https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Politicians in Berlin are calling for the introduction of express lines on the city’s underground rail (U-Bahn) network. The transport authority (BVG) is sceptical of the plan. https://www.thelocal.de/20191226/berlin-u-bahn-city-considers-express-subway-trains Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:57:47 +0100 berlin-u-bahn-city-considers-express-subway-trains German police are investigating after a fatal incident which saw a man pushed in front of an oncoming train at a U-Bahn station in Berlin's trendy Kreuzberg area. https://www.thelocal.de/20191030/man-dies-after-being-pushed-in-front-of-oncoming-train-in-berlin Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:47:08 +0100 man-dies-after-being-pushed-in-front-of-oncoming-train-in-berlin Public transport in Munich has a lot going for it but it could be better, say readers who shared their views in the second of our series about getting around locally in Germany. Here's how transport in Munich could improve. https://www.thelocal.de/20190807/these-are-the-ways-munich-should-improve-its-public-transport-system Wed, 07 Aug 2019 18:44:14 +0200 these-are-the-ways-munich-should-improve-its-public-transport-system As Germany considers how to make stations safer after a boy was pushed under a train in Frankfurt, Munich is planning to get platform screen doors on its U-Bahn system. https://www.thelocal.de/20190805/munich-plans-platform-screen-doors-on-u-bahn-amid-station-security-debates Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:34:35 +0200 munich-plans-platform-screen-doors-on-u-bahn-amid-station-security-debates Berlin will come to a standstill this Friday as employees of the capital’s public transport network, BVG, are set to take part in a strike – their first since 2012. https://www.thelocal.de/20190212/public-tran Tue, 12 Feb 2019 10:05:28 +0100 public-tran A man is suspected of killing his former wife and child in a downtown area of the Hanseatic city on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180412/man-stabs-ex-wife-and-child-in-deadly-hamburg-knife-attack Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:41:04 +0200 man-stabs-ex-wife-and-child-in-deadly-hamburg-knife-attack Hundreds of people braved sub-zero temperatures to camp out overnight in Berlin, in hopes of buying on Tuesday a pair of Adidas sneakers that also offers free subway travel. https://www.thelocal.de/20180116/hundreds-of-berliners-line-up-for-shoe-with-annual-transit-ticket-sewn-into-it Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:46:04 +0100 hundreds-of-berliners-line-up-for-shoe-with-annual-transit-ticket-sewn-into-it A 78-year-old man was detained on Monday after he tried to pressure a young woman on the city’s underground line into giving up her seat by showing her a gun. https://www.thelocal.de/20171219/berlin-pensioner-tries-to-get-woman-to-give-up-u-bahn-seat-by-her-with-a-gun Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:15:44 +0100 berlin-pensioner-tries-to-get-woman-to-give-up-u-bahn-seat-by-her-with-a-gun The service on Berlin’s underground lines has become so poor that the city is facing a public transport “crisis”, the Berlin Passenger Association (IGEB) has told The Local. https://www.thelocal.de/20171128/state-of-berlins-u-bahn-lines-has-hit-crisis-point Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:00:07 +0100 state-of-berlins-u-bahn-lines-has-hit-crisis-point On Monday afternoon four men attacked two ticket collectors who had caught a fare-dodger at Hermannplatz U-Bahn station, police report. A crowd then gathered to encourage them. https://www.thelocal.de/20170905/ticket-collectors-attacked-at-berlin-station-as-crowd-encourages-aggressors Tue, 05 Sep 2017 16:44:08 +0200 ticket-collectors-attacked-at-berlin-station-as-crowd-encourages-aggressors Berlin police arrested a man on Wednesday evening who they suspect knocked another man down the stairs of an U-Bahn station last month. https://www.thelocal.de/20170714/suspect-arrested-over-knocking-man-down-berlin-u-bahn-stairs Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:35:24 +0200 suspect-arrested-over-knocking-man-down-berlin-u-bahn-stairs Berlin police are searching for suspects behind two new cases of people being knocked down U-Bahn stairs or escalators after the high-profile Hermannstrasse attack last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20170711/police-release-photos-of-suspects-behind-two-more-u-bahn-attacks-berlin Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:00:25 +0200 police-release-photos-of-suspects-behind-two-more-u-bahn-attacks-berlin The man who was caught on camera kicking a woman down the stairs of a Berlin U-Bahn station admitted his guilt in court on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170627/i-found-it-horrible-myself-berlin-u-bahn-kicker-admits-guilt Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:20:13 +0200 i-found-it-horrible-myself-berlin-u-bahn-kicker-admits-guilt Update: The trial of a man accused of kicking a woman down the stairs of a Berlin metro station has been delayed due to an allegation of bias against a court assessor. https://www.thelocal.de/20170615/berlin-u-bahn-kicker-goes-on-trial Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:25:26 +0200 berlin-u-bahn-kicker-goes-on-trial A 66-year-old woman was rescued by passersby after a man pushed her onto the tracks of an oncoming U-Bahn train in Berlin on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170606/passersby-save-woman-pushed-in-front-of-oncoming-berlin-u-bahn-train Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:41:21 +0200 passersby-save-woman-pushed-in-front-of-oncoming-berlin-u-bahn-train Germany's finance capital is to serve party-goers non-stop on the weekends. But don't get too excited - some of the changes could take a while. https://www.thelocal.de/20170202/frankfurt-to-get-24-hour-public-transport-on-weekends Thu, 02 Feb 2017 10:49:39 +0100 frankfurt-to-get-24-hour-public-transport-on-weekends For the second time this month police have released CCTV footage relating to a shocking crime on the Berlin U-Bahn. Now the suspects have handed themselves to the police. https://www.thelocal.de/20161227/youths-who-set-sleeping-homeless-man-on-fire-turn-themselves-in Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:39:17 +0100 youths-who-set-sleeping-homeless-man-on-fire-turn-themselves-in A man who is suspected of kicking a woman down a flight of stairs at a Berlin underground station has been arrested, after video of the crime spread around the world. https://www.thelocal.de/20161219/man-arrested-for-kicking-woman-down-berlin-u-bahn-stairs Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:40:16 +0100 man-arrested-for-kicking-woman-down-berlin-u-bahn-stairs A clip of a man kicking a young woman down a flight of stairs in Berlin has spread across the world. But what is it about the video that has drawn so much attention? https://www.thelocal.de/20161216/why-the-berlin-u-bahn-attack-video-has-gone-viral Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:08:44 +0100 why-the-berlin-u-bahn-attack-video-has-gone-viral The man, whose brutal attack on a woman at a Berlin U-Bahn station went viral, has been identified but not arrested, officials said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161214/berlin-police-identify-u-bahn-attacker Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:46:40 +0100 berlin-police-identify-u-bahn-attacker