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Europe Rail News: 27 October 2022

25 days, 9 countries, 1,959 miles: seeing Europe by train, see the Northern Lights by train, proposed railway line in Lapland, and free train travel in Italy and Spain.

James Clark
Oct 27, 2022
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25 days, 9 countries, 1,959 miles: seeing Europe by train

“For one British writer left adrift by Brexit, a cross-continental train trip might be the best way to reconnect with her European neighbors.”

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‘Always annoying’: Hassles of cross-border trains hamper E.U.’s green ambitions

“One man is on a mission to find and suggest fixes for all of the flaws making international rail travel in Europe surprisingly hard. Getting more people on trains is key to meeting E.U. climate goals.”

Green travel: the low-cost rail firms taking on Europe’s airlines

Spectacular interiors of rediscovered Orient Express carriages revealed

Flight-free travel: The best places in Europe to see the Northern Lights by train

7 spectacular European train trips you need to take this fall

Photos: A 1970s European railway odyssey

🇦🇱 Albania

Durrës-Prishtina railway line, opens bid for the feasibility study

🇦🇹 Austria

New routes and prices: How train services in Austria will change from December

🇭🇷 Croatia

Zagreb mulls airport rail link

🇨🇾 Cyprus

Cyprus ponders building a new railway with EU funding

🇫🇮 Finland

Finland raises study on a railway line in Lapland

“As part of a study, the Regional Council of Lapland is investigating a possible train connection from Sodankylä via Kittilä on to Ylläs. This connection could benefit tourism, mining and forestry. Extending the railway line across northern Sweden to Narvik is also part of the discussion.”

🇫🇷 France

Which first-class high-speed rail service between Milan and Paris is best?

🇩🇪 Germany

Germany to introduce €49 ticket for public transport

🇬🇧 Great Britain

Great British Railways plan to oversee rail network delayed

Train travel in the UK: s foreigner’s perspective

Only a ride away: 10 of Britain’s best hotels near railway stations

The ridiculously beautiful scenic train route that departs from London but they only do one trip a year

“The legendary Orient Express technically lives on - but a ride along its original route will set you back at least £17,500.”

🇮🇹 Italy

This beautiful Italian region will reimburse your train ticket

From Florence, 3 fall day trips by train

“Tuscany in the autumn is all about celebrating the fruits of the earth and the vine, with enough time left over to savor the region’s art and history.”

I traveled on one of Europe's fastest trains — a one-hour journey between 2 major cities cost me $14

EU Cohesion Policy: More than €101 million for the upgrade of the Palermo-Catania-Messina railway axis in Sicily, Italy

🇳🇱 Netherlands

High speed train services to Paris, Brussels may be opened to NS rivals

🇳🇴 Norway

Stockholm to Oslo train links ‘would save half a million plane journeys’

🇵🇱 Poland

The curious town where people still commute by steam train

“They may be a thing of the past in most places but in this area of Poland, locals still rely on them daily – here's why.”

🇵🇹 Portugal

Portugal plans $4.7 billion Lisbon-Porto high-speed rail line

City of Faro feels “forgotten” in light of announced new Portuguese high-speed railway

🇷🇸 Serbia

Serbia to get 500-million-euro loan for Belgrade-Niš railway line

🇸🇰 Slovakia

Bratislava’s main railway station is getting a facelift

🇸🇮 Slovenia

Slovenia to modernise railway stations using EU funds

🇪🇸 Spain

Spain extends free train journeys till the end of 2023

How to try Spain’s free train scheme as a tourist

Barcelona station to get spectacular upgrade with solar power and green spaces

🇨🇭 Switzerland

Switzerland mountain trains: Six of the best alpine rail trips

Rail route of the month: on the slow line through forests and meadows in the Swiss Jura

How to enjoy an eye-popping journey aboard the Glacier Express

After 60 years, Pilatus mountain railway gets new railcars

🇺🇦 Ukraine

Rail: Commission initiates feasibility study to better connect Ukrainian and Moldovan railway networks with EU

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