A swan mourning the death of its companion on
a German railway track held up 23 trains for almost an hour and had to be
removed by firefighters using special equipment, police said.
Starting December 13th, German national railway Deutsche Bahn will kick off several new routes, as part of a larger improvement plan. Here's what you need to know.
Germany has urged people to stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential travel. What does that mean during the festive holidays? Here's what we know so far.
An Eritrean man on Wednesday
apologised in a German court for fatally pushing a boy under a train during an episode of paranoid schizophrenia, in a case that stoked a heated immigration
debate.
An Eritrean man goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday for fatally throwing a boy under a train during an
episode of paranoid schizophrenia, in a case that stoked a heated immigration
debate.
ffGerman rail group Deutsche Bahn said Thursday it has plunged into its deepest financial crisis with a huge first half loss of 3.7 billion euros as the coronavirus pandemic slammed the brakes on travel.
People in Germany are gearing up to travel again within the country. But taking a train is going to be different compared to pre-pandemic times. Here’s what’s changing.
Germany's national rail company is taking a number of measures to improve its cleanliness amid the coronavirus pandemic, including hiring more cleaners and making WCs at some stations around the country free of charge.
German state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn refused delivery of 25 double-deck trains built by the Canadian group
Bombardier owing to "manufacturing defects", a spokesman told AFP Tuesday.
Berlin’s Social Democrats are pushing for a €365 annual ticket for public transport. But it’s already proving a controversial proposal, with a Munich travel boss warning against it.
German experts defused a World War II bomb in Cologne on Tuesday that had forced the evacuation of thousands of office workers and disrupted rail and ship traffic.
Passengers were warned to expect delays and cancellations on parts of Germany's rail network on Tuesday after a bomb was discovered in the western city of Cologne.
Police are currently hunting for a murder suspect in the town of Elze near Hildesheim, investigators announced on Friday morning, causing train delays throughout western Germany.
As Germany considers how to make stations safer after a boy was pushed under a train in Frankfurt, Munich is planning to get platform screen doors on its U-Bahn system.
Berlin's buses, trains and trams get the thumbs up but there's lots to be improved on, say readers who shared their views in the first of our series on Germany's public transport.
On average, Deutsche Bahn long-distance trains arrived more punctually in May than they have done in previous years. However, along certain routes, travellers must expect later arrivals as the company starts essential construction work.
With many schools off and the Easter weekend coming up, lots of people across Germany are preparing for a getaway. Here's what to look out for to avoid travel stress.
German state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn on Thursday reported record revenues and passenger numbers in 2018, tempered by a decline in punctuality and drop in profits.
Czech authorities said Thursday they had
detained two Iraqi terror suspects, a man and a woman, wanted by Austria over
their role in 2018 attacks on trains in Germany.
