Belgium

Live Blog – 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 7 – 14 June – Rzeszów – Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin – Köln – Bruxelles

Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background | Music track | Route map | Photos   Text updates There was a thread on Mastodon from this day of #CrossBorderRail – you can find the whole thread here   Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background […]

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The accessibility problems with Alstom’s new TGV-M train – with implications for future Channel Tunnel operators

There is no way to sweeten this: my original conclusion that Alstom’s Avelia Horizon (known as TGV-M with SNCF) is not legal at higher station platforms outside France was incorrect. Because transparency and correcting my errors matters to me, you can read the original blog entry in full here – […]

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VDV on cross border re-activation of lines – nice idea, details more sketchy

The Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV) (Association of German Transport Companies) has a detailed new website about reactivation of railway lines, and a PDF report with more detail. And one aspect of their proposals are cross-border reactivations that they have been publicising with the little infographic that I reproduce here. So […]

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VDV zur Reaktivierung grenzüberschreitender Bahnstrecken – schöne Idee, Details noch unklar

(Dieser Artikel wurde mit Hilfe von Deepl aus dem Englischen übersetzt und leicht korrigiert) Der Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV) hat eine ausführliche neue Website über die Reaktivierung von Eisenbahnstrecken und einen PDF-Bericht mit weiteren Details veröffentlicht. Ein Aspekt ihrer Vorschläge sind grenzüberschreitende Reaktivierungen, die sie mit der kleinen Infografik, die […]

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Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day -02 26 May 2024 – Ravières – Montbard – Paris – Köln – Hamburg – Travemünde, onto night ferry

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)   Today’s live text updates Text updates are auto-generated from Mastodon […]

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Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days 26 April – Valenciennes – Quiévrain – Gussignies – Aulnoye-Aymeries – Paris – Nuits-sous-Ravières

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)   Today’s live text updates This day of live coverage is […]

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