Dublin News
Dart rail service increases frequency
Expanded capacity linked to economic recovery
Dublin's Dart services have increased their frequency from one train every 15 minutes to one every ten minutes. The extra capacity will affect peak ti...
Dublin News
Traffic to be reduced in Dublin's College Green
Experimental traffic reductions in front of Trinity College
A plan to reduce traffic to two lanes around Dublin's College Green will be introduced on a trial basis by Dublin City Council next year...
Amsterdam News
Electrical taxis at Schipol airport
Over 160 electrical driven taxis started working between Schipol international airport and Amsterdam in mid October.
Two taxi services, BIOS-Groen and BBF SchipolTaxi, with support from the city, n...
Dublin News
Public transport fares increase in Dublin
Price hike affects Dublin Bus, Luas, regional bus and train services
Public transport fares are to increase in Dublin and across the republic, affecting services provided by Bus Éireann, Ia...
Madrid News
The city's transport department has started legal proceedings against Uber, the privately run taxi-sharing service, for operating without a licence.
Uber drivers, who started work in Madrid in Sept...
Brussels News
Brussels airport flight paths to change again
Changes made in February 2014 to the flight plans for Brussels airport must now be re-adpated thanks to a Brussels court order.
The unpopular Wathelet plan, named after the minister for mobility, h...
Amsterdam News
The smartphone taxi service UberPop launched in Amsterdam on 30 July. The Uber App connects passengers with unlicensed drivers, providing a ride that is about 50 per cent lower than the standard taxi...
Berlin News
Berlin’s new airport running out of finance
The troubled Brandenburg airport, which should have been up and running two years ago, is now in deep financial trouble according to Der Spiegel online international.
A recent report by the Europea...
London News
Queen opens Heathrow’s new Terminal 2
Queen Elizabeth officially opened Heathrow’s new Terminal 2 on 23 June, almost 60 years after she inaugurated the first civil aviation building at what was to be transformed from a military faci...
Barcelona News
Barcelona metro to link El Prat airport in 2016
The Barcelona metro will link up to El Prat airport in 2016 according to the president of Catalonia Artur Mas.
When the extension is finished there will be 15 stations (three less than originally p...
Paris News
As the French rail strike goes into its seventh day on Tuesday 17 June only about a quarter of the trains were running in the Paris region, with many international connections to Spain, Switzerland an...
Barcelona News
Barcelona best airport in southern Europe
Barcelona's El Prat airport has been classified as the best airport in southern Europe for the third year running according the Skytrax survey of 13 million passengers in 120 countries. The survey tak...
Madrid News
Madrid's new bike sharing scheme, which was due to start on 1 May, has now been delayed, with no new date given for the start up.
The project, which was awarded to Bonopark under a €25 million...
Paris News
New low-cost ferry offers from France to UK
New low-cost ferry services are to start between Le Havre and Portsmouth four times a week on 25 March.
The service, to be run by Brittany Ferries, will cost €96 one-way for two passengers plu...
Barcelona News
Barcelona parking spaces too narrow
Barcelona has the narrowest parking places in Europe according to research by EuroTest, a group of 18 automobile clubs in 17 European countries.
Barcelona parking spaces are only 2.2 m wide and 4.5...
Dublin News
Rapid bus scheme proposed for Dublin
Transport system would connect Dublin suburbs to centre Three bus rapid transit routes, costing a total of about €650 million, have been proposed for Dublin by the National Transport Authority (...
Paris News
Air France pilots are threatening a strike from 22-25 February – a school holiday period – in protest against possible transfer of pilots to the low-cost company Transavia.
The pilots&r...
Amsterdam News
Parking fines in Amsterdam hit record
Revenue from parking fines in Amsterdam totaled €166 million in 2013 or €9 million more than in 2012.
This is partly due to an increase in the parking spaces available, in part to an incr...
Dublin News
Work begins on Dublin's Luas Cross City line
Utility services make way for tram tracks Construction work for Dublin's newest light rail link, the Luas Cross City line, has commenced at six sites in the city centre from St Stephen’s Green...
Barcelona News
Travel by train between Barcelona and Paris has now become 30 minutes faster and without any changes. The time between the two cites in the new TGV launched on 15 December now takes 6 hours 25 minutes...
