Transport
The opening of part of the new pedestrian underpass network at Termini station improves the connection between metro A and B lines and the railway station. The new section has four escalators to allow greater access to t...
Plans to increase the cost of travelling on public transport in Rome are currently awaiting approval by the council of the Lazio region.
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The newly-renovated Tiburtina train station is being inaugurated by the president of the republic Giorgio Napolitano on Monday 28 November at 11.30, causing road closures and bus detours between 10.00 and 12.00.
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The city has introduced anti-smog measures that ban the most polluting vehicles from moving within Rome's "Fascia Verde" (green belt) on Friday 18 November from 07.30 to 20.30, and a total ban on private vehicles on Sund...
The British air carrier EasyJet has moved its base from Ciampino to Leonardo Da Vinci airport in Fiumicino, where it now operates 25 routes. A statement issued by the company, which is the second-largest budget airline i...
There have been widespread calls across social media sites for the restoration of the bus stop on Via del Plebiscito, in the aftermath of the resignation of former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi on 12 November.
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Petrol stations throughout Italy are threatening to strike from 19.30 on 8 November until 07.00 on Friday 11 November unless an agreement can be reached with the government at the last moment.
Only the areas hit by r...
On Saturday 5 November the opposition Partito Democratic has planned a national demonstration in Rome
The first Rome-Tripoli flight in eight months landed at Mitiga military airport in the Libyan capital on 3 November, marking the resumption of services suspended over the conflict which resulted in the recent death of Li...
Trenitalia is staging a national strike on Friday 21 October from 09.00-17.00. There is skeleton service being provided for some long distance routes but regional trains are likely to be badly affected. The industrial di...
A public transport strike affecting Rome's suburbs has been scheduled for Friday 14 October from 11.30-15.30.
The four-hour strike has been called by workers at Roma Tpl, which operates 75 suburban bus routes.
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There have been 139 accidents in Rome involving minicars from January to September this year. That figure corresponds almost exactly with the number of minicar accidents recorded in the capital during the same period las...
Rome's taxis are expensive and the taxi drivers are aggressive, do not respect speed limits, break the traffic lights and take long detours off the requested route. This is according to the EuroTEST report undertaken by...
From Monday 10 October, commuter trains on the Tivoli-Rome line (Fr2) will return to Tiburtina, where two new platforms are ready to be opened.
Since the mysterious fire which gutted part of the new station on 24 July...
A large digital clock has been installed at the building site above the underground car park in Piazza Cavour, with its electronic display showing the days, hours, minutes and seconds until the project
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