GoVolta to reach Berlin next year and Paris in 2026
GoVolta, the self-proclaimed ‘easyJet of the rails,’ is set to start daily passenger train service to Berlin as early as next May. On November 20, 2023, the company announced its intention to begin transporting passengers...Read more
Last Cadore Express train of the season reaches Cortina
InterviewThe Cadore Express, a train service operating between Rome and Cortina d’Ampezzo under FS Treni Turistici Italiani, concluded its final winter journey with success. Treni Turistici Italiani CEO Luigi Francesco Cantamessa shares the company’s plans...Read more
European Sleeper’s Amsterdam-Barcelona night train faces French hurdles
European Sleeper plans to operate night trains between Amsterdam and Barcelona starting in 2025 but faces opposition from the French rail infrastructure manager. Co-founder Elmer van Buuren revealed this to BNR. Among other issues, the...Read more
Paris Tram T3b extension to Porte Dauphine complete
After four years of construction, the tramway T3b extension to Porte Dauphine has begun operations, inaugurated by Île-de-France Mobilités today. It is now possible to ride around 75 per cent of Paris’s circumference by tram.Read more
Putin’s railway through occupied Ukraine almost complete
Russia has almost finished its new railroad in occupied Ukraine, warns Kilrilo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence Service (DIU). The railway is meant to serve as a logistical alternative to the bridge over...Read more
Direct ICE from Holland to Switzerland discontinued next summer
Boarding a high-speed train in Amsterdam and disembarking in Basel will no longer be possible starting from July 16. The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) confirmed that the direct ICE connection between the Netherlands and Switzerland...Read more
Different centuries meet on HS2 project
Britain’s troubled but impressive high-speed rail engineering project, HS2, has crossed paths with the Grand Union Canal. The twenty-first-century railway project has been mired in controversy, and now it has met with an infrastructure project...Read more
RegioJet launches night train connecting Prague to Ukraine
RegioJet launched the first Open Access fully commercial passenger rail service between the European Union and Ukraine, on Tuesday evening. The service will run daily in both directions, establishing a direct connection between the Czech...Read more