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Europe Rail News: 23 December 2021

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Europe Rail News: 23 December 2021

6 of the best new European train journeys for 2022, Italy launches high speed Milan-Paris train, and Kosovo and Albania unveil joint project for railway link.

James Clark
Dec 23, 2021
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Europe is undergoing a sleeper train renaissance

“A bevy of new sleeper trains are cropping up throughout the region—and offering perks like spacious beds, room service, and craft cocktails.”

EU aims to spur night train ‘love’

6 of the best new European train journeys for 2022

🇦🇹 Austria

Vienna-Paris night train is reborn, empty

🇧🇪 Belgium

Night trains from Brussels to Berlin and Prague from next summer

🇭🇷 Croatia

Croatian Railways’ Lepoglava Junction project to boost rail connectivity

🇫🇮 Finland

Work set to begin on cross-border Finland to Sweden rail line

🇫🇷 France

‘Big ambition, small lines’: France to invest in rural train services

This brand-new Paris-Vienna sleeper train sounds ridiculously romantic

🇩🇪 Germany

Construction work begins in Germany on road and rail tunnel to Denmark

🇬🇧 Great Britain

HS2 agrees £2bn deal to build UK's fastest trains

The 'betrayal' that could kill Britain's railway romance

The most and least used railway stations in Britain revealed

🇬🇷 Greece

Greece to launch 4 billion worth of railway projects

🇮🇪 Ireland

Huge ambitions for "untapped potential" of all-Ireland rail network

🇮🇹 Italy

Italy launches high speed Milan-Paris train

Explore Italy next with Orient Express’s upcoming luxury train

Why does Italy have a ‘Trans-Siberian’ railway?

“A photographer captures the magic of Abruzzo’s mountain towns along the Sulmona-Carpinone route, which carries a curious nickname.”

🇽🇰 Kosovo

Kosovo, Albania unveil joint project for railway link

“Planned Prishtina-Durrës railway project aims to connect Kosovo to major European transport corridors – and is described as having geo-political as well as economic importance.”

🇱🇻 Latvia

Latvian minister committed to completing Rail Baltica’s Riga-Lithuania line by 2026

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

From Luxembourg to Barcelona by train, in just one night

🇲🇹 Malta

Watch: When Malta Railway steamed from Mdina to Valletta in 25 minutes

🇲🇩 Moldova

After almost two years, the train that connected Chișinău and Bucharest resumes its activity

🇳🇴 Norway

🇵🇱 Poland

Końskie – passenger trains. After 12 years, the railway connection was resumed

🇵🇹 Portugal

The Iberian rail odyssey

I saw Portugal by traveling this scenic train route — and I can't recommend it enough

🇷🇺 Russia

This retro Russian train takes people on actual Soviet nostalgia trips

🇷🇸 Serbia

Vucic: Railway to make Serbia’s Nis most important spot from Vienna to Istanbul

🇸🇰 Slovakia

Fastest InterCity trains return to the tracks

🇪🇸 Spain

Spain launches new high-speed rail line to Galicia

Seville Faro by high-speed rail – Think again

🇨🇭 Switzerland

New night train between Zurich and Amsterdam has officially launched

🇹🇷 Turkey

AIIB approves €300m for Turkey-Bulgaria railway

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