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)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there. Today’s […]
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Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Day 10 – 9 March – Beograd – Osijek – Beli Manastir – Drávakeresztúr
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)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there. Today’s […]
Read MoreLive Blog – 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 41 – 31 July – arrival of Optima Express, Villach – Klagenfurt
Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background | Music track | Route map | Photos Text updates There was a thread on Mastodon from this day of #CrossBorderRail – you can find the whole thread here Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background […]
Read MoreLive Blog – 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 40 – 30 July – Optima Express through Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia
Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background | Music track | Route map | Photos Text updates There was a thread on Mastodon from this day of #CrossBorderRail – you can find the whole thread here Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background […]
Read MoreNo Villa Opicina – Divača – Pivka – Rijeka trains in 2025, no re-launch date known
Launched with some fanfare in the summer of 2024 (see The Times and Kurier that covered it for example), the “Trieste” – Rijeka international train service is no more. The train will not run in 2025, and there is no known date for the resumption of the route. This was […]
Read MoreFrom Turmantas to Nova Gorica – #CrossBorderRail improvements due in 2025
All of the borders listed are places I have been, and are among my priority borders where problems need to be fixed. I cannot claim credit for having solved any of these, but I am quite sure me repeatedly talking about them – especially Turmantas! – has likely not been […]
Read MoreThe best photos from #CrossBorderRail South East Europe 2024
Finally I am done sorting and uploading photos from #CrossBorderRail South East Europe 2024 In this post there is one photo from each of the days, and a link to the full Flickr album from that day – to give an idea of this weird and wonderful journey! Day -02 […]
Read MorePress 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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