Author: Jon

Press coverage, interviews and presentations from #CrossBorderRail South East Europe 2024

At the somewhat dilapidated border station Šíd (Serbia, border to Croatia) I sat and talked with the freelance journalist Thomas Roser – he is based in Beograd. This resulted in 5 articles in the German speaking press – 4 in Germany, 1 in Austria. Frankfurter Rundschau Bahn in Europa: Letzter […]

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30 trains costing €376 million for France-Germany services – parked up without any prospect of operations until 2027

Regional rail services between France and Germany are poor, but change is supposed to be around the corner. A fleet of new Régiolis trains for the these services has been ordered and built (and I set out to find them) but when the operations of these trains will start, and […]

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North Macedonia’s phantom rail line, and why I am worried they’re repeating the error at the other end of the country

The railway line from Thessaloniki (Greece) to Bitola (North Macedonia) via Florina has a long history. It was completed in 1894, before the Balkan Wars in 1913 resulted in the final 17km ending up in Yugoslavia. Trains continued to run on the cross border section until 1987, and then ceased, […]

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9th July 19:00 CEST – presentation of the first conclusions of #CrossBorderRail South East Europe 2024

The research phase of #CrossBorderRail 2024 is done, so now it is time to start to assess what I learned. The first conclusions will be presented in a public webinar at 19:00 CEST on 9th July. The webinar has now concluded, and you can view it here: The slides that […]

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Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 30 01 Jul 2024 – Arrival of night train, Zürich – Lausanne – Dijon – Nuits-sous-Ravières

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)   Today’s live text updates Text updates are auto-generated from Mastodon […]

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Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 29 30 Jun 2024 – Arrival of night train, Beograd – Zagreb, onto night train

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)   Today’s live text updates Text updates are auto-generated from Mastodon […]

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Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 28 29 Jun 2024 – Tirana – Shkodër – Podgorica, onto night train

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)   Today’s live text updates Text updates are auto-generated from Mastodon […]

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Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 27 28 Jun 2024 – Tirana – Durrës-Plazh – Elbasan – Tirana

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)   Today’s live text updates Text updates are auto-generated from Mastodon […]

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Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 26 27 Jun 2024 – Prishtinë – Pejë – Prishtinë – Tirana

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)   Today’s live text updates Text updates are auto-generated from Mastodon […]

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Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 25 26 Jun 2024 – Struga – Bitola – Skopje – Prishtinë

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)   Today’s live text updates Text updates are auto-generated from Mastodon […]

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