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Public transport in Berlin not up to standard
Berlin faces another winter of severe transport chaos says the head of transport association Verkehrsverbunds Berlin-Brandenburg, despite measures taken by the city
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Berlin-Brandenburg airport faces delays
German news agency DPA reports that the opening of the
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Deutsche Bahn loses S-Bahn monopoly
National rail operator Deutsche Bahn is to lose its monopoly on Berlin
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Berlin goes green with electronic cars and charging stations
Berlin is now one of Europe
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Berlin’s Templehof airport to close in October.
A final attempt to save the historic Templehof airport in west Berlin has failed after a referendum opposing its closure fell short of the necessary quorum. However according to mayor Klaus Wowereit,...
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Berlin’s Templehof airport set to close in 2008.
A Berlin court ruling has confirmed the closure of the historic Templehof airport, set for 31 Oct 2008. Efforts to keep the popular downtown airport open have met with firm opposition from Berlin mayo...
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New Berlin airport continues to fuel debate.
Work on the new Berlin Brandenburg International (BBI) airport has only just begun after 14 years of controversy, legal battles and political in-fighting, and complaints about the 2 billion project ar...
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State-owned public transport company BVG (Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe) has announced its intention of buying 250 hydrogen-powered buses for Berlin. Two of the new buses were succesfully put to the test...
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Court gives go-ahead for airport.
Germanys Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has given the green light to construction of the controversial Berlin-Brandenburg International airport (BBI) on the site of the old East Berlin airpor...
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Residents in court to oppose new airport.
Germanys administrative court in Leipzig is currently hearing complaints filed by over 4,000 residents who are to be affected by the expansion of the Schnefeld Airport on the south-eastern outskirts o...
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Baltic Sea autobahn completed.
After 11 years and 2 billion, the four-lane A20 autobahn from the western German city of Lbeck to Stettin in Poland has finally beeen completed. The 325-km motorway runs parallel to the Baltic Sea and...
