Rapid transit

Hundreds of commuters and tourists in Paris were left stuck in sweltering Metro trains in tunnels for up to two hours on Tuesday night before being evacuated.

Hundreds of commuters and holidaymakers were evacuated from one of Paris' busiest metro lines on Tuesday evening after a power failure halted the driverless trains.

A 24-hour strike called by Athens metro employees led to traffic bottlenecks in the Greek capital on Monday, 14 May 2018, with cars forming long lines on main avenues. [Pantelis Saitas/ANA-MPA]

So far, there were only two metro stations that were used by the city rail - the trams.

Siniša Mali, the current Mayor of Belgrade attended the presentation of the project for a subway in Belgrade, writes Beograd.rs. The project was made after an analysis of the existing transport infrastructure in the city.

Workers on the Greek capital's subway system have walked off the job in a 24-hour strike that has snarled traffic across Athens.

The metro workers' union called the strike to protest what they say is underfunding of the public transport system, and the possibility that the Athens Metro would be included in privatization plans.

There will be no services on the the Athens metro on Tuesday as employees walk off the job to protest the government's privatization plans.

There was bustle and crowds of police near Lyulin metro station in the capital shared many people on social networks, dnes.bg informs. 

"The subway is moving very slowly ... I do not know what's going on," some of the posts on Facebook say.

The operator of the Athens metro has said that it shut down the station at Panepistimio in the city center following a suicide.

Initial reports said a man threw himself onto the tracks in front of an incoming train.

Line 2 of the metro will run from Anthoupoli to Metaxourgio and from Syntagma to Elliniko until the station is reopened.

The long intervals between metro and electric railway trains in Athens appears to be irking public transport staff as well as visitors to the Greek capital.

Since the beginning of July, the frequency of trains, as well as trams and buses, has been reduced due to the implementation of the summer timetable.
Schedules will return to normal at the beginning of September.

Chinese rail transit firm CRRC has unveiled a 30-meter long 'smart bus' or rather a combination of bus, tram and train rolled into one. The new vehicle is expected to speed up public transportation in the country.

The Doukissis Plakentias metro station in northern Athens, the last stop on Line 3, will close at 9 p.m. on Wednesday night and not reopen until the following day.

The station is being closed to allow the installation of new barriers operating with electronic tickets, a system that is supposed to go into effect across the capital's public transportation network in the summer.