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Europe Rail News: 24 November 2022
North Macedonia starts construction of rail link to Bulgaria, new high-speed rail routes in Portugal, why Switzerland built a 2-kilometer-long train, and more
Europe Rail News
Would you give up planes for these trains? Europe pushes travel that’s climate friendly.
Istanbul to Sofia: a journey by sleeper train is featured as an experience in Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel for 2023.
I followed in the footsteps of Agatha Christie on the Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul
Two companies have luxury trains called the ‘Orient Express.’ Here are the differences
Why is travelling to Europe cheaper by plane than by train?
🇦🇱 Albania
Next phase of work on Mediterranean Corridor brings Albania closer to the EU
🇦🇹 Austria
🇧🇪 Belgium
Belgium to encourage night trains by covering energy and access charges in ‘European first’
DB celebrates 20 years of the Brussels ICE Line with more than a million passengers this year
🇭🇷 Croatia
Review: EuroCity Train “Croatia” Zagreb to Vienna
Orient Express returns to Croatia
“Legendary train to be revived as a luxury service from Rome to Istanbul, taking in scenic Italy before heading to Split.”
🇨🇿 Czechia
This spectacular new night train will take you from Prague to Germany and Switzerland
Automatic refunds and a new e-shop: Czech Railways steps up its digital game
🇩🇰 Denmark
Rail route of the month: the slow train to Skagen, Denmark, where the North Sea meets the Baltic
Danish rail operator rolls out contactless fare payments on standard Android NFC phones
🇫🇮 Finland
Lapland’s rail loop to connect Fell destinations
🇫🇷 France
Is a flight really quicker than a train? I put it to the test from London to Lyon
🇩🇪 Germany
‘Deutschlandticket’: Germany launches €49 per month ticket for trains, buses and trams
Germany’s largest hydrogen train fleet is rolling out in Frankfurt
🇬🇧 Great Britain
Cleaner, greener, self-charging trains of tomorrow to revolutionise British rail travel
Portishead to Bristol rail line gets final approval
New rail minister raises hopes high-speed line may include Bradford
Scotland’s Cairngorm funicular: UK’s highest railway set to reopen for part of ski season
Want to understand Britain’s decline? Try catching a train in the north of England
🇬🇷 Greece
Railway project connects Patra, Peloponnese to Rio with third largest tunnel in Greece
The Asopos Gorge: A Sunday excursion along the railway tracks
“Walking along the abandoned railway routes, we experienced a different type of Sunday excursion in the Asopos Gorge, only two hours from Athens.”
🇭🇺 Hungary
PHOTOS: grandiose marble hall of Budapest railway station reopened
The railway station that was cut in two
🇮🇪 Ireland
Irish Rail starts works on Foynes-Limerick rail line
Ireland’s oldest heritage railway tests biocoal on steam locomotives
🇮🇹 Italy
10 of the best railway journeys in Italy
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
Luxembourg will continue to develop railway transport to reduce its carbon footprint
🇲🇩 Moldova
'Victory Train' restores Kyiv-Chisinau rail link after 24 years
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Amsterdam-Prague train services are scheduled to start in spring 2023
Eurostar will remain at Amsterdam Centraal
🇲🇰 North Macedonia
North Macedonia starts construction of rail link to Bulgaria
🇳🇴 Norway
Norway and Sweden look to improve Oslo–Gothenburg train services
🇵🇱 Poland
PKP unveils plans for stunning new rail carriages that will ‘transform the travel experience’
🇵🇹 Portugal
Portugal is getting loads of swish new high-speed rail routes
Algarve tram-train line included in National Rail Plan
Trains between Portugal and Spain "are the worst in recent decades"
🇪🇸 Spain
Spain's high-speed rail competition heats up with new entrant
Renfe launches new high-speed link between Alicante and Madrid from December 11
🇸🇪 Sweden
Europe’s longest train service rolls in this winter to carry skiers from Sweden to the Alps
🇨🇭 Switzerland
4,550 seats and 7 drivers: Switzerland smashes record for the longest passenger train in the world
Why Switzerland built a 2-kilometer-long train
Swiss extends air-rail connections to Interlaken and Lucerne
🇹🇷 Türkiye
Türkiye to invest in railways in next 30 years: Minister
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Photos: The emotional scenes as the 1st train from Kyiv arrives in liberated Kherson
Ukraine and Romania restore railway connection on Rakhiv - Dilove - Valea-Viseului section