07 feb 2023 om 05:03Update: een uur geleden The collective labor agreement negotiations for the thirteen thousand employees in regional transport are stuck and that will not change in the short term. Chairman Fred Kagie of the Association of Public Transport Employers (VWOV) currently sees nothing in the arrival of a mediator. “Perhaps it is … Read more
06 feb 2023 om 18:48Update: een uur geleden The collective bargaining offer of employers in regional transport has lapsed. As a result, the negotiations have to start again. This is a bid for the multimodal collective agreement, which includes regional transport companies that operate both buses and trains. Unions had until 5 p.m. on Monday … Read more
◀ Anchor ▶ From today, you can take off your mask even indoors. ◀ Anchor ▶ However, there are places that still need to be used, such as hospitals and public transportation. Correspondent Lim So-jeong summarized it in detail. ◀ Report ▶ The only time I could take off my mask indoors was when I … Read more
EPA NOS News•today, 09:17 Travelers in Germany can use cheaper public transport again from 1 May. For 49 euros per month you can then travel unlimited on buses, trams, metros and regional trains throughout Germany. The €49 ticket is a successor to last summer’s popular €9 ticket. That was meant to be a boost and … Read more
Employees of regional trains will soon go on strike again for better working conditions in the smaller collective labor agreement for regional transport. The VVMC union reports this on Tuesday evening. It is not yet known when the new strikes will take place. The union has recently held talks with employers about a better collective … Read more
Due to track work, less train traffic than usual will be possible around Haarlem from Thursday for six days. The NS reports this on Monday. There will be no trains at all between Haarlem and Leiden until 31 January. In addition, there will be no trains to Santpoort Noord and Zandvoort during the weekend. Finally, … Read more
Other states have pushed ahead. Baden-Württemberg will follow shortly with the lifting of this Corona rule. Then what applies? Baden-Württemberg will end the mask requirement on buses, trams and local trains on January 31st. Because this is the last day that the current Corona regulation still applies. The mask in local public transport in Germany … Read more
19 jan 2023 om 20:01Update: 3 uur geleden Due to a strike call from trade unions FNV and CNV, bus drivers, tram drivers and drivers in public regional transport will strike tomorrow for the second consecutive day. The public transport employers’ association (VWOV) expects the same picture on Friday as today: a strike with major … Read more
Thousands of bus drivers, drivers and conductors will stop working on Thursday and Friday. The trade union FNV reports this after a collective bargaining agreement in which the unions and employers could not reach an agreement. Only in NS trains and in urban transport in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague will there be no strikes. … Read more
The all-new Central Subway connects Chinatown with Union Square and SoMA (South of Market) for the first time and is the first subway to run in the immediate downtown area in a north-south direction. Until now these parts of the city were only connected to each other directly by buses. North-South connection through the city … Read more