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Europe Rail News: April 2023

150 years of the European rail timetable, why sleeper trains are being revived across Europe, Britain’s best heritage railways, and the Grand Train Tour of Switzerland.

James Clark
Apr 20, 2023
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Invitation to adventure: 150 years of the European rail timetable

Flight-free travel: The best new European train routes launching in 2023 and 2024

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Europe’s most beautiful railway stations

Why sleeper trains are being revived across Europe

Dining in style, at 90 miles an hour

“Train travel is thriving in Central Europe, and so are dining cars. We rode the rails from Prague to Zurich and beyond, sampling regional dishes and savoring the views.”

Dream travel: How Europe’s sleeper train network is set to expand

🇦🇹 Austria

Aboard the 19-hour overnight train from Vienna to Bucharest - but where's the famous dining car?

🇧🇪 Belgium

Belgium proposes ambitious passenger development plan

Rail route of the month: a tram ride along the Belgian coast

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Bulgarian railways adds additional couchette car to trains between Sofia and Istanbul

🇭🇷 Croatia

Overnight train between Croatia and Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia from June

🇨🇿 Czechia

Franz Josef Railway modernization to strengthen Prague-Vienna connection

🇫🇮 Finland

Passenger train service between Finland and Sweden to be available as early as 2025

🇫🇷 France

How one European country is planning a ‘rail revolution’

Train review: Eurostar from Paris to London, Standard Premier class

Heading North: Carcassonne to Massy by train by

Wanderlust and Words

🇬🇧 Great Britain

Orient Express to axe UK section after 41 years due to Brexit

Electric trains in sight as Greater Manchester station reopens

Sky-high rail fares: the UK’s most expensive train journeys revealed

‘Travel back in time’: six of Britain’s best heritage railways

🇭🇺 Hungary

Hungary to complete overhaul of Budapest-Belgrade railway on its territory by 2025

Travel through time in Hungary by the retro train this spring!

🇮🇪 Ireland

People shouldn't be listening to devices without headphones on trains, Irish Rail says

🇮🇹 Italy

Italy plans high-speed train between Pompeii and Rome to increase tourism to heritage sites

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

New trains, more seats, better service: CFL budget to rise to €7 billion by 2039

🇲🇹 Malta

Lack of commercial viability and cars put an end to trains in Malta

🇳🇱 Netherlands

Eurostar marks five years of eco-friendly London-Netherlands rail travel

🇲🇰 North Macedonia

Macedonian Railways mark 150th anniversary

🇳🇴 Norway

This is one of the most scenic train rides in Europe — here's what it's like on board

“A destination in itself, the high-speed train from Oslo to Bergen lets you take the scenic route through Norway’s beautiful landscapes.”

🇷🇸 Serbia

Belgrade has no railway links with the rest of the Balkans anymore

Serbia intends to resume rail service to Romania

🇸🇰 Slovakia

Rare historical train rides in central Slovakia will return in summer

🇸🇮 Slovenia

Slovenia and Serbia to re-establish night train services

🇪🇸 Spain

High-speed rail is booming in Spain: Could its lower prices and more services be a model for Europe?

Spain’s free rail ticket scheme has been extended until December

Renfe dusts off luxury night trains for new season

🇨🇭 Switzerland

Grand Train Tour of Switzerland: The ride of a lifetime | Switzerland Tourism

“A small mix-up derails the plans of Roger Federer and Trevor Noah, leading them to the ride of a lifetime on the Grand Train Tour of Switzerland.”

Switzerland's Luzern-Interlaken Express is slow and I wish it was even slower

🇺🇦 Ukraine

Ukraine by rail: Inside Zelenskyy's efforts to buoy a nation

Ukraine, Poland preparing for direct railway connection between Lviv and Warsaw

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