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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On 6th June, the #CrossBorderRail finale started – with the first part of the trip continuing until 24th June. Now, the day before the trip starts again it’s time for a quick recap of what happened so far, and what I learned from it. The map of the whole route, […]
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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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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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Is there space for a further Channel Tunnel operator at the Temple Mills depot off the HS1 line at Stratford? The issue rumbles on, with ORR expected to make a decision on the issue by this autumn according to The Times today. But what if the extra capacity at the […]
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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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Bruxelles-Paris by Eurostar (ex-Thalys) 300km/h high speed train takes just 1 hour 22 minutes, but as anyone who has taken it in recent years can testify, the prices can be horribly high, mostly because capacity is not adequate and no one has yet entered the market against the incumbent. This […]
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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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