My latest #CrossBorderRail project starts on Wednesday 30th August – you can find out all about the project in the background page here. In the subsequent two months there are going to be at least 27 “travel days”. Each travel day will have: A live blog on this website (you […]
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The best #CrossBorderRail lines to visit
#CrossBorderRail is a very political project – to push for better international railway connections between European countries. But one of the things that makes the project so fun is that it has taken me to some wonderful places amongst the 130 borders I have crossed in the past 12 months […]
Mapping my #CrossBorderRail projects
I take a lot of pride in making sure my #CrossBorderRail projects are well mapped. But how do you even map rail routes? It’s not as if it’s something someone does every day! So here I am going to outline how I do everything. It might be useful for others. […]
All train and bike legs of #CrossBorderRail now complete, and final statistics available
The final day trip of the #CrossBorderRail project – CD-CZ-PL as explained here – was completed on 18 August. And I have no more days left on my Interrail pass. So that means that all the travel for the project for the summer of 2022 is now done. Everything has […]
From the sublime to the slightly ridiculous: trip timetable changes in Switzerland and Romania
Max Wyss – one of the excellent community of Swiss railway nerds on Twitter – messaged me with a suggestion: why not route via Rapperswil to St Gallen on Day 23 of #CrossBorderRail. That would mean taking in part of the Voralpen Express run by Südostbahn. The new Stadler built trains […]
Hectic planning as the start of the project draws closer!
The start of #CrossBorderRail is now less than 3 weeks away, and the planning is reaching a hectic phase! The biggest news is that it is now possible to signup for the events in these locations: Berlin ?? (pre-departure) Brussels ?? Valenciennes ?? Den Haag ?? København ?? Stockholm ?? […]