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The enduring mess of cross-border rail booking – Geneva to Berlin

On Tuesday 28th November – more than 2 months from now – I want to make a train trip from Geneva to Berlin. The connection is easy enough – two InterCity trains in Switzerland, via Biel/Bienne, to Basel SBB, and then the NightJet night train from there to Berlin. This[Read More…]

07.09.2017 8 comments

Why securing Europe’s railways against terrorism shouldn’t be attempted

So apparently this morning Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, has announced that security gates will be built to access Thalys trains: https://twitter.com/jul_mm/status/669058150729957377 De Telegraaf interprets this as meaning bag scanners, going further than La Voix du Nord does (although their story also says the gates (portiques)[Read More…]

24.11.2015 2 comments

A rail postcard from Mannheim

Dear Violeta, Since my postcard from Forst (Lausitz) in December I’ve travelled the length and breadth of Germany by rail (even stopping off to hear you speak at the Schwarkopf Stiftung in Berlin), and today I am sending you a virtual postcard from Mannheim. I have no idea whether Franz[Read More…]

02.02.2015 14 comments

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Frankfurt(Oder) – Poznań regional trains axed from 1st January 2015

Following my post about the final EC Wawel, and the funding absurdity for PKP’s new high speed trains in Poland, here’s yet more bad news when it comes to Germany-Poland rail connections – the two daily regional trains each way in each direction between Frankfurt(Oder) and Poznań will not run from[Read More…]

26.12.2014 7 comments

A rail postcard from Liège

Dear Siim, I’m writing to you today from Liège. In one way this is a surprise, in that I am not supposed to be in Liège, but judging from experience I suppose it was inevitable I was going to have to write to you from here at some point. I[Read More…]

05.03.2014 0 comments

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Taking the train rather than the plane for business travel in Europe: does it work?

Anyone who follows me on Twitter will know I take the train for almost all my journeys, and many of these are business trips. Sean Hanley has asked me to sum up my experiences in a blog entry, so here goes. This post should be read in conjunction with the[Read More…]

25.07.2013 4 comments

The future of channel tunnel long distance passenger railway services

A small step forward step in the prospect of long distance high-speed train services using the channel tunnel was taken this week, with Deutsche Bahn granted a ‘Certificate B’ to operate trains through the tunnel. This has been a long time coming – in 2010 DB was talking of running[Read More…]

15.06.2013 0 comments

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Five types of railway market in Europe

I travel a lot by train. On all kinds of services, all over Europe. As Europe’s rail market supposedly opens up to competition with the 4th railway package, what can I conclude about where competition does and does not work? 1) The profitable long distance route This is the ideal[Read More…]

13.06.2013 0 comments

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How to organise a rail replacement bus service (Schienenersatzverkehr)

ICE36 train, departing 0944 from København H to Hamburg Hbf will not be able to run any further than Rødby on the Danish side of the Fehmarn Belt, and all passengers will have to board the ferry on foot instead of in the train, and take a replacement bus on[Read More…]

14.12.2012 0 comments

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In praise of @DB_bahn (not the railway, but the Twitter account)

This is for you Torsten, Simon, Norman, Marc, Kai, Danny, Janice, Matthias, Maik, Filiz, Jana, Christian, Christian and Nicole: a huge thanks from a regular DB traveller for helping to make my journeys a little more manageable and pleasant. For those of you reading this that are not regulars on[Read More…]

07.09.2012 0 comments

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Jon Worth

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The enduring mess of cross-border rail booking – Geneva to Berlin

Why securing Europe’s railways against terrorism shouldn’t be attempted

A rail postcard from Mannheim

Frankfurt(Oder) – Poznań regional trains axed from 1st January 2015

A rail postcard from Liège

Taking the train rather than the plane for business travel in Europe: does it work?

The future of channel tunnel long distance passenger railway services

Five types of railway market in Europe

How to organise a rail replacement bus service (Schienenersatzverkehr)

In praise of @DB_bahn (not the railway, but the Twitter account)

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Policy proposals to fix Europe’s railways

We know what’s wrong with European railways. Mostly. But how do we fix it?

The #CrossBorderRail plans for autumn 2023, and some press coverage

Recent Guides

A diagram to explain EU cross border rail passengers rights – and to push for political change

Germany’s 49 Euro Ticket Deutschlandticket – a FAQ

How to use Deutsche Bahn’s De Connect tickets for train trips between Germany and London

Recent Quick takes

Strasbourg? Karlsruhe? No – Saarbrücken? Where the future Paris-Berlin ICE stops is not the issue

Toute l’Europe – a future night train map that’s very, very bad

TimeOut makes a right hash of the new Milano-München trains story

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Quoted in the FT “‘We are full’: the rebirth of Europe’s sleeper trains”

Meeting Michael Peterson with Die Zeit, and quoted by CNN about shift from planes to trains

Quoted in Berliner Zeitung about the Brenner pilot project

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