Having missed out in my youth, I thought that was that – until I took a revelatory trip with my sons. We’re going again this yearYouth might not be wasted on the young, but for the longest time I thought Interrailing was. When I was a student, as the 1…
It’s a lot easier to tease new cross-Channel rail services than it is to actually start running trains. I’m crossing my fingers anywayBetween environmental breakdown, economic crisis and Donald Trump, it often feels like there’s precious little reason …
At each stop on 1,000-mile trip, discombobulated Europeans are grappling with new and unsettling realities as the US reforges its alliancesEurope live – latest updatesWhile Donald Trump talks of the “big beautiful ocean” separating the US from the war …
Passenger numbers are rising, but competing with budget airlines will take work on ticket prices, infrastructure and integrationLast August, I took the train from Trieste to Ljubljana, following a route once used by the Orient Express. Along the way, I…
Emergency service workers recovered multiple bodies in the eastern Spanish region of Valencia after heavy rains battered the country’s eastern and southern areas, causing flash floods and disrupting air and rail travel.
Television presenter worries more about ‘cars and drugs’ than risks from three-week Interrailing trip with friendThe TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has defended her decision to let her 15-year-old son Interrail across Europe without her, on grounds that …
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen promised single-ticket rail travel across the continent in her re-election pitch to the European Parliament, but a similar initiative in her previous five-year term never saw the light of day.
Passengers were left abandoned and humiliated after operator banned staff from providing assistanceEurostar has reversed a new accessibility policy that left a wheelchair user stranded and has retrained its London staff following pressure from the Obse…
Advocates for rail travel hope the revived connection will help people to experience ‘the joy of the journey’The first night train between Berlin and Paris will depart on Monday evening after a nine-year hiatus, plugging a significant gap in Europe’s i…
Rail travel is helping the EU to reach climate and energy-saving targets – but which country has the most railways and who takes the train most often?
‘Finally, we’re getting it done,’ the President said at an event to showcase the busy Northeast Corridor investments.
A similar idea in France has had little impact and campaigners worry the outcome in Spain will be the same.
European Sleeper to run its Berlin service to Czech capital amid EU revival in long-distance trainsRail passengers will be able to leave Brussels or Amsterdam in the evening and wake up the next morning in Dresden or Prague – and vice versa – from Marc…
Erratic Deutsche Bahn services make our commutes a misery. Luckily, their meaningless announcements are an art formI have never played in an orchestra. But when 200 musicians had to delay the start of a prestigious concert in Berlin recently because th…
There were no working toilets, no air-con, no sleep – and finally we were locked inThis summer, my family and I enjoyed a fortnight’s backpacking around northern Europe, travelling mainly by rail. As part of that, we booked the European Sleeper service…
