Transport
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.
The strik...
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.
Two teams of...
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.
Th...
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...
Salvini orders 24-hour strike to be cut to four hours.
The Italian government has reduced to four hours a planned 24-hour strike affecting local public transport services in Rome and cities across Italy on Friday 29 Sep...
Strike to affect local public transport services in cities across Italy.
Commuters in Rome and other cities in Italy face disruption to local public transport services due to a national 24-hour strike on Friday 29 Septe...
Increased service on Metro B coincides with closure of Metro B1.
Rome is to increase the frequency of subway trains serving the Metro B between Laurentina and Rebibbia to cope with the large crowds expected for the Ryde...
Rome cyclists can lock up bikes at metro stations.
Rome has launched a new app-based service that allows cyclists to store their bikes in lockers at subway stations around the Italian capital.
The system, unveiled on...
Dramatic video footage shows pilot ejecting seconds before plane crash.
A five-year-old girl was killed after one of Italy's Frecce Tricolori aerobatic jets crashed near the northern city of Turin on Saturday afternoon,...
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