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Eight-hour bus and airport-link strike hits Bologna on 15 June
Bologna’s main bus operator Tper and the Marconi Express airport link were largely out of service from 08:30-16:30 on 15 June due to an eight-hour strike called in response to an assault on a driver. The walk-out created major delays for airport passengers and trade-fair visitors, underlining the need for contingency surface-transport options when planning travel to Italy’s sixth-busiest airport.
High-speed link between Milan and Brescia restored after judicial stoppage
After an overnight closure ordered by prosecutors, RFI reopened the Melzo-Brescia high-speed section at lunchtime on 15 June, allowing Milan–Venice services to resume their normal timetables. The episode caused morning-peak cancellations and underscores the need for corporate travellers to build rail-disruption contingencies into Italian itineraries.