Earlier this month, the European Commission revealed its plan to speed up the expansion of high-speed rails that would significantly reduce travel times across the continent. In a press release, ...

Breakfast in Paris, lunch in Frankfurt and dinner in Vienna – all without the hassle and frustration of flying. Imagine a network of modern, super-fast and comfortable trains hurtling between every ...

High-speed rail services like this train at Madrid’s Puerta de Atocha station illustrate the scale of upgrades envisioned under the EU’s plan to complete core TEN-T high-speed corridors by 2040 and ...

A basic fact underpins the appeal of European rail travel: trains are great. It takes a hard-boiled traveller not to be seduced by the prospect of rumbling through the Alps in a dining car, or ...

Getting from Munich to Rome in six hours and from Skopje to Athens in no more than four: If the EU Commission has its wish, this will be the future for European train travellers. But can these ...

In April 2024, the Facebook page The sound of Train shared two maps that allegedly compared passenger train lines in the United States and Europe (archived): The post had earned 117,000 reactions, ...

That post had amassed more than 6.7 million views and 38,000 likes as of this writing. It spread as a new direct line of high-speed trains between Paris and Berlin made its first trips. Although the ...

Demand for rail is rising, but the network isn’t ready. A warning from Eurostar's chief commercial officer shows that Europe needs serious investment in infrastructure and rail coordination. Capacity ...