Somebody in France has to want to run night trains

Sun setting over the electrification wires south of Paris Austerlitz

In the Newsletter this week
Analysis: Lessons from an event at the Assemblée Nationale in Paris about night trains
Bullshit Meter this week: Norway launches panoramic glass roof train
Good week: Poland and Germany sign a bit of paper (with a major omission)
Bad week: Stadler's complex delivery of Linz's tram-trains
Very bad week: Deutsche Bahn's works on Berlin-Hamburg delayed
In the media this week: The Europeans Podcast
Photo of the week: Kyrgyzstan's train to the sea
Calendar: Innotrans 2026


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