Tag #Transport Disruption

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🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Power Outage Grounds Flights, Disrupts Transport in Spain and Portugal

A major power outage across Spain and Portugal caused widespread travel chaos, grounding over 140 flights and disrupting road and rail networks; the cause is still unknown, with full power restoration expected in 6–10 hours.

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24% Bias Score

Sustainable Cities and Communities
tr.euronews.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Severe Storms Cause Widespread Damage and Deaths in Italy

Severe weather, including strong winds, heavy rain, and hail, caused widespread flooding and landslides across Italy, resulting in three deaths and significant infrastructure damage, particularly impacting transportation in Piedmont, Lombardy, and Veneto.

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40% Bias Score

Sustainable Cities and Communities
nos.nl
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Severe Weather Cripples Southern Switzerland and Northern Italy

Southern Switzerland and Northern Italy face extreme weather; up to 350 mm of rain and 2 meters of snow are expected, causing flooding, landslides, road closures, and the rescue of two people from a car in a river near Turin.

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16% Bias Score

Sustainable Cities and Communities
sueddeutsche.de
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Berlin Ringbahn Closure Extended Due to A100 Bridge Demolition

Berlin's western Ringbahn S-Bahn line is closed until late April due to the demolition of the A100 motorway bridge above it, impacting roughly 50,000 daily commuters, while the eastern section remains unaffected. The demolition, costing €150 million, is expected to be largely finished by April 25th.

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44% Bias Score

Sustainable Cities and Communities
lemonde.fr
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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SUD-Rail Files Six-Week Strike Notice at SNCF Amidst Working Condition Disputes

France's third-largest railway union, SUD-Rail, filed a six-week strike notice from April 17 to June 2, impacting spring holidays, due to new software causing scheduling issues and lack of progress on a pay raise request; however, no strike is called yet.

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44% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
sueddeutsche.de
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Rhine Valley Railway Line Renovations Cause Widespread Disruptions

Deutsche Bahn is renovating the Rhine Valley railway line between Karlsruhe and Basel from April 18th to 27th, causing cancellations, schedule changes, and bus replacements for long-distance and regional trains, impacting tens of thousands of daily passengers; the work includes track, switch, and gr...

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36% Bias Score

Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
elmundo.es
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Madrid Power Outage Causes Widespread Disruptions

A massive power outage in Madrid at 12:30 pm on Monday caused widespread disruptions, including trapped elevator passengers, metro station evacuations, and price gouging by ride-sharing services; however, Cabify quickly implemented a standard fare to mitigate the surge pricing.

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24% Bias Score

Affordable and Clean Energy
lefigaro.fr
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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SNCF Strike Threat: CEO Warns of Customer Losses, Reduced Investment

SNCF Voyageurs CEO Christophe Fanichet warned against an early May strike called by several unions including CGT-Cheminots and SUD-Rail over pay and working conditions, threatening customer losses and reduced investment, despite salary increases exceeding inflation for 2025.

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48% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
liberation.fr
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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French TGV Controllers' Strike Planned for May 9-11, 2025

The National Collective of Train Controllers (CNA) will join SUD Rail's strike of TGV high-speed train controllers from May 9-11, 2025, disrupting travel during the May 8 holiday weekend due to demands for better pay and working conditions, prompting concerns from the SNCF CEO about economic impact ...

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44% Bias Score

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smh.com.au
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Sydney Rail Line Closure: 63-Day Shutdown for Metro Conversion

Sydney's T6 Bankstown and Lidcombe rail line will close for 63 days from April 27 to June 29 for metro conversion works, impacting 11,000 daily commuters who will use replacement buses; the project's cost has increased to $21.6 billion from $12 billion.

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44% Bias Score

Sustainable Cities and Communities
welt.de
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Mannheim-Stuttgart Rail Line Closure Due to Tunnel Repairs

The high-speed rail line between Mannheim and Stuttgart will be closed for repairs from April 17th to June 6th, 2024, due to geological issues in the Freudensteintunnel causing delays and cancellations, impacting regional transportation. The Deutsche Bahn is investing €7.5 million in repairs.

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32% Bias Score

Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
euronews.com
🌐 90% Global Worthiness
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Heathrow Airport Closed After Substation Fire

A fire at a west London electrical substation caused a power outage, forcing Heathrow Airport to close for a day, affecting at least 1,350 flights and disrupting 16,300 homes; the cause is under investigation.

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36% Bias Score

Sustainable Cities and Communities

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