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#CrossBorderRail the finale 2025: route now set, journey starts 6th June

Three short years ago when planning the first tour that was known as #CrossBorderRail, little did I know this would be the start of a project that would become a good part of my professional life in the years in between. That list of 95 rail borders investigated in 2022 […]

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Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 11 – 27 March – Mönchengladbach – Köln – Liège – Den Haag

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 & #CrossChannelRail)   Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]

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Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 10 – 26 March – Kehl – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Flughafen – Köln – Düsseldorf – Mönchengladbach

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 & #CrossChannelRail)   Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]

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Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 9 – 25 March – München – Stuttgart – Karlsruhe – Strasbourg – Kehl

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 & #CrossChannelRail)   Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]

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Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 8 – 24 March – Delémont – Bern – Zürich – München

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 & #CrossChannelRail)   Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]

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Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 7 – 23 March – Delémont – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich – Delémont

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 & #CrossChannelRail)   Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]

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The accessibility problems with Alstom’s new TGV-M train – with implications for future Channel Tunnel operators

There is no way to sweeten this: my original conclusion that Alstom’s Avelia Horizon (known as TGV-M with SNCF) is not legal at higher station platforms outside France was incorrect. Because transparency and correcting my errors matters to me, you can read the original blog entry in full here – […]

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#CrossChannelRail is GO! The future of long distance services through the Channel Tunnel

For the past three summers, #CrossBorderRail journeys have happened every summer. So far I have been to 288 international railway lines in Europe, and – with a bit of experience now! – I know how to run these projects. But, I wondered, why not apply the same method to one […]

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#CrossBorderRail looks at the Channel Tunnel – #CrossChannelRail will be the first project for 2025

A full project page about #CrossChannelRail is now available here!   Little did I know when I wrote it! My long analysis of through trains through the Channel Tunnel written a year became an unlikely hit – it’s the most read blog entry I have ever written. However there is […]

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