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

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Event details Thu 30 Jun – 14:00-17:00 – Train and cycle – Freiburg-Breisach-Volgelsheim-Neuf Brisach

27.06.2022

The timetable for the train and bike excursion to Breisach – with the help of VCD Südbaden – is now available! Anyone can come along for a part of this, or the whole thing – please just sign up here so I have an idea of numbers. IMPORTANT: it is […]

Press coverage of the #CrossBorderRail project – before departure and Northern loop

27.06.2022

Sfinansowaliśmy wam tory i nawet perony, ale jak pociągi nie jeżdżą, to już nie nasz problem Publicysta Krytyki Politycznej – Michał Sutowski – 9/7/2022 “W Unii Europejskiej myśli się głównie o bardzo szybkich pociągach między wielkimi miastami, a powinniśmy zadbać o dobre skomunikowanie nawet wolniejszymi pociągami, które połączą miejscowości przygraniczne […]

How to follow the project

15.06.2022

I have had to change how I am going to do the communication en route for #CrossBorderRail – maintaining Twitter threads and a live blog is simply too much, so I have cut it back only to Twitter. I will then post links to the daily threads and summaries here! […]

From the sublime to the slightly ridiculous: trip timetable changes in Switzerland and Romania

03.06.2022

Max Wyss – one of the excellent community of Swiss railway nerds on Twitter – messaged me with a suggestion: why not route via Rapperswil to St Gallen on Day 23 of #CrossBorderRail. That would mean taking in part of the Voralpen Express run by Südostbahn. The new Stadler built trains […]

Pre-departure events in Berlin – choose between a serious discussion and a chat over a beer!

02.06.2022

Before #CrossBorderRail starts in earnest on 13 June, there are two pre-departure events in Berlin – one informal and one formal. It’s not only that Berlin is home, but it’s also the place where many of the people who have helped me with the whole project are based. So it […]

Oslo Event – Friday 17 June, 13:00-15:00, at Passasjen (Oslo S)

02.06.2022

This one has been a while in planning, but I am happy I can now announce how the #CrossBorderRail event in Oslo is going to work. The event will be between 13:00 and 15:00 on Friday 17 June in a room off Passasjen at Oslo Central Station (Oslo S) (map) […]

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All the #CrossBorderRail borders documented so far