Europe Rail News

Rail revolution: how Europe's rail network is entering an adventurous new era

The most romantic way to cross Europe, and why it's having a renaissance

“Sleeper trains are back, with new services linking some of the continent’s greatest cities – and here are seven of the best.”

Europe’s next-generation night trains aim to draw passengers away from planes

Flight-free travel: Europe’s latest long-distance train routes for 2022

Four trains and a ferry: How taking the scenic route across Europe with two kids saved us money

‘We are supposed to be borderless’: Why train travel in Europe is not up to speed

Europe's best-rated scenic railway journeys

🇦🇹 Austria

Train travel is getting more expensive – ÖBB is now raising prices

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Legendary Orient Express stops at Ruse railway station

🇭🇷 Croatia

An overnight, climate-friendly train trip to Croatia

Battery electric trains to run along Croatian railway lines

🇩🇰 Denmark

Denmark and Germany are building the longest immersed tunnel

🇪🇪 Estonia

The high-speed railway that’s uncoupling the Baltic states from Russia and their Soviet past

🇫🇷 France

TGV unveils high-speed trains of the future

Rail route of the month: the slow train from France to Spain

🇩🇪 Germany

The lessons from Germany’s experiment with near-free rail travel

To fight its gas crisis, Germany proposes a new cheap transit plan

“The proposed replacement to a popular summer train-ticket deal would cost more than 9 euros, but could offer a more durable incentive to choose transit over driving.”

🇬🇧 Great Britain

10 things Britain can learn from Europe about running a decent rail service

I think I’ve found the slowest train journey in Britain

The most scenic railway in Europe: how an old Welsh mining line became a world beater

🇮🇹 Italy

Italian connections: not as easy as you might think

🇱🇻 Latvia

Tartu hopes to launch Riga train connection with state support

🇱🇮 Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein celebrates Monument Day and 150 years of the railway

🇱🇹 Lithuania

Vilnius-Warsaw train set to start running in December – ministers

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

CFL unveils new high capacity trains

🇲🇹 Malta

How to get around: five transport visions for Malta's future

🇳🇱 Netherlands

This dreamy new night train will go from Amsterdam all the way to the Austrian Alps

🇳🇴 Norway

This train trip takes you through the Arctic Circle and under the northern lights

🇵🇹 Portugal

Porto, international rail terminal? Part 2

Portugal: Spanish region calls for better domestic, cross-border train links

🇷🇸 Serbia

Is this Europe’s most underrated sleeper train?

🇪🇸 Spain

Spain launches free train tickets throughout autumn, thanks to a windfall tax

Spain’s new high-speed train will link Barcelona and Madrid for just €18

Oldest railway station in Europe closes its doors in Spain

🇸🇪 Sweden

‘Train bragging’: Swedish service joins glorious resurgence of sleeper travel

🇨🇭 Switzerland

175 years of Swiss railways

“Celebrate with us on 22 and 23 October 2022.”

Swiss panoramic train to debut in December

All aboard for these spectacular train rides through Switzerland

🇹🇷 Turkey

Flight-free travel: Inside Turkey's party train that's all about the journey, not the destination

🇺🇦 Ukraine

More vital than ever, Ukraine’s trains bind a land fractured by war