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Commuters and tourists alike were stranded by a major train strike across Italy on a sweltering Thursday, with cancellations affecting even high-speed lines that are usually guaranteed during ...
The 2022 United States railroad labor dispute was a labor dispute between freight railroads and workers in the United States. Rail companies and unions had tentatively agreed to a deal in September 2022, but it was rejected by a majority of the unions' rank-and-file members. [ 2][ 3] Congress and President Joe Biden intervened to pass the ...
The inauguration of the Naples–Portici railway on 3 October 1839, the first Italian railway line. The first Railways were introduced in Italy when it was still a divided country, a few decades before the political unification . The first line to be built on the peninsula was the Naples–Portici line, in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which ...
High-speed rail in Italy consists of two lines connecting most of the country's major cities. The first line connects Turin to Salerno via Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples, the second runs from Turin to Venice via Milan and Verona, and is under construction in parts. [ 2] Trains are operated with a top speed of 300 km/h (190 mph).
The first national rail strikes since the 1980s began in June 2022. The unions involved are Aslef and the RMT, the largest rail union. They are involved in parallel disputes with the 14 leading ...
The Bernina railway line is a single-track 1,000 mm ( 3 ft in) metre gauge railway line forming part of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It links the spa resort of St. Moritz, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, with the town of Tirano, in the Province of Sondrio, Italy, via the Bernina Pass. Reaching a height of 2,253 metres (7,392 ft) above ...
Train strikes are expected to impact travel across the UK as rail workers will be taking industrial actions on Friday 12 May, Saturday 13 May, Wednesday 31 May, and Saturday 3 June. Teachers ...
The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length [ 3] of 24,567 km (15,265 mi) of which active lines are 16,832 km (10,459 mi). [ 2] The network has recently grown with the construction of the new high-speed rail network. Italy is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC).