Train x Europe

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🚆🇨🇭 One of the best things about travelling by train to Switzerland are the SBB panorama cars ☀️. The EC 9 from Hamburg-Altona 🇩🇪 to Zürich HB runs with one of them during the entire journey and no reservation is needed. Had the chance to board it on its last stretch from Basel.

"Going flight-free has introduced me to the appreciation that comes with arriving into a destination, buoyed up by a childlike sense of wonder, after a proper journey by land and sea." - Helen Coffey, travel editor. reasonstobecheerful.world/travel-editor-…

"The new train will link Paris and Barcelona, where the existing high-speed service already runs to the Spanish capital. It is projected to launch in late 2024, with hints that further services could connect Madrid with Italy via France"

One of the more exciting notes in here: "Paris to Madrid with Trenitalia (starts late 2024) 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 " Trenitalia have excellent trains, so a FR service in France and Spain would be great for passengers 👍

@rachel_remnant Hope the trip back went well!

Hop, skip, jump across Europe on the #train Departed from beautiful #Brașov yesterday evening. My couchette travel mates had walked the #Făgăraș ridge. Respect! Enjoying the sunflowers across #Hungary with morning coffee. Arrive #Brussels this evening.

€49 monthly ticket offers unlimited use of regional trains across the country. railjournal.com/news/portugal-…

British train tickets can be so arcane - you want a day return Bristol to Bath? No problem. Open return, a standard ticket type? Only if you book first class. Absolutely byzantine.

Top ferry routes around GB and IE we'd like to see: 1. Edinburgh (Leith Ocean Terminal) to Rotterdam (Hoek van Holland) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇳🇱 2. Glasgow (Ardrossan) to Dublin (Terminal 3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 3. Dublin to St Malo 🇫🇷 🇮🇪

One upside of Irish trains being so far behind - just buy a whole new set like these and you can design all rail upgrades (electrification, gauge upgrades) around them

@rachel_remnant Never heard of this train but looks fantastic!

@TrainXEurope do you have the #Mocănița trains on your database?! Beautiful route up through the mountains, #narrowgauge timber hauling trains powered by wood fuel!

@Luise_V @unsereOEBB @SJ_AB @FlightFreeUK Hi Luise, if your trip is from mod July onwards or later, we'd be happy to take a look at it for you free of charge - not available until 9th July, let us know if this is helpful

@rachel_remnant @TropicalBiology Have a good trip! 👍

On my way to Romania by train! Incredible bonus to catch up with @TropicalBiology friend Monika Bertzky in Brussels. We met 23 years ago in Tanzania.

Try the kazak @_DiningCar - it’s nice! From the night train between Almaty and Tashkent. Good selection of food at ok prices. The bar section has Georgian wine, Armenian brandy, Austrian beer and Kazakh vodka as well as other drinks.

@196Destinations @BrittanyFerries If you need help planning the trip, send us an email or DM, can take a look 👍

Well, this migration from Spain north maybe a little different. But who can get me on @BrittanyFerries to Plymouth at end of June. Santander; perhaps you want to cut costs in your car? Roscoff; what is the train from the Spanish border? Seems insane to go to Paris....

#Haarlem #StBavo #GroteKerk #VisitHolland #NoordHolland #VisitTheNetherlands

Who needs Amsterdam when you've got... HAARLEM 🇳🇱 A town at least as historic as Amsterdam yet overlooked by so many tourists heading to the Red Light District or Zaandam - but Haarlem has great public transport connections and way fewer crowds!👍

This kind of train is impressive, but it costs 000s in any currency - we can help you plan a cross-Europe trip for a fraction the price 😉

Including a legendary organ played by Mozart and Handel... Not to mention a fantastic restored windmill on the edge of the River Spaarne - Molen Adriaan

RECOMMENDATIONS 🐝 🍯 The Hive for a fun indie café, where everything is bee themed and honey-spiked! 🍳 Cafe XO for lunch on the city's gorgeous main square ⛪️ The church of St Bavo does charge entry, but it's magnificent and has a surprisingly good gift shop 😉