Europatakt - Jon Worth

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Europatakt

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How do you even say "Takt" for a timetable in English?

How do you even say "Takt" for a timetable in English?

I am doing some comparative research about railways in Europe this summer and that has led me to the question: what makes a good train timetable? And that then leads inevitably to a Taktfahplan or, better still, a Integraler Taktfahplan (German language Wikipedia here) By which point I have lost

Germany's Transport Ministry makes the case for a European rolling stock pool

On 17 May Germany's Ministry of for Transport and Digital Infrastructure held its Schienengipfel (Rail Summit) in Berlin. The centre piece of the event was a renewed commitment to speeding up Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Vienna connections, but an eagle-eyed Josh Posaner of Politico spotted an

Europatakt - a vision for EU-wide rail?

I have set foot in the Swiss town of Biel/Bienne more often than I care to remember, and for strictly 6 minutes each time. For that is where the Basel SBB-Lausanne InterCity train crosses the Zürich HB-Genève service, and as my trips are always Basel SBB - Genève, that&