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Live blog – Day 07, 9 May – Aachen – Liège – Luxembourg – Saarbrücken
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Read MoreLive blog – 6 April – Enschede to Nuits-sous-Ravières, via De Panne
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Read MoreLive blog – 5 April – Nuits-sous-Ravières to Enschede
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Read MoreMons-Aulnoye – Belgium and France close a cross border passenger railway line
It was one of the most surreal experiences of the #CrossBorderRail project: to be the only passenger on an international train for its entire trip. It even made it into my summary video. It happened on Day 1, at the Belgium-France border, between Mons and Aulnoye-Aymeries – and you can […]
Read MoreThe postcard marathon
It was a nice idea. Get myself out of the digital-only communication means on my blog and on Twitter, and go back to old and friendly forms of travel writing – postcards! But not any old postcards… Self-printed postcards, 2 for each day of the #CrossBorderRail project, home made and […]
Read MoreFurther press coverage of the #CrossBorderRail project – South East loop, and general analysis
(Not all of these stories necessarily concern the South East loop of the project in particular – but they were published during the time I was on the rails for that loop!) Journalist Jon Worth gaat uitdaging aan: in 40 dagen alle Europese grenzen passeren met de trein OVPro […]
Read MorePress coverage of the #CrossBorderRail project – South West loop
Železnice imajo težave pri prečkanju meja Dnevnik – Peter Pahor – 18.7.2022 “Jon Worth bo z vlakom in svojim zložljivim kolesom prepotoval 27.000 kilometrov dolgo pot in pri tem prečkal vse notranje meje Evropske unije. Na terenu že več kot mesec dni spoznava, kako se lahko stvari zapletejo, ko želiš […]
Read MoreThe detailed plan to find a way past the train strike in France on 6 July
(These plans have changed even more since I first wrote this post! The post has been updated to reflect this – the update is correct as of 6 July at 18:30!) So the French train strike on Wednesday 6 July has messed up my plans. I know that my cross […]
Read MoreAltered routes and times to/from Portugal on Days 18 and 19, and plans to cope with a French train strike on Day 20
How I am going to get from Vigo (ES) to Lisboa (PT), and from Lisboa to Madrid (ES) has now changed slightly. On Day 18 – Monday 4 July – I am going to make a brief stop in Porto (to record a podcast) rather than in Coimbra, and this […]
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