Transportation in the United States

A passenger train derailed and overturned late May 12 in Philadelphia, killing at least five people and leaving a horrific scene of mangled metal and broken glass.

A Metro-North Railroad commuter train crashed into a car during rush hour in New York's Westchester County on Tuesday evening, killing at least seven people.

The collision left a dozen people injured and forced the evacuation of hundreds, the New York Times reports.

The aim of getting Thessaloniki’s much-delayed metro up and running by 2016 is not attainable, representatives of workers who are constructing its tunnels and stations said on Tuesday.

Air travelers with smartphones or other electronic devices must be able to turn them on to take them aboard under new security measures, US authorities said Sunday.
      

By Stathis Kousounis

The number of direct flights Athens is on the rise, with Delta Airlines scheduled to start its daily summer service linking the Greek capital with New York’s JFK tomorrow.

Meanwhile the Greek Tourism Ministry has announced that the first direct flights between Athens and Shanghai will take off on June 15.

Bulgarian inter-branch organisations have opposed the construction of the 15km tunnel through the Kresna Gorge as part of the Struma highway.

A monumental sculpture by Bulgarian artist Dimitar Lukanov will be formally unveiled this week at the renovated departure hall at New York's JFK Airport Terminal 4.

The sculpture, entitled “Outside Time” waves “Goodbye” to the millions of departing New York air travelers.