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For more than a decade I have tried to make all of my business trips by train. And as a self employed person based with clients all over Europe that resulted in a lot of complicated journeys, and a fair amount of frustration.But rather than simply getting annoyed about.
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Passengers can't complain about trains they cannot take because they don't exist: in defence of German rail
In the Newsletter this weekAnalysis: Passengers can't complain about trains they cannot take because they don't exist: in defence of German railBullshit Meter: European Sleeper & RDC Bruxelles - Malmö Sleeper in 2028Good week: Cross-border link Daugavpils
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Bullshit Meter: European Sleeper & RDC Bruxelles - Malmö Sleeper in 2028
The press was jumping up and down about this one, and you can read about it on European Sleeper's website here. 3 departures a week each way from Bruxelles and Amsterdam to København and Malmö. And - unlike the seemingly ever postponed plans for a train t
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The end for Freiburg-Colmar? But was there ever a start?
In the Newsletter this weekAnalysis: The end for Freiburg-Colmar? But was there ever a start?Bullshit Meter: Virgin Trains to run Channel Tunnel services in 2030Good week: Koralmbahn results in less traffic and and an economic boostAlso a good week: Newag
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Bullshit Meter: Virgin Trains to run Channel Tunnel services in 2030
There was lots of media coverage of Virgin being granted paths on HS1 and into St Pancras from 2030 (see this in The Guardian for example), but the crux is this: if Virgin can get its trains delivered and running to schedule, then an October 2030 date for
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The #CrossBorderRail method, and a post summer break round up
In the Newsletter this weekAnalysis: The #CrossBorderRail methodBullshit Meter: Arriva NL to run international high speed trainsGood week: Leo Express manages to run to Przemyśl (but there's a catch)Also a good week: Italy and Austria able to do what Fran
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Bullshit Meter: Arriva NL to run international high speed trains
Here we go again.Arriva NL wants to run direct trains from Netherlands to France, as reported by De Dagelijkse Standaard (this week) and Treinreiziger (in July), and maybe from 2028.Yet in 2023 they said they wanted to do the same, from 2026.Then, as now,
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A rail journey to the outer reaches of the EU, and a record to set
Today, finally, the first passenger trains since 1988 have crossed the border bridge between Tornio and Haparanda (OpenRailwayMap), services finally resuming more than a year after the border bridge was repaired and electrified.When Finnish broadcaster YL
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Forget it. The Caledonian Sleeper is not going to run through the Channel Tunnel
There's a higher chance that Scotland becomes independent, and joins the EU and Schengen, than the Caledonian Sleeper is extended through the Channel Tunnel under the current political framework.Really.I am not joking.Whatever the SNP and The Scotsman mig
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After years of frustration, suddenly progress with France - Spain rail connections
In the Newsletter this weekAnalysis: After years of frustration, suddenly progress with France - Spain rail connectionsBullshit Meter: Direct trains Trieste - BeogradGood week: A little summer holiday pauseAlso a good week: Electrification at Fuentes de O
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Germany went off the rails as wireless outage saw all trains cancelled
Unexplained GSM-R failure at Deutsche Bahn caused confusion and delay
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