The main three circuits of #CrossBorderRail are complete, although there might be a few more day trips! Now it is time for me to reflect on what I have learned, and write it all up!
The main circuits of the project are complete!
- Projects
- #CrossChannelRail 16 March – 6 April 2025
- 2024 South East Europe Project
- 2023 Autumn Project
- 2023 Germany Borders Project
- Day 00, 2 May – Berlin – Kiel – Oldenburg
- Day 01, 3 May – Oldenburg – Puttgarden – Hamburg
- Day 02, 4 May – Hamburg – Leer – Oldenburg
- Day 03, 5 May – Oldenburg – Meppen – Coevorden – Münster – Enschede
- Day 04, 6 May – around Enschede
- Day 05, 7 May – Enschede – Winterswijk – Bocholt
- Day 06, 8 May – Bochholt – Herzogenrath – Aachen
- Day 07, 9 May – Aachen – Liège – Luxembourg – Saarbrücken
- Day 08, 10 May – Saarbrücken – Strasbourg – Lauterbourg – Karlsruhe
- Day 09, 11 May – Karlsruhe – Konstanz – München
- Day 10, 12 May – München – Simbach (Inn) – Nové Údolí – Horažďovice
- Day 11, 13 May – Horažďovice – Domažlice – Nürnberg
- Day 12, 14 May – Nürnberg – Hof – Dresden – Görlitz
- Day 13, 18 May – Berlin – Weißwasser – Horka – Berlin
- Day 14, 21 May – Berlin – Guben – Żary – Forst – Berlin
- Events
- 2022 All EU Borders Project
- Political conclusions from the 2022 project
- Detailed schedule
- North circuit
- Day 0 – Berlin (DE)-Mons (BE)
- Day 1 – Mons-Den Haag (NL)
- Day 2 – Den Haag-Niebüll (DE)
- Day 3 – Niebüll-Stockholm (SE)
- Day 4 – Stockholm-Oslo (NO), & night train
- Day 5 – night train, Trondheim (NO)-Umeå (SE)
- Day 6 – Umeå-Tornio (FI), & night train
- Day 7 – night train, Helsinki (FI)-Tallinn (EE)
- Day 8 – Tallinn-Riga (LV)
- Day 9 – Riga-Vilnius (LT)
- Day 10 – Vilnius-Warszawa (PL)
- Day 11 – Warszawa-Berlin
- South West circuit
- Day 12 – Berlin-Lyon (FR)
- Day 13 – Lyon–Lons-le-Saunier (FR)
- Day 14 – Lons-le-Saunier–Metz (FR)
- Day 15 – Metz-Paris (FR)
- Day 16 – Paris-Zaragoza (ES)
- Day 17 – Zaragoza-Vigo (ES)
- Day 18 – Vigo-Lisboa (PT)
- Day 19 – Lisboa-Madrid (ES)
- Day 20 – Madrid-Marseille (FR)
- Day 21 – Marseille-Roma (IT)
- Day 22 – Roma-Bern (CH)
- Day 23 – Bern-Villach (AT)
- Day 24 – Villach-Ljubljana (SI)
- Day 25 – Ljubljana-Zagreb (HR), & night train
- Day 26 – night train, München (DE)-Berlin
- South East circuit
- Day 27 – Berlin-Wien (AT)
- Day 28 – Wien-Budapest (HU)-Wien-Graz (AT)
- Day 29 – Graz-Varaždin (HR)
- Day 30 – Varaždin-Szeged (HU)
- Day 31 – Szeged-Simeria (RO)
- Day 32 – Simeria-Vidin (BG)
- Day 33 – Vidin (BG)-Sofia (BG)
- Day 34 – Sofia-Athens (GR)
- Day 35 – Athens-Drama (GR)
- Day 36 – Drama-Svilengrad (BG)
- Day 37 – Svilengrad-Bucuresti (RO), & night train
- Day 38 – night train, Szolnok (HU)-Poprad (SK)
- Day 39 – Poprad-Bratislava (SK)
- Day 40 – Bratislava-Berlin
- DE-PL-CZ Extra Days
- Day DE-PL 1 – Kostrzyn-Zielona Gora-Guben
- Day DE-PL 2 – Ducherow-Świnoujście-Szczecin-Pasewalk
- Day DE-PL-CZ – Görlitz-Černousy-Hradek nad Nisou-Zittau
- Day DE-CZ 1 – Leipzig-Cheb-Aš-Vojtanov-Leipzig
- Day DE-CZ 2 – Leipzig-Hammerunterwiesenthal-Karlovy Vary-Johanngeorgenstadt
- Day DE-CZ-PL – Děčín-Rumburk-Varnsdorf-Zittau-Zgorzelec
- What’s not included?
- Extra Days
- 2022 Extra Days
- Extra Day DE-BE – Stolberg-Breinig-Raeren
- Extra Day DE-BE-FR – Funeral for the Mons-Aulnoye Train
- Extra Day DE-PL – Schengen at Frankfurt (Oder)
- Extra Day DE-FR – Rastatt-Roeschwoog
- Extra Day FR-BE – Givet-Dinant
- Extra Day FR-BE – Lille-Kortrijk
- Extra Day FR-BE – Maubeuge-Charleroi
- Extra Day FR-BE – Nuits sous Ravières-Bruxelles, via Calais & Tournai
- Extra Day FR-DE – Mulhouse-Müllheim (Baden)
- Extra Day FR-DE-DK – Nuits sous Ravières-København
- Extra Day HR-SI-AT-CH-FR – Zagreb-Zürich-Le Locle-Nuits sous Ravières
- 2023 Extra Days
- 15 Jan – Armentières – Menen
- 21 Mar – Singen – Etzwilen, Evian – St Gingolph, and around Genève
- 5 Apr – Nuits-sous-Ravières – Enschede
- 6 Apr – Enschede – De Panne – Nuits-sous-Ravières
- 11 Apr – Aulnoye – Quévy – BXL – Maubeuge – Nuits
- 26 May – Berlin – Kraslice – Marktredwitz – München – Klagenfurt
- 27 May – Klagenfurt – Lienz – Franzenfeste – Verona – Milano
- 28 May – Milano – Tirano – Samedan – Chur – Basel – Berlin
- 31 May – Berlin – Basel – Nuits-sous-Ravières – Paris – Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
- 2 Jun – Barcelona – Béziers – Nice – Ventimiglia – Pisa – Pontedera-Casciana Terme
- 5 Jun – Pontedera-Casciana Terme – Bologna – Bern – Pontarlier – Nuits-sous-Ravières
- 9 Jun – Berlin – Seifhennersdorf – Varnsdorf – Saabrücken
- 10 Jun – Bruxelles – Athus – Audun-le-Tiche – Volmerange-les-Mines – Thionville – Nuits-sous-Ravières
- 2024 Extra Days
- 2022 Extra Days
- Borders
- Missing infrastructure
- Berg NÖ 🇦🇹 – Bratislava-Petržalka 🇸🇰
- Bray-Dunes 🇫🇷 – De Panne 🇧🇪
- Givet 🇫🇷 – Heer-Agimont 🇧🇪
- Kudowa-Zdrój 🇵🇱 – Náchod-Beloves 🇨🇿
- Laarwald 🇩🇪 – Coevorden-Heege 🇳🇱
- Lanaken 🇧🇪 – Maastricht 🇳🇱
- Morlaix 🇫🇷 – Roscoff 🇫🇷 for ferries to Ireland 🇮🇪
- St-Gingolph (Suisse) 🇨🇭 – St-Gingolph 🇫🇷
- Valenciennes 🇫🇷 – Mons 🇧🇪
- Missing service
- Bardonecchia 🇮🇹 – Modane 🇫🇷
- Croatia 🇭🇷 – Slovenia 🇸🇮 & Croatia 🇭🇷 – Hungary 🇭🇺
- Ebersbach 🇩🇪 – Jiríkov-Filipov 🇨🇿
- Hendaye 🇫🇷 – Irun 🇪🇸 & Cerbère 🇫🇷 – Portbou 🇪🇸
- Hamont 🇧🇪 – Weert 🇳🇱
- Horka Gbf 🇩🇪 – Wegliniec 🇵🇱
- Nova Gorica 🇸🇮 – Gorizia 🇮🇹
- Ormenio 🇬🇷 – Svilengrad 🇧🇬
- Vilar Formoso 🇵🇹 – Fuentes de Oñoro 🇪🇸
- Vilnius 🇱🇹 – Turmantas 🇱🇹 – Daugavpils 🇱🇻
- Poor service
- Aachen 🇩🇪 – Welkenraedt 🇧🇪
- Dobova 🇸🇮 – Savski Marof 🇭🇷
- Dresden 🇩🇪 – Görlitz 🇩🇪 – Zgorzelec 🇵🇱
- Figueres 🇪🇸 – Perpignan 🇫🇷
- Furth im Wald 🇩🇪 – Ceská Kubice 🇨🇿
- Le Locle-Col-des-Roches 🇨🇭 – Morteau 🇫🇷 & Travers 🇨🇭 – Pontarlier 🇫🇷
- Liberec 🇨🇿 – Porajów 🇵🇱 – Zittau 🇩🇪
- Plaveč 🇸🇰 – Muszyna 🇵🇱
- Romania 🇷🇴 – Bulgaria 🇧🇬
- Schweighofen 🇩🇪 – Wissembourg 🇫🇷 & Berg (Pfalz) 🇩🇪 – Lauterbourg 🇫🇷
- Simbach 🇩🇪 – Braunau 🇦🇹
- Strelná 🇨🇿 – Strelenka 🇸🇰
- Tallinn 🇪🇪 – Valga 🇪🇪 – Rīga 🇱🇻
- Vigo 🇪🇸 – Porto 🇵🇹
- Villa Opicina 🇮🇹 – Sežana 🇸🇮
- Ticketing or other problem
- Success stories
- 2022 Top20
- Map of cross border lines
- Missing infrastructure
- News