Sustainable transport

There will be no trams running in Athens between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesday due to a work stoppage decided by the tram drivers' union in order to hold a union meeting.

Dutch police released a picture of a Turkish-born man they are hunting over a shooting on a tram in Utrecht on March 18 that left at least three dead and several injured.

In April, the longest trolleybus route in Sofia is expected to be launched - 14 km. The infrastructure is now being built on Fridtjof Nansen Blvd, Cherni Vrah Blvd and Arsenalski Blvd. The trolley will be number 7 and will move from  "Lyulin" to "Manastirski livadi" quarter. The new trolley line replaces tram number 6.

By the end of the year 13 new trams on line №5  will be launch, writes Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova in the social network.

She added that the new trams are air-conditioned, low-floor, with wheelchair ramps for people with disabilities and audible alarm for blind people.

Three years after the introduction of the capital's first smart bus and trolley stops, with electronic screens informing commuters about arrival times, transport authorities have obtained the software that will provide passengers with the same information on their smartphones, Kathimerini understands.

163 snow cleaning machines worked this night in the capital, announced the press center of Sofia Municipality.

Processed with anti-icing mixtures are all the streets where mass public transport is going and all central streets.

The metro and part of the ground transport in the capital will work on New Year's Eve night, reported the Bulgarian National Television.  Night bus lines will also be available to citizens, but some of their routes will be changed.

Detailed information on the working lines of public transport can be found on the website of the Center for Urban Mobility.

Public transport services in Athens will be slowing down over the New Year's holiday, operator OASA announced.

On January 1-3 and 6, buses and trolley buses will run at less frequent intervals, according to the Sunday schedule, while on December 31, they will start pulling off Athens's streets by around 9 p.m.

Luxembourg is set to become the first country in the world to offer free public transport. From summer 2019, tickets will be abolished for buses, trams, and trains in the small EU Member State. The Grand Duchy's public transport system apparently costs €1 billion to operate each year, but fares anyway amount to only €30 million (i.e. just 3% of the total operating costs).

On December 4, Sofia citizens will be traveling by public transport with a special "green ticket" for BGN 1, the Sofia Municipality announced. It is valid all day for all lines.