Welcome to #CrossBorderRail

Since 2022 I have been investigating international railways all over Europe. Find out what the issues are, and how we put the problems right!

#CrossBorderRail so far

399
Border lines
investigated

1086
Trains taken
166310km

229
Bike stages
5451km

News

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Day 03 – 18 February – Ravières – Dijon – Culmont Chalindrey – Paris – Genève

18.02.2026

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)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there. Today’s live text updatesThere was […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Day 02 – 6 February – Berlin – Paris

07.02.2026

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)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there.   Today’s […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Day 01 – 3 February – Ravières – Laroche-Migennes – Paris – Berlin

03.02.2026

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)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there.   Today’s […]

“News” that Régiolis cross border trains cannot operate in Germany is actually nothing new

06.11.2025

The latest setback in the entry into service of the new Régiolis fleet for France-Germany cross border services: now there is a problem with the emergency brakes, Le Republicain Lorrain reported yesterday. While the trains are OK to operate in France, but they do not respect the standards on the […]

News stories, and social media posts for context: from Elvas to Nagykereki

31.10.2025

On 12th July I was at Nagykereki on the Hungarian great plain, trying to find remnants of the former cross border railway line to Episcopia Bihor in Romania. You can see where the line used to run on OpenRailwayMap here, and on my borders map here. In terms of international […]

Live Blog – Conclusions Tour Day 24 – 25 October – Brugge – Kortrijk – Mouscron – Herseaux – Roubaix – Lille – Paris – Ravières

25.10.2025

Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background | Route map | Photos   Today’s live text updates [srr_feed urls=”https://gruene.social/@jon.rss” filter_name=”25_Oct” filter_type=”show” thumbnail_position=”align_right” thumbnail_size=”150px” scroll_height=”400px” show_date=”1″ ticker_speed=”8″ date_timezone=”Europe/Berlin” page_size=”4″ display_type=”vertical_ticker” date_format=”H:i” count=”20″ rich_desc=”1″ no_feed_text=”No live updates are showing here – probably because the this day is too far […]

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All the #CrossBorderRail borders documented so far