Alstom has clinched a significant deal with PKP Intercity. Read more. shorturl.at/ERWDx ID 121850992 © Marcin Kadziolka | Dreamstime.com

Paris–Berlin Night Train to Return in 2026. Read more here: shorturl.at/3NAbA Photo ID 18895190 | Berlin © Draghicich | Dreamstime.com

New Swiss Rail contract announced. Read more at shorturl.at/n94g5 Photo: ID 106081909 © Sergiomonti | Dreamstime.com

The November digital edition is now on sale. You can read the editorial notes from the November edition and purchase your copy at www.europeanrailtimetable.eu

Warszawa Centralna station temporary closure. Read more at shorturl.at/TF6mn Photo: ID 391150472 © Wolnemiasto. Dreamstime.com

A new weekend train will link Sarajevo and the Adriatic coast. Read more at shorturl.at/CJPZG Photo courtesy of ŽFBiH.

Arenaways and Leo Express are planning a new international passenger service linking Praha and Venezia from December 2027. Read more at shorturl.at/pKwcI

Reports in the German media over the weekend suggest that the Kulturzug / Pociągu do kultury between Berlin and Wrocław will be cancelled at the end of its current season. Read more at shorturl.at/FfzKY Photo: Wrocław Główny. ID 231300558. © Denys Prokofyev. Dreamstime.com

The November digital edition is now on sale. The November edition includes updates for Serbia, Austria, Poland and Portugal and is mostly valid until the Winter timetable change in December.

After months of speculation, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has confirmed that a new EuroNight service linking Basel with København and Malmö will begin operating on 15 April 2026. Read more at shorturl.at/OhiDb Photo: Malmö. ID 99224403 © Sergey Dzyuba. dreamstime.com

The Linha do Douro (ERT Table 694) will be closed between Marco de Canaveses and Regua from November 3. Read more at shorturl.at/cGorF. Photo: ID 11673581 | © Richard Semik | Dreamstime

Slovakian national operator ZSSK is preparing to renew part of its ageing sleeping car fleet, aiming to bring night train travel into the 21st century. Read more at shorturl.at/HWcHV Images courtesy of ZSSK.

Following several years of engineering work, trains between Berlin and Dresden will return to using the Dresdner Bahn line for their whole journey from the December timetable change. Read more at shorturl.at/3T5mD Photo copyright: Deutsche Bahn AG / Volker Emersleben.

From December 14 Ouigo España will introduce a new service between Barcelona and Sevilla via Zaragoza, Madrid and Cordoba. The train from Barcelona will depart at 0735, arriving in Sevilla at 1351, whilst the return service will depart Sevilla 1702, arriving in Barcelona 2303.

To allow for the commissioning of a new electronic interlocking at Köln Hbf signal box the regional and long-distance tracks at Köln Hbf will be closed from 9pm on Nov. 14 to 5am on Nov. 24. There will also be disruption to S-Bahn traffic on certain dates.

At the December timetable change DB will introduce the first of its new ICE L trains. The first services to use the new Talgo built stock will be between ICE 1548/1055 Berlin – Köln and v.v. Image courtesy of Talgo.

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From Saturday November 18, Intercity services between Amsterdam and Berlin (ERT Table 22) will be reclassified as ICE and will be operated by ICE trains. Schedules will remain unchanged for now, however an ICE supplement of €3 will now be payable on single tickets.

Czech open-access operator Leo Express has revealed that it will use the Talgo VI trains it recently leased on a new service from Praha to Bratislava which will start on April 30, 2026. Initially there will be two return services each day.

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SJ will withdraw its Stockholm – Berlin overnight service at the end of August 2026 following the proposed withdrawal of government subsidy, however open-access operator Snälltåget is looking in to the possibility of running its own Berlin service on more dates.

The October edition is now on sale. The October edition includes updates for Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia and Latvia, as well as special versions of Tables 56, 58, 73, 82 and 99 showing proposed services from December 2025.

The electrification and modernisation of the Marchegg line is now complete on both sides of the Austrian - Slovak border. From October 11, cross-border trains will run again, connecting Vienna and Bratislava in under an hour.

The province of Bolzano has decided not to renew its contract with ÖBB to operate the daily return Wien – Bolzano Railjet service. The service will end in December 2026, at which point an hourly local service between Innsbruck and destinations in Südtirol will be introduced.

Services on the new high-speed railway between Novi Sad and Subotica in Serbia are due to start at midday tomorrow! The start of services has been delayed due to issue with the infrastructure. Photo: Subotica. ID 304691817 © Adam Radosavljevic | Dreamstime.com

Following quicker than expected repairs which were aided by good weather, the Raumabanen in Norway is due to re-opened to traffic this week. However, the Nordlandsbanen will remain closed until Summer 2026. Photo courtesy of SJ Nord.

The October edition is now on sale. The October edition includes updates for Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia and Latvia, as well as special versions of Tables 56, 58, 73, 82 and 99 showing proposed services from December 2025.

LTG Link and PKP Intercity are working together to reduce the journey time of the Warszawa – Vilnius train by approximately one hour from the December timetable change.

From January 15, 2026 the Caledonian Sleeper overnight service between London and Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William will call at Birmingham International, the biggest change to the train’s operation for over 30 years. Photo courtesy of Caledonian Sleeper.

Due to the withdrawal of French government subsidies, the Paris – Wien/Berlin Nightjet service will stop running in December, leaving France without any international sleeper trains. Photo courtesy of ÖBB / Harald Eisenberger.

It's branded Pendolino Plus and is going to be used also on Helsinki - Turku services. www.vr.fi/en/trains/pe...

From December, VR will use a refurbished Pendolino train on some Oulu – Helsinki services. The trains will be the first to convey Ekstra Plus class, which will include the option to pre-order at seat meals. The trains will also have a car with a play area for children!

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, Royal Mail have introduced special edition Steam Locomotive picture featuring 6 different iconic British locomotives. You can buy the stamps here: shorturl.at/DeuJE. Picture courtesy of Royal Mail.

It seems that SNCF is feeling the effects of competition from Trenitalia. Starting in January 2026, TGV INOUI will introduce its new premium OPTIMUM class across France. Read more at shorturl.at/JhlwY Photo: ID 36874307 | Train © Leonid Andronov | Dreamstime.com

To make it easier for passengers to find the correct seat, SNCF is to renumber the seats on its TGV trains. From 14 December, each seat will be identified by a three-digit number, the first number indicating the coach, and the second two the seat number.

I was due to travel here on Saturday, quite unfortunate. Worth pointing out as not communicated by DB is that coming from Cheb taking trains via Marktredwitz and Weiden can get you to Nürnberg faster than the busses as there can be long timetable gaps. Marktredwitz-Weiden is also a quite scenic line

The railway between Hersbruck (Pegnitz) and Pegnitz in Bavaria is closed until further notice due to the poor condition of one of the bridges. This is affecting services from Nürnberg to destinations such as Bayreuth and Cheb, which are partially replace by bus.

The September (digital) edition of the @europeanrailtt.bsky.social is out now, and as always you can order it via the ERT website (where you’ll also find copies of our book). www.europeanrailtimetable.eu/september-20...

Looks as though the direct ICE from Paris to Berlin is rerouted from December timetable change, now stopping Frankfurt Main Hbf (instead of Süd) then Erfurt and Halle en route to Berlin. Journey time unchanged @seatsixtyone.bsky.social @andybtravels.bsky.social @europeanrailtt.bsky.social

The August (digital) edition of the @europeanrailtt.bsky.social is out now, and you can bundle it with a copy of the Summer (print) edition with their bundle offer… AND (dare we say it), a great companion to the 18th edition of Europe by Rail… www.europeanrailtimetable.eu/summer-2025-...

The Swiss and UK governments signing a Memorandum of Understanding in late May to investigate establishing a direct rail connection between the two countries reminded us that this is not the first time that there has been a direct rail service between the UK and Switzerland.

The August digital edition is now on sale. The August edition includes updates for Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Poland.

We are now accepting pre-orders for the August digital edition which is published next week. The August edition will include updates for Great Britain, France, Poland, Spain and Sweden. The August digital edition costs £14.99.

An Austrian Adventure! European Rail Timetable compiler Peter Weller recently took a trip by train to Italy and Austria. You can read all about his trip on our blog, located at shorturl.at/iPRDk

The second part of ERT contributor Graham Benbow's recent Glasgow trip has been uploaded to our blog, which you can read here shorturl.at/PoStO.

The July digital edition is now on sale. The July digital edition contains updates from countries where information was not available in time for the Summer edition, such as Italy and Finland.

Our intrepid contributor Graham Benbow is on a mission to visit every station on the UK national network. In his latest adventure Graham visits Glasgow. You can read the first part of his blog about this latest trip here shorturl.at/4B28y.

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The cover photo for our Summer 2025 edition was taken by Nicola Pulham and depicts a Slovenian Railways Stadler Flirt crossing the Solkan viaduct in Slovenia.

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