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Deutsche Bahn (DB), Germany's state-run rail operator, has come up with a flexible working offer for train drivers amid a wage dispute with their GDL union, DB human resources head Martin Seiler said on Friday. "We intend to negotiate on additional models of choice for shift work," Seiler told the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily. "They will then be able to work only 35 hours instead of 38, or 40 hours. Everyone will get to choose." Those opting for a shorter working week ...

Workers who only go into the office a few days a week to socialise after hours are being offered cheaper train tickets by one of the UK’s major rail operators.

A network outage resulted in problems with the rail operator's app and self-service ticket machines.

A British rail operator pleaded guilty Thursday to safety failures that led to a train derailment that killed three people and injured six others three years ago in Scotland. Network Rail admitted in High Court in Aberdeen, Scotland, that it failed to ensure the safety of passengers and rail workers before extreme rainfall unleashed a slide that buried the tracks in rocks and gravel and caused the train to derail and topple down a hill. Train driver Brett McCullough, 45, conductor Donald Dinni...

Rail companies offer travellers compensation on their train tickets if their journeys are affected by delays to trains or cancellations.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has asked President Biden to declare a major presidential disaster for the train derailment in East Palestine earlier this year, which resulted in toxic chemicals spewing from several box cars. In a letter sent on Monday, DeWine told Biden that the declaration “is needed to ensure that the State and…

Europe. these trades are being built in the heart of tuscany are europes first try birds trains to enter the passenger service, having started running on routes in italy at the end of 2022. as well as being fitted with a overhead power, and a standard diesel engine, they are also fitted with a battery pack power unit and can be switched between modes. these trades are being manufactured by hitachi rail for italian rail operator tred italia based on hitachis platform. italia based on hitachis pla...

Turn to a story making headlines in the uk because after months of cancelled trains and repeated complaints of poor service, the company which runs rail services across the north of england and parts of scotland has lost its contract. the network will now be run by the government. it is the fourth rail operator to be nationalised since 2018. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. this comes after months and months of complaints from passengers about daily cancellations and the impact o...

Of that is although inflation is projected to come down because energy prices are going to come down, the rate of decline in inflation is more slow than they had previously expected. inflation still at 5% by the end of the air, 3—4% this time next year, it had been predicted to be just 1% this time next year, it had been predicted to bejust1% by this time next year, it had been predicted to be just 1% by this time next year. it means the bank of england is still facing a sluggish economy, infl...

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