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| May.21 |
 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
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| Apr.13 |
 Bangladesh |
Dhaka-Calcutta train link resumes The passenger train service (Maitreyi, or Friendship, Express) has resumed after an interval of more than 40 years
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| Feb.5 |
France |
Super-fast train unveiled President Sarkozy has attended the launch of a new high-speed train made by engineering giant Alstom
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| Feb.3 |
 China |
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
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China |
Fog worsens travel nightmare Heavy fog fell over parts of central China, further clogging a transport system already paralyzed by weeks of snow
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| Feb.1 |
China |
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
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| Jan.31 |
China |
Rail services resuming Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers pushed their way onto trains as service resumed after the worst winter storms
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| Dec.10 |
 South Korea |
 Inter-Korean train service starts| The first cargo train providing regular service across the border between the two Koreas in more than a half century left for the North | |
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| Nov.21 |
Paris |
Talks fail to end strike  French commuters are facing a 9th day of travel chaos as a country-wide strike by transport workers continues
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France |
Transport 'sabotage' hits 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... | |
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| Nov.15 |
 Germany |
Railroad strikes spread Train drivers launched a strike on the passenger network, following freight train drivers off the job
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| Nov.14 |
France |
Strike brings travel chaos Transport and energy workers broadened a strike in protest against Sarkozy's pension reform
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| Nov.13 |
Paris |
Transport workers on strike It's a second major showdown with President Sarkozy over his plan to reform pension
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| 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
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Opera legend Pavarotti dies at 71
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| 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
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| 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... | |
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| 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...
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| Apr.3 |
France |
French set new rail speed record
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WTO global trade talks collapse
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| Jul.5 |
Spain |
Services resume on Valencia subway
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| Jul.1 |
China |
Hu opens world's highest railway
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| May.23 |
North Korea |
N Korea calls off DMZ rail trial
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| Dec.31 |
London |
Strike by subway workers
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| 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
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| Dec.21 |
New York |
NYC in day two without transport
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| 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 | | |
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| Nov.21 |
Paris |
Railworkers begin strike The rail authority predicted major disruptions to national lines and Paris area commuter trains
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| Apr.6 |
 Kashmir |
Buses start historic trip The first 2 buses to cross the divided region in nearly 60 years have begun their journeys
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| Feb.16 |
Pakistan |
Landmark Kashmir bus link agreed
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| Jun.4 |
North Korea |
Koreas to open new transport link
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| Jan.31 |
Australia |
Train connects South and North
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| Jan.14 |
India |
India, Pakistan resume train link
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Rich-poor divide derails WTO talks
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| Jul.10 |
New Delhi |
Delhi-Lahore bus service resumes
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| Jun.28 |
South Korea |
Strike cripples railways
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| 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
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| May.6 |
 Pakistan |
 Pakistan to resume India links Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali says air and land transport links with India will be restored shortly
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| 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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