Europe Rail News: April 2023
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.
Europe Rail News
Invitation to adventure: 150 years of the European rail timetable
Flight-free travel: The best new European train routes launching in 2023 and 2024
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
🇬🇧 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