Europe Rail News: 22 December 2022
Europe Rail News: 22 December 2022
The best new European train journeys for 2023, Greece’s amazing cog railway of the Peloponnese, Barcelona-Madrid HSR, and more...
Europe Rail News
The best new European train journeys for 2023
Anarchist communes, activism and flight-free: Inside my nine-country train adventure in Europe
Rail revival: The best new European train journeys to take in 2023
Trains beat planes: Is this the future of travel?
Rail Ambassadors present final report on European Year of Youth
Plans for standard gauge in all EU member states to be ready by 2025-26
They met on a European sleeper train. They've been married for nearly 30 years
🇦🇱 Albania
Tirana-Durres railway will be finished by 2024; PM
🇧🇪 Belgium
Belgium’s railway company launches half price winter tickets
Belgium bans smoking on all train stations from January
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Bulgarian railways’ new passenger train timetable takes effect
🇭🇷 Croatia
EU backs Croatia joining visa-free Schengen area from January
🇨🇿 Czechia
Czech Railways adding extra carriages over peak holiday times
🇪🇪 Estonia
Tallinn approves plan for Ülemiste passenger terminal
Rail Baltica is the sort of infrastructure project every continent needs
🇫🇮 Finland
Finnish rail firm VR unveils new Swiss-designed commuter trains
A game changer for the world trade: The Arctic Railway? [YouTube]
🇫🇷 France
It's official: France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of train travel
Emmanuel Macron promises to connect French cities to their outskirts with new rail network
France needs better slow trains, not just fast ones
🇩🇪 Germany
You can now get a train all the way from Germany’s Black Forest to Bordeaux
“French rail operator SNCF has announced a new weekly service from Freiburg to Bordeaux.”
Germany: DB opens Wendlingen–Ulm high-capacity line
🇬🇧 Great Britain
Transport secretary: Future of Great British Railways uncertain
The UK train that shouldn't exist
Eight best ski resorts you can travel to by train from London
Busiest and quietest railway stations in Britain revealed
Stark north-south divide in railway reliability, UK figures reveal
🇬🇷 Greece
Odontotos: Greece’s amazing cog railway of the Peloponnese
Rail track to connect Heraklio with new Kasteli airport on Crete
🇭🇺 Hungary
The daily delay of trains in Hungary is enormously big
🇮🇪 Ireland
'Into The West' campaign to restore North west railway gathering steam decades after tracks lifted
🇮🇹 Italy
Sicily introduces hybrid train that can run on electricity, battery and diesel
Orient Express: Welcome aboard La Dolce Vita in Italy, starting 2024
🇽🇰 Kosovo
The EU invests 91 million euros in Kosovo for railway lines
🇱🇻 Latvia
First Rail Baltica rail-line should be up and running by 2027 - Linkaits
Latvia and Estonia discuss return of Rīga-Tartu trains
🇱🇹 Lithuania
Lithuanian president would welcome Rail Baltica extension to Ukraine
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
Will France-Luxembourg high-speed railway be built and when?
🇲🇩 Moldova
Chisinau-Bucharest train to move daily
🇲🇪 Montenegro
“The EU supports the Montenegrin railways infrastructure upgrade.”
🇳🇱 Netherlands
New fast train between Brussels and Amsterdam
🇳🇴 Norway
Norway: Bane NOR opens high-speed Follobanen line
🇵🇱 Poland
Check out this spectacular new northern European train route
“A new rail route links up the Polish cities Kraków and Warsaw with Lithuanian hubs Kaunas and Vilnius.”
CPK starts design of the first high-speed railway line in Poland
🇵🇹 Portugal
Rail journey of the month: Lisbon to Vigo via Porto, past dunes, rivers and the Atlantic
🇷🇴 Romania
“An abandoned railway depot at Fetești-Gară, Romania.”
🇸🇰 Slovakia
Unique forest railway is threatened, prompting petition
🇪🇸 Spain
Spain's new high-speed trains make it Europe's rail capital
Spain’s new high-speed train links Barcelona and Madrid for just €18
Spain’s Murcia finally has a high-speed train: What you need to know
FS Italiane aims to launch Paris-Barcelona high-speed trains by 2024
IRYO: Europe’s newest high-speed train is the best – here’s why… [YouTube]
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Switzerland’s nonstop train across the Alps will link three key resort towns
“In an historical first, the GoldenPass Express will connect Montreux, Gstaad and Interlaken via a speedy, technologically advanced rail ride—just in time for the winter holiday season.”
Switzerland named best in Europe for rail travel
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Ukraine’s 15,000-mile lifeline
“How the country’s vast rail system has helped it withstand an invasion.”