The French and Swiss state railways SNCF and SBB have renewed their cooperation agreement until 2027. The TGV Lyria cross-border services will thus continue running for at least…
Current high-speed rail (HSR) lines in Europe are like islands, scattered across the continent. But what would a fully interconnected European high-speed network look like? What would it…
High Speed 1 (HS1), also known as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, remains serious about its long-promised plans to open a new route connecting St. Pancras International Railway…
Spanish national operator Renfe wants to once again operate trains to France on the routes Madrid-Marseille and Barcelona-Lyon before the summer of 2023, the operator says in response…
Booking international train tickets in many cases remains an uphill battle. But how all-encompassing does a solution have to be? Should there be a continent-wide roadmap or will…
Improving rail ticketing, more investments in high-speed rail, and better capacity allocation. That is what the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) hopes to see in…
Booking an international train journey, especially one involving several countries, can present difficulties. Well-known rail YouTuber Thibault Constant in recent comments to RailTech compared it to solving a…
The Italian state railways FS Italiane wants to launch a new high-speed rail connection between Barcelona and Paris by the end of 2024. Already running its flagship Frecciarossa…
European Sleeper is working to launch its first night train service to Prague in 2023. In the process it has to overcome a host of obstacles. But in…
As of this week, reservations can be made for a new luxury Orient Express train in Italy. From 2024, the redesigned luxury train will be back on the…
In little more than a week, RailTech.com will bring together sector experts for a discussion about ticketing and how to make cross-border train travel easier and more attractive…
Cross-border rail traffic is a recurring topic and receives a lot of attention. Or not enough, as the case may be. Good intentions to simplify things often come…
To encourage railway operators to run night trains to and from Belgium, the federal government wants to cover the costs of using the rail infrastructure and energy charges.…
After several years of track work on the Norwegian side, Swedish operator SJ will resume the cross-border trains between the capital cities Stockholm and Oslo from December 11.…
European Sleeper and travel organisation Sunweb will not be able to offer their planned night train service to the French Alps this winter, the companies announced on Thursday.…