Harrachov, Czechia Adorf (Vogtland), Germany Černousy, Czechia Selb-Plößberg, Germany Holzhau, Germany Bayerisch Eisenstein, Germany On the smallest branch lines in Germany and Czechia (and even just into Poland on one line) you will find them – Stadler RS1 railbuses, with their characteristic trapezoid shaped […]
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“Summer 2025” for the new Régiolis trains France-Germany – Leroy and Hermann are just picking dates at random
So the new Régiolis trains are going to be running on France-Germany routes in “Summer 2025” according to Transport Minister, Baden-Württemberg Winfried Hermann and President of Région Grand Est, Franck Leroy. They may as well be picking dates at random. It is all because of delayed approval of the trains […]
How to not fall foul of SNCF’s luggage rules
SNCF – for all TGV inOui and TER trains – introduced new luggage rules in February 2024, with a transition period up until mid September 2024 for their introduction, although it seems that even at the time of writing (August 2024) some SNCF staff are getting a bit over zealous […]
Somewhere between hell and hype(r-loop) – where our railway discussion ought to be
Another day, and another stream of railway news pops up in my social media feed. On the hell side – unsurprisingly from Germany – comes news that the situation for passengers at München Hbf continues to worsen, while DB has closed the Hamburg-Berlin line for 4 months for works, something […]
So long Berlin. I’m off to a Bourgogne village
On 27th September, a removal truck will pull up outside the building in Berlin Neukölln I currently call home, and into it will go my belongings. My time in Berlin will be over. I’ll race ahead of the truck in a train, and from that evening Ravières (population: 719) in […]
30 trains costing €376 million for France-Germany services – parked up without any prospect of operations until 2027
Regional rail services between France and Germany are poor, but change is supposed to be around the corner. A fleet of new Régiolis trains for the these services has been ordered and built (and I set out to find them) but when the operations of these trains will start, and […]
