3+ day, 25+ min ago  (414+ words) Westbahn began commercial operations on the new Koralmbahn corridor on 1 March 2026, running three'and soon five'daily high-speed trains between Vienna and Villach with intermediate stops in Graz and Klagenfurt. The "SMILE" fleet cuts travel times by more than an hour, accepts…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (283+ words) 700 Trains Cancelled Nationwide as Renfe Strike Ends, Hitting Business Travel Hubs'VisaHQ Spain's three-day rail stoppage ended on 11 February with a bruising tally: roughly 700 trains85 AVE high-speed services, 150 regional routes and about 450 commuter serviceswere cancelled, Spanish News Today reports Although the operator…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (238+ words) Renfe says only 1.9 % of staff joined 11 February strike but cancellations persist nationwide'VisaHQ National rail operator Renfe reported that just 1.9 percent of its workforce observed today's strike called by minority unions, down from 11.6 percent on Monday Yet the low participation rate…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (340+ words) Nation-wide rail strike paralyses Spain's commuter and long-distance networks'VisaHQ Spain woke up on Monday, 9 February 2026, to the first of three 24-hour rail strikes that immediately crippled commuter services in the country's largest business hubs From 00:00 the drivers' union SEMAF and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (260+ words) RENFE to cancel 955 trains as three-day national rail strike looms'VisaHQ Spain's state-owned rail operator RENFE confirmed on 5 February that it will scrap 955 passenger services during a three-day strike scheduled for 9-11 February The industrial action " called by the CCOO, UGT and…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (194+ words) Government Sets Minimum Rail Services; HuffPost Publishes Detailed Timetables for Travellers'VisaHQ Shortly after the strike confirmation, Spain's Ministry of Transport issued a resolution establishing compulsory minimum services HuffPost Espa'a obtained the full timetable breakdown, showing that 723 of 995 AVE/long-distance trains…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (348+ words) CZK 72 Billion Rail Plan Details Revealed " Commuters and Cross-Border Travellers to Benefit'VisaHQ The Transport Ministry has broken down how the previously announced CZK 72.2 billion (" "3 billion) rail budget will be spent, highlighting projects that will touch almost every region Twenty billion…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (296+ words) Record 94 % Train Punctuality Gives Switzerland's Business Travellers a Reliability Dividend'VisaHQ Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has posted its best on-time performance since records began, with 94.1 % of passenger services arriving within three minutes of schedule in 2025, according to figures released in the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1089+ words) Verkehr "45" blueprint signals CHF 20 bn rail-and-road expansion to meet Swiss mobility demand'VisaHQ Switzerland moved a step closer to its next generational transport upgrade after the Federal Council on 28 January 2026 endorsed the key parameters of the "Verkehr "45" programme " a coordinated plan…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (402+ words) Hong Kong-Mainland high-speed rail adds 16 new cities and launches "buy-one-get-one" ticket deal'VisaHQ Hong Kong's cross-border high-speed rail network marked another milestone on 26 January 2026, when the MTR Corporation inaugurated services to 16 additional mainland Chinese cities'including Nanjing, Wuxi, Hefei, Yangzhou and Taizhou'taking…...