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Live blog – Autumn 2023 Day 13, 28 Sep, s’Hertogenbosch – Tilburg – Turnhout – Brugge
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Read MoreLive blog – Autumn 2023 Day 12, 27 Sep, Berlin – München – Salzburg – Berchtesgaden – Rosenheim, then night train
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Read MoreLive blog – Autumn 2023 Day 11, 16 Sep, Grävenwiesbach – Bad Homburg – Frankfurt(Main) – Wustermark – Berlin
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Read MoreLive blog – Autumn 2023 Day 10, 15 Sep, Berlin – Frankfurt(Main) – Albshausen – Grävenwiesbach
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Read MoreLive blog – Autumn 2023 Day 09, 14 Sep, Nuits-sous-Ravières – Dijon – Nancy – Saarbrücken – Frankfurt(Main) – Berlin
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Read MoreDeutschlandticket nach / à / to Strasbourg
Zur deutschen Version des Artikels | Aller à la version française de l’article | Go to the English version of the article Es gibt eine französische Großstadt mit 300 000 Einwohnern in der Stadt selbst (und 800 000 im Stadtgebiet), die europäische und internationale Institutionen beherbergt und nur 8,1 Bahnkilometer […]
Read MoreBorder 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) […]
Read More#CrossBorderRail goes on the Kulturzug Berlin-Wrocław
In December 2014 I went to a funeral for a train – the EuroCity “Wavel” train between Berlin and Wrocław was axed, and then MEP Michael Cramer organised a small ceremony to mark its passing. But in 2016 Wrocław was European Capital of Culture, but there was no convenient way […]
Read MoreThe best #CrossBorderRail lines to visit
#CrossBorderRail is a very political project – to push for better international railway connections between European countries. But one of the things that makes the project so fun is that it has taken me to some wonderful places amongst the 130 borders I have crossed in the past 12 months […]
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