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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

James Clark

Nov 24, 2022

“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

Reopening of the Rosslare to south Wexford railway line is being ‘fully considered’ in the All Ireland Strategic Railway Review

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

‘War not an excuse:’ Ukraine rail boss keeps trains running

Taking the night train across war-torn Ukraine

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