Dear Violeta, I have had plenty of time to contemplate this postcard to you. Most of the day in fact, as I’ve wasted that long trying to get to the bottom of what ought to be a rather simple cross-border railway problem. Later this week – on Thursday 8th October […]
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Should I have to pay more for a rail ticket so as to ensure I get compensation?
On 4th June 2015 – as so often – I took the train from Berlin Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi, changing in Köln. The difference from my usual trips on this route was that I booked only on 26th May, only 8 days ahead, and no Deutsche Bahn Sparpreis tickets were available […]
A guide to the trains of Bulgaria
Between Saturday 20th June 2015 and Monday 29th June 2015 I crossed Bulgaria by train . This blog entry summarises my experiences, with the aim of assisting fellow travellers who might attempt similar trips. The map above shows my route, and the information is correct as of June 2015 – […]
Non-Schengen compliant border control at Buchs SG station, 1 July 2015, 0700
I was a passenger on the EuroNight 60466 D. Budapest-Keleti at 2100 on 30 June 2015, scheduled arrival Zürich HB at 0820 on 1st July 2015. I was a passenger in the Sleeping Car on this service (there are three carriages from Budapest – a carriage with seats, a couchette […]
Politico Europe | 4 things America could learn from Europe when it comes to railways
“Pictures of tangled metal and overturned carriages dominated the news last week following the Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia. Eight passengers lost their lives, and more than 200 were injured because the train was traveling at more than twice the 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit as it rounded a […]
Uber returning to Brussels: I think this is a decent solution
Taxis in Brussels have been been plastered with the slogan “Ceci n’est pas un taxi clandestin” for some months now, in protest at Uber that was allowed in Belgium, then banned, and now – according to this story from Politico – has a reprieve and its legal status will be […]