#CrossBorderRail Finale 2025 - crowd funding ongoing!
Between 6th June and 5th August I will travel to 87 more international railway lines, at some of the most forgotten corners of central and eastern Europe, and the EU's external borders to Ukraine and Moldova are also on the agenda. It'll be more than 23000km of rail routes, and more than 1000km on the folding bike. And it will be the last #CrossBorderRail large tour - as there are not that many more borders to visit now! Crowd funding for the project is still ongoing!
#CrossChannelRail research trip concluded, report research ongoing
This project in early 2025 is slightly different to the #CrossBorderRail projects to date. Rather than multiple borders, this time I am assessing the potential to run trains to the UK from destinations in Continental Europe, and gauge whether better use of the Channel Tunnel for through trains is possible. The journey is complete, drawing the conclusions is ongoing.
#CrossBorderRail South East Europe 2024: 26 May - 1 July
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Kosovo.
The borders between them, and their borders with the EU.
5 weeks. 66 trains. 35 bike stages. More than 30 cross border rail lines to investigate...
#CrossBorderRail Autumn 2023
At least 20 more #CrossBorderRail lines. 99 trains. More than 10 events. A speech on the Kulturzug to Wrocław, and a ferry and train trip to Ireland. The Autumn 2023 project has now concluded.
#CrossBorderRail 2023 - all of Germany's rail borders - has now concluded
2nd-15th May 2023 - the first month of the new Deutschlandticket - I travelled to all of Germany's borders to its neighbouring countries, with a focus on the places I did not visit in 2022. In total I explored more than 30 more cross border railway lines.
Top 20 projects - #CrossBorderRail 2022 conclusions
After more than 30000km on trains, and 95 borders crossed, the first conclusions of the #CrossBorderRail project were presented 29th August 2022 in Berlin - 20 places where change is needed and could be implemented fast!
#CrossBorderRail 13 June - 1 August 2022
Anyone who has ever tried to cross borders within the EU by train has seen the problem: international trains (if they even run!) are often less regular, have worse timetables, and are harder to book than trains in one country. I want to highlight these issues, and show ways to solve them in this project.
#CrossBorderRail so far
311
#CrossBorderRail lines
visited and investigated
137734km
on 901
trains
4274km
by bike, across
166 bike stages
10442km
by bus, ferry
tram, metro, car
News
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 0 – 16 March – Montbard – Paris – Massy TGV – Tours
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 media There are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossChannelRail) […]
Read MoreHow to follow #CrossChannelRail online
#CrossChannelRail, my latest project, starts Sunday 16th March and runs until Sunday 6th April. As with all of my #CrossBorderRail projects to date there will be lots of ways to follow it online. Every day there will be a thread […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreNothing beyond London? Why #CrossChannelRail is not going to Birmingham, Nottingham or Newcastle
It was inevitable the question would come: why is my #CrossChannelRail project taking me nowhere in the UK other than London, and along the HS1 line between London and the Channel Tunnel? The simple answer is that I had to […]
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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, […]
Read MoreAll the borders crossed during #CrossBorderRail 2022-2024
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