their way onto trains as service resumed after the worst winter storms Inter-Korean train service starts


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Dec.10   South Korea
  The first cargo train providing regular service across the border between the two Koreas in more than a half century left for the North
Nov.21   Paris
  France
  Striking railway workers have carried out 'a coordinated campaign of sabotage' on the tracks of high-speed TGV rail network, setting fire to cables.    The SNCF is saying militants wanted t...
Nov.15   Germany
Nov.14   France
  Transport and energy workers broadened a strike in protest against Sarkozy's pension reform
 Rail services were disrupted and energy production reduced. Thousands of commuters were forced to improvise
Nov.13   Paris Transport workers on strike   It's a second major showdown with President Sarkozy over his plan to reform pension Oct.17   Paris France wakes to transport strike  A one-day nationwide strike by public transport workers leaves the country with almost no train, bus or metro services Opera legend Pavarotti dies at 71 Sep.3   Paris First outing for faster Eurostar   Eurostar is set to make its inaugural journey from Paris to London via a new 186mph high-speed line May.16   North Korea Korean trains in historic link-up
  A pair of passenger trains have crossed the heavily fortified border for the first time in more than 50 years.    The 5-carriage trains, one travelling from the North and one from the Sou...
May.10   North Korea NK allows cross-border rail test  The military has consented to planned test run of trains on rails rebuilt across the border with South Korea in a symbolic event in inter-Korean... Apr.3   France French set new rail speed record

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WTO global trade talks collapse
Jul.5   Spain Services resume on Valencia subway Jul.1   China Hu opens world's highest railway May.23   North Korea N Korea calls off DMZ rail trial

year 2005 Top ^

Dec.31   London Strike by subway workers
Dec.22   New York Transport workers end strike  Transport union leaders voted to end a 3-day strike that forced millions of commuters to walk, cycle, skate Dec.21   New York NYC in day two without transport Dec.20   New York Strike shuts down NYC transit system
  Millions of passengers are having to find a new way of getting to work and do their holiday shopping
Nov.21   Paris Railworkers begin strike  The rail authority predicted major disruptions to national lines and Paris area commuter trains Apr.6   Kashmir Buses start historic trip
  The first 2 buses to cross the divided region in nearly 60 years have begun their journeys Feb.16   Pakistan Landmark Kashmir bus link agreed

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Jun.4   North Korea Koreas to open new transport link
Jan.31   Australia Train connects South and North Jan.14   India India, Pakistan resume train link

year 2003 Top ^

Rich-poor divide derails WTO talks
Jul.10   New Delhi Delhi-Lahore bus service resumes Jun.28   South Korea Strike cripples railways Jun.13   North Korea Railway reconnects two Koreas  Workers have reconnected railway lines between the countries in a special ceremony, the first time in 50 years May.6   Pakistan   Pakistan to resume India links  Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali says air and land transport links with India will be restored shortly Feb.17   London Congestion charge cuts traffic levels

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Sep.17   South Korea Work began on railway to link Koreas


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Jan.1   Taiwan First Taiwan Boat Reaches Mainland


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