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Added on the 20/10/2021 13:41:58 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Deutsche Bahn (DB) unveiled its innovative project called the "Idea Train" in Nuremberg on Thursday, which aims to make rail transportation as enjoyable. Besides the play area for children and fitness studio with exercise bikes and virtual trainers, the Idea Train also feature a special zone where football lovers never have to miss a game. Special noise-cancelling chairs feature built-in tablets with internet access which give passengers the ability to stay connected without being annoyed by more rowdy riders.
With German train drivers on strike, services across the capital Berlin remain disrupted and intermittent, with cancellations and reduced services seen across both local and regional train journeys. Disruption is expected across the country as a result of the train drivers' union's latest salvo in an escalating dispute over working conditions. It is their second walkout in weeks -- in mid-November, train drivers staged a 20-hour strike that led to the cancellation of some 80 percent of long-distance trains nationwide. IMAGES
Railway teams work to restore tracks at the site of India's deadliest train crash in decades, a disaster that has reignited safety concerns about the country's rail network. Friday's crash at Balasore in the eastern state of Odisha has left nearly 300 people dead. IMAGES
After walking on the rails between the Lyon and Bercy stations in Paris, striking railway workers hold a general assembly on the 10th day of protests against pension reform. IMAGES
Victims' families and lawyers wait at the Marseille court for the start of the trial of the driver of the school bus that collided with a train in 2017 in Millas (Pyrénées-Orientales), killing six schoolchildren. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi are seen onboard a train bound for the Ukraine capital Kyiv, that left from Poland. IMAGES