Trainline - Jon Worth

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Trainline

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Deutsche Bahn has an amazing opportunity in ticket sales, but is too blinded by Flixtrain to seize it

Deutsche Bahn has an amazing opportunity in ticket sales, but is too blinded by Flixtrain to seize it

While clearing old belongings here (pre-move to France) I stumbled across a 2003 Interrail diary of mine, and in it were timetables for trains in Italy and Romania printed out from the website of Deutsche Bahn. Today, 21 years on, I am still using Deutsche Bahn's website to

How a little openness and transparency would change EU-wide rail

On Wednesday 15 January 2020, just under 2 months from now, I want to make a rail trip from Bruges in Belgium to Aix-en-Provence in France. What do I need to plan such a trip? The times of the trains, and an ability to book tickets. Shouldn't be

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.

Taking the train is a strain - Newport to Berlin case

My parents live in Newport in South Wales. I live in Berlin. I am going home for Christmas, and so - on 27th December - I want to return to Berlin. All in one day. By train. If I wanted to do this in a few weeks' time, it