E-scooters are widely used across German cities, but they can also be dangerous for both riders and pedestrians. We look at the government's proposed new regulations and the reaction to them.
A series of coordinated arson attacks have paralysed the French rail network on the opening day of the Olympics. Here's how passengers in Germany are affected.
Germany's state-owned train operator Deutsche Bahn said Thursday that its year-on-year net losses soared 16-fold in the first half of 2024, reflecting the impacts of extreme weather, strikes, and upgrades to its ageing network.
A project to renew an old train line would bring new stations and faster connections to passengers in Berlin. Here are the new routes being planned in the city’s southwest.
Seated before the tram's control panel, Benedikt Hanne, 24, deftly steered the red and white wagons, hours before heading to Nuremberg university to study for a social work degree.
Many passengers will suffer bus and train delays and cancellations this week as public transport strikes sweep the country. But employees say these strikes are needed to improve working conditions. The Local speaks with a Berlin bus driver about union workers’ demands.
Public transport passengers around Germany should expect delays and some cancellations this week, as 90,000 employees from local transport companies are striking on various days from Monday to Saturday.
Ahead of talks over pay and conditions for local transport workers, union Verdi has called on bus and train drivers in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to stage a walkout on Thursday.
A strike by Verdi trade union forced Germany's largest airline Lufthansa to ground up to 90 percent of its scheduled flights. Things could get even worse for passengers, if progress is not made in labour negotiations.
Just under 30 percent of Deutsche Bahn long-distance rail passengers in Germany arrived at their destination late in the first 10 months of 2023 and, unfortunately, the situation doesn't look likely to improve any time soon.
The northern city of Stendal has become the first district in Germany to stop accepting the €49 monthly travel ticket. Is this an isolated incident - or a sign of things to come?
Disputes between the German train drivers' union and Deutsche Bahn have made it a rocky few weeks on the railways. Can we expect to see even more strikes in 2024?
The German train drivers union (GDL) on Friday announced that negotiations with Deutsche Bahn over pay and conditions had failed. So-called 'warning strikes' are expected to follow.
The German train drivers' union is polling members on whether to hold unrestricted strikes amid an ongoing pay and conditions dispute with employer Deutsche Bahn.
Travellers in Germany could see strikes this winter as the German Train Drivers Union (GDL) sits down to negotiate better conditions and wages with Deutsche Bahn.
German rescue teams called off a search Wednesday for four sailors missing after a cargo ship sank after a collision between two vessels in the North Sea.
One person has died and four are missing from the crew of a cargo ship that sank after colliding with another vessel in the North Sea, German authorities said on Tuesday.
