🚂 The people spoke — and won! Thanks to #ELLET, and the assembly of the Technical Chamber of #Greece, the plan now includes a study to reopen the #Peloponneserailway, not just a bike path. ✌️ A first victory for the #train’s return! balkaninsight.com/2025/11/06/g...

Aaannnndd the next round of arguments about night train subsidy (or not) It's now possible the Basel-Malmö will not happen, as the Swiss Parliament is against the funds the government wants to allocate to it www.bazonline.ch/nachtzug-nac...

P.S. @monisharajesh.bsky.social has written about all of this for The Guardian www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/... She spoke to Chris Engelsman, one of the founders of European Sleeper - and he claims the carriages for the Paris-Berlin will be from the 1990s. How? 🤨

BREAKING: European Sleeper will start a Paris-Berlin sleeper train from 26 March 2026, after Nightjet pulls out in December. It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris

Trump is incredibly unpopular here! including amongst Tory voters. What are they doing?

Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.

Episode 2 of the #Schengen200 adventure across Europe now up! THE GREAT SCHENGEN CHALLENGE Part 2: Against the clock on Europe's longest public transport journey youtu.be/sbjp4KSyOwg

Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.

Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

1945 the British made sure that Germanys public broadcasting system would never be taken over by an authoritarian leader again by creating a complicated federal system. They didn’t see to that at home which has left the BBC vulnerable. This needs to change now.

Fahrgäste der S-Bahn #Berlin haben harte Monate hinter sich. Jetzt kündigt die #DB an, dass sie die Stellwerkstechnik auf der #Stadtbahn ab 2028 austauscht. #Bahn www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

Robbie Gibb who cancelled a BBC investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref Arron Banks thanked him for it "Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down." - @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019

2026 können die Berliner über eine wichtige Frage abstimmen: Wie soll der Verkehr in der Innenstadt aussehen? Wer nicht teilnimmt, sollte sich später nicht beschweren. #Volksbegehren #autofrei www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

1/3: Now SNCF is sabotaging its own service. The 12:11 Paris-Hendaye has been Ouigoisée, no catering, no 1st class, baggage fees. As a result, I've had to delete the 08:32 London-San Sebastian. Now just 1 London-San Sebastian daytime service.😢

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

#Berlin is making history: The world's first referendum for less car traffic in the city center will soon enter the next phase. #carfree @ccitiesorg.bsky.social @carfreeboston.org @carfreeholyrood.bsky.social @carfreepvd.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something? Wrote this on it earlier this week: inews.co.uk/news/world/b...

Selbst die Grünen distanzieren sich. Trotzdem sammeln Hunderte  Aktivisten ab Januar Unterschriften für den #Verkehrsentscheid. Was müssen Autofahrer befürchten? Fragen an die Initiative #Berlin #autofrei. www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

Just updating my UK-Portugal page. The 09:30 Vigo-Madrid AVE has had its 1st class & all catering removed, to become an Avlo. It’s almost as if @Renfe is deliberately sabotaging its own service. If you want a proper train it’s 06:00 (ouch!) or 13:27 (doesn’t run Saturdays). 🤷‍♂️

Cutting the insulation schemes that are one of the best ways to permanently reduce energy bills for low income families would be an eyewateringly daft & counterproductive way of seeking to reduce energy bills, as well as driving up emissions & leading to mass job cuts in the insulation sector 🙄

Refreshing to hear this on a mainstream news programme. A great interview from Kevin that directly addresses the issues of COPs, climate, equity and how we choose to spend our wealth as a nation. 👍

New Travelling Turtle video! Delighted to be premiering episode one (of two) of our adventure across Europe, trying to make the longest possible public transport journey in the Schengen zone in 200 hours. Lots of boats, trains, buses, pastries, mountains and Grieg. #Schengen200 youtu.be/qSQapm0UyWU

Der tägliche Stress als Radfahrer in #Berlin. Sehr lesenswert, was Kolleginnen und Kollegen zusammengetragen haben. #ADFC www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

Fahrgäste sind gestresst, weil auf Strecken, die von der S-Bahn #Berlin befahren werden, Signale und Stellwerke häufig ausfallen. Jetzt reagiert das Eisenbahn-Bundesamt – und leitet Verwaltungsverfahren gegen den Infrastrukturbetreiber #DB #InfraGO ein. #VBB www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

Possible problems with Simbach 🇩🇪 - Braunau 🇦🇹 #CrossBorderRail from 2029 Line in Austria will be electrified, but into Germany won't be. So Austrian trains won't be able to run to Simbach Could German DMUs go to Braunau instead? Link via @tobiaswatzl.bsky.social www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterre...

This Régiolis can’t be approved in 🇩🇪 because of some emergency brakes norm - I’m checking if this is indeed correct. I’m at the stage where I trust nothing in this saga now. #CrossBorderRail www.sr.de/sr/home/nach...

Er war ein #Bahn-Chef, der tatsächlich Bahn fuhr. Mit seinen Mitstreitern führte er die S-Bahn #Berlin aus ihrer größten Krise. Nach seinem Tod wird klar: Peter Buchner wird vermisst. www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

Aaaand it's happening! Bookings for the "Aurora" Basel-Malmö just went live a minute ago! Tickets are both available now at shop.sbb.ch and shop.oebbtickets.at/ With nightjet.com also being an outlet, this will follow in probably a few minutes. Tickets and categories are the same as in classic NJ.

It seems that today marks the end of #DB 🇩🇪 #InterCity #Kurswagen through cars to #Dagebüll Mole. They did split from #Marschbahn services to #Westerland #Sylt at #Niebüll. I digged out this picture taken in June 2007. Back then, an Austrian-built #Jenbach diesel railcar worked the train.

I’m annoyed at Handelsblatt for publishing a peculiar and poorly researched piece about Trenitalia entering the German high speed rail market. And quoting Böttger who’s a pain. And then German press go on copy-pasting the rubbish, inc Heise 😡 www.heise.de/news/Italien...

Der Betrieb des #ÖBB #Nightjet #Berlin/#Wien - #Paris in Frankreich ist teuer. Der Staat will keinen Zuschuss mehr zahlen. Doch jetzt hat ein Parlamentsausschuss einen Beschluss gefasst. #SNCF www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

‘It’s fantastic’: How changes to Enterprise service have transformed Dublin-Belfast rail travel

So how can you travel between Spain and Portugal (mostly) by rail? There are several similarly unattractive options. I have tried two of them! #CrossBorderRail

Still needs Swiss parliamentary budget approval : but a new all-year 3 times a week sleeper could link Basel with Copenhagen and Malmo. ftnnews.com/travel-news/...

So it's VIRGIN TRAINS that gets access to Temple Mills www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/... #CrossChannelRail

Would anyone be interested in my trip report Berlin - Porto and back by land? Teaser: outwards I went neither that way nor the other way you're thinking of. Suggestions for hashtags that work in English or German would also be welcome! #CrossBorderRail

Eine interessante Analyse des Verkehrs in der östlichen Innenstadt von #Berlin. „Obwohl nur 12,8 Prozent der Wege mit Autos zurückgelegt werden, haben Kfz ‚den größten Flächenverbrauch durch Verkehrs- und Parkflächen’.“ #Mitte #BuroHappold #Friedrichstraße www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

My article in The Times today, telling the tale of our family summer holiday to Kusadasi by train (includes a quote from Eurostar’s train manager Blake!): www.thetimes.com/travel/desti...

Da mir ein ÖBB-Streckensammel- & Fahrplandatenkollege kürzlich davon berichtet hat, hier noch ein Paradebeispiel warum ich euch wirklich dringend (!) eine manuelle Fahrziel-Übersteuerung für die Salzburg-Koralm-Wien-Züge ans Herz lege. Ihr werdet sonst täglich Irrfahrer auf der Tauernbahn haben:

Farage: epic grifter

Leckerbissen für Fans ungewöhnlicher Zugrouten: Während der Generalsanierung der Lehrter Bahn 2026 fahren die Intercity-Züge #Berlin - #Amsterdam über Hamburg mit Halten in HH-#Bergedorf, HH-#Harburg und #Osnabrück-Altstadt (!). #DB #IC77

Going to have to say, Rishi, that claiming to have ‘bought in the smoking ban for the young’ when the legislation for it has its first day of committee stage in the Lords on Monday, 18 months after you left office, is a bit of a stretch.

Der Bahnhof Devínska Nová Ves ist ein bissl ein Nadelöhr: Aufgrund der niveaugleichen Bahnsteigzugänge darf sich jeweils nur ein haltender Zug im Bahnhof befinden. Der REX nach Wien muss daher beim Einfahrsignal warten, bis der REX nach Bratislava den Bahnhof verlassen hat.

Weitere Bilder vom Grenzabschnitt 🇦🇹 - 🇸🇰

Heutige Premiere - elektrisch über die March nach Bratislava 🇸🇰

Dieser Kommentar eines echten Eisenbahners (@ayranundspeck.bsky.social) über das kaputte "Mindset" des Eurostar-Managements (eher Fraktion Champagnerschlürfer als Zugfahrer, siehe Screenshot) madet gerade meinen day....

That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.

Nach dem Stellwerksbrand in #Gerwisch kann der durchgehende Zugverkehr zwischen #Berlin und #Magdeburg wieder starten. Der #RE1 fährt ab 28.11.2025 wieder über #Möser hinaus nach #Magdeburg, teilt die NASA mit. Nur noch Tempo 60 statt 160 möglich. Darum neues Konzept nötig, so #ODEG-Chef Gehrke.

I'm reading a government report on Yugoslav Railways from 1960. It's a fascinating read. The report shows that JŽ significantly lagged behind other European railways on virtually every metric. On the other hand, 1300km of newly built railroads between '47 -'56 sounds surreal in 2025.