Transport
Unions confirm strike 10 days before Christmas.
Trade unions have confirmed a 24-hour public transport strike in Italy on Friday 15 December, after postponing a protest originally scheduled for Monday 27 November.
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17 people received minor injuries in train crash.
An investigation is underway after two trains crashed into each other at low speed in Italy's northern Emilia-Romagna region on Sunday night, injuring 17 people.
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Three days of free buses, subways and trams in Rome.
Rome's Christmas mobility plan, in place from 8 December to 7 January, offers incentives to use public transport and take taxis in the capital over the festive season...
Public transport services at risk from 09.00-13.00.
Commuters in Rome and the surrounding Lazio region face disruption to public transport services due to a regional four-hour strike on Thursday 7 December.
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Metro A resumes full service in time for Christmas
Rome's Metro A subway line will resume its full service on Friday, on completion of major overnight works that began 18 months ago, the city confirmed on Wednesday....
Unions demand greater safety on railway lines.
Railway workers in Italy will stage an eight-hour general strike on Thursday 30 November, from 09.00 to 17.00, to protest against Tuesday's fatal train crash in Calabria....
Crash occurred at level crossing in Cosenza area.
Two people were killed when a train collided with a truck at a level crossing on a railway line in the Cosenza province in Italy's southern Calabria region on Tuesday ev...
Lollobrigida under fire for stopping Frecciarossa train.
Italy's minister for agriculture on Tuesday reportedly ordered a high-speed train to make an unscheduled stop near Rome, so that he could get off, after the Naple...
Strike to affect local public transport services in Italy.
Commuters in Rome, Milan and other Italian cities face disruption to local public transport services on Monday 27 November due to a national 24-hour strike....
City sees funny side to viral English translations.
Rome city hall clarified on Monday that it is not responsible for a website whose dodgy English translations of Roman metro stations have caused hilarity in the Italia...
Friday's strike in Italy: what you need to know.
Italy faces a nationwide general strike on Friday 17 November with disruption expected to public transport services as well the education and health sectors.
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War of words between trade union leader and transport minister over strike on 17 November.
The Italian government has reduced to four hours a planned 24-hour national strike affecting the public transport sector on Frid...
Mayor under fire from Rome motorists as 10-year project gets underway.
Rome's mayor has come under criticism from Roman drivers over the intense traffic in the city centre following the partial closure of Piazza Venezia...
Strike to affect Italy's public transport, schools and flights.
A national general strike scheduled in Italy on Friday 20 October is set to disrupt the country's education, health and transport sectors, including rail a...
Palazzo Venezia side of piazza to close from 21 October.
Rome will partly close the central Piazza Venezia from Saturday 21 October to facilitate construction works for the Metro C subway station, in a move that will af...
Nobody injured in Rome bus depot fire.
Rome police are investigating the cause of a massive fire that destroyed six buses belonging to the Roma TPL public transport company at dawn on Friday 13 October.
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Taxi strike on Tuesday follows public transport strike on Monday.
Taxi drivers in Italy are to stage a 24-hour strike on Tuesday 10 October in protest over a government decree that paves the way for an increase in new t...
Strike to affect local public transport services in Italy.
Commuters in Rome, Milan and other Italian cities face disruption to local public transport services on Monday 9 October due to a national 24-hour strike.
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City increases service on Metro B line.
Rome's Metro B1 subway will be shut from 28 September until 1 October as the city increases the frequency of trains on the Metro B line to cope with crowds during the Ryder Cup....
Trade union abandons plan for Friday walkout.
Italy's USB trade union has called off its planned 24-hour public transport strike on Friday 29 September after the government stepped in to limit the industrial action to f...
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