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Europe Rail News: May 2023
European train companies competing with budget airlines, crowdfunded night train start-up European Sleeper, 5 new European sleeper trains to ride this summer.
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Ouigo, Avlo and Lumo: These cheap European train companies are competing with budget airlines
You could get paid to train-hop around Europe this summer – here’s how
From train guard to CEO: Meet the Dutchman who crowdfunded night train start-up European Sleeper
5 new European sleeper trains to ride this summer
Forget budget flights: it’s all about sleeper trains
EU agency seeks to boost train travel by simplifying rail rules
Flight-free family holidays: Trains are cheaper than planes on these epic European journeys
🇦🇹 Austria
Škoda Group to modernise couchette coaches for Austria’s ÖBB
🇧🇪 Belgium
Belgium to expanded train services in Flemish Brabant by 2026
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Positive Story: A train full of Hungarian tourists entered BiH
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
All aboard the night train to Istanbul: the reality of one of the ‘world’s best’ rail journeys
Bulgaria to realign railway to Romanian border
🇭🇷 Croatia
€4bn to be invested in Croatia’s rail infrastructure development by 2033
🇨🇿 Czechia
Czech Railways launched “All-You-Can-Travel” summer ticket
A panoramic Swiss train will ride on Czech railways this summer
🇩🇰 Denmark
How to get (almost) free travel on Danish trains in summer 2023
Get a sneak peak at Denmark’s future electric train
🇫🇷 France
France bans short-haul domestic flights in bid to boost rail travel
Ride a French train for only 1 euro
🇩🇪 Germany
Germany launches €49 monthly ticket for nationwide public transport
Record number of people in Germany travelling abroad by train
Germany’s incredible BRAND-NEW high-speed train – the ICE 3neo (Video)
🇬🇧 Great Britain
“As part of Community Rail Week 2023, Rail Delivery Group have teamed up with Community Rail Network to host the World Cup of Stations. This annual tournament established in 2019, celebrates the UK’s best stations by having them battle it out head-to-head in an online public vote.”
Prime Minister urged to create Great British Railways soon
There could be a new sleeper train linking Paris and Edinburgh
TransPennine Express loses contract over poor service
What does rail renationalisation mean and who owns UK railways?
British train passengers at risk of losing free Wifi
Great Central Railway to celebrate 50 years in operation
🇭🇺 Hungary
Entire train service in Eastern Hungary threatened with collapse
Hungary-Serbia railway under construction
Review: Ister Night Train Budapest to Bucharest
An exhibition about the history of Hungary’s oldest narrow-gauge railway opened in Debrecen
🇮🇪 Ireland
Ireland’s historical rail network mapped in new online resource with ATU and Heritagemaps.ie
Closed Irish Rail line track 'could reopen soon' bringing back old stations
Irish railway to test onboard vending machines
🇮🇹 Italy
High-speed train will connect Rome to Pompeii
Travelling through Emilia Romagna by train
In Italy, the Dante Train traces poet’s journey from Florence to Ravenna
🇱🇻 Latvia
Rail Baltica presents vision for future Riga Central Railway Station
🇲🇹 Malta
Stamp issue commemorates The Malta Railway 1883-1931
🇲🇩 Moldova
Moldova will repair two sections of railway to increase transit from Ukraine to the EU.
🇲🇪 Montenegro
Joint border crossing in Bijelo Polje – symbol of regional cooperation
“Rail border crossing in Bijelo Polje will house authorities of Montenegro and Serbia under the same roof and speed up the procedures without the need for train to stop at two borders.”
🇳🇱 Netherlands
The Dutch Railways just got new trains and they’re AMAZING (Video)
I took the night train from Amsterdam to Zurich - with plenty of time for sightseeing
Train travellers to Belgium and Germany will have to reserve seats this summer
How the Dutch mastered bike parking at train stations
🇳🇴 Norway
Rail route of the month: tracking St Olav from Sweden to Norway
🇵🇱 Poland
In Poland, a train with panoramic windows will operate for the first time
🇵🇹 Portugal
High Speed Rail latest - Spanish railways eyeing entry into Portugal
🇷🇴 Romania
One of the most beautiful railway stations in Romania to be rehabilitated
Romanian railway company to receive first new trains in two decades
🇸🇰 Slovakia
Slovakia is modernizing the railway infrastructure on the border with Ukraine
🇸🇮 Slovenia
Slovenia also introduces country-wide public transit ticket
🇪🇸 Spain
Spain encourages summer travel by slashing youth Interrail ticket prices in half
Ouigo to launch low-cost train service between Murcia and Madrid in 2024
Barça ditching private jet for train points to greener football
“FC Barcelona’s male players caught the train for the first time ever to play a game in Madrid as a way to reduce travel emissions.”
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Ukraine and Lithuania agree to develop railway link bypassing Belarus and Russia