The #CrossBorderRail method, and a post summer break round up

In the Newsletter this week
Analysis: The #CrossBorderRail method
Bullshit Meter: Arriva NL to run international high speed trains
Good week: Leo Express manages to run to Przemyśl (but there's a catch)
Also a good week: Italy and Austria able to do what France and Germany cannot - getting Alstom EMUs to work cross border
Odd week: An Alstom EMU for DSB finds its way to Romania, and Alstom's headaches persist
Bad week: Moldova - Romania night train conforms to the Eurovision song stereotype
Very bad week: RheinRuhrBahn air conditioning cannot cope at temperatures above 26 degrees
Gadgetbahn of the week: No, a battery tram is not going to work as a train in Moldova
Streisand effect this week: DB stung by Dunja Hayali ZDF documentary
Photo of the week: Old Preußische Ostbahn HQ in Bydgoszcz
Elsewhere this week: Caledonian Sleeper on Green Signals
Calendar: Connecting Europe Days, 28 September to 1 October 2026

Newsletter 025, Friday 14th August 2026.
Subscriber-only newsletter, sent every Friday at 14:00 CET.

First newsletter after a summer break, hence format somewhat different from previous editions!