Austria

VDV on cross border re-activation of lines – nice idea, details more sketchy

The Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV) (Association of German Transport Companies) has a detailed new website about reactivation of railway lines, and a PDF report with more detail. And one aspect of their proposals are cross-border reactivations that they have been publicising with the little infographic that I reproduce here. So […]

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#CrossBorderRail is done for 2023 – now 193 railway borders in Europe investigated

I’m writing this blog post at my desk in Berlin, back home after the final part of my Autumn 2023 #CrossBorderRail journey. The past 10 days have taken me to Slovenia’s borders, then via Karlsruhe through France to Spain and Portugal, and then via Santiago to Compostela and Portugal again, […]

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Live Blog – Autumn 2023 Day 22, 20 Oct, night train, Stuttgart – Darmstadt – Karlsruhe

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 media – there are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail) and Bluesky (@jonworth.eu & Custom Feed)   Text updates […]

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Live Blog – Autumn 2023 Day 21, 19 Oct, Ljubljana – Klagenfurt – Bleiburg – Dravograd – Maribor – Dobova, 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 media – there are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail) and Bluesky (@jonworth.eu & Custom Feed)   Text updates […]

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Live Blog – Autumn 2023 Day 19, 17 Oct, Berlin – München – Villach – Tarvisio – Jesenice – Ljubljana

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 media – there are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail) and Bluesky (@jonworth.eu & Custom Feed)   Text updates […]

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Live blog – Autumn 2023 Day 18, 5 Oct, Wien – Bratislava – Wien, onwards on night train

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/111180875515579440 […]

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Live blog – Autumn 2023 Day 17, 2 Oct, Hranice na Morave – Horni Lidec – Trenčín – Bratislava – Wolfsthal – Wien

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/111163961698320300 […]

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Live blog – Autumn 2023 Day 13, 28 Sep, s’Hertogenbosch – Tilburg – Turnhout – Brugge

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/111141206857975579 […]

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Live blog – Autumn 2023 Day 12, 27 Sep, Berlin – München – Salzburg – Berchtesgaden – Rosenheim, then night train

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/111135146503855940 […]

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Border stations in national tariff systems – a simple change with a meaningful impact

At opposite ends of Germany there are two cross border railways where tickets for the trains are wonderfully simple – from Gronau (Nordrhein-Westfalen) to Enschede (Netherlands), and from Freilassing (Bayern) to Salzburg (Austria). At two other borders – Kehl (Baden-Württemberg) to Strasbourg (France), and Forst Lausitz (Brandenburg) to Żary (Poland) […]

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