trains
Bjorn Bender, CEO of Rail Europe, is a man who knows trains. In the last year alone he travelled roughly 75,000 kilometres across Europe. For him, train travel is “not about going from A to B, it's actually a second home. It's my office, where I can really do my work.” Since COVID, there has been a renewed interest in rail services, as travellers seek to stay closer to home and many try to mitigate the negative impact of air travel on the environment. Demand has risen across the globe, and it’s something Bjorn has seen reflected in ticket sales. “Mobility demand is huge and is increasing globa...
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As more people reconsider how they travel on a warming planet, a small but growing contingent in Europe wants to switch from high-emission, short-haul planes to more climate-friendly sleeper trains. But for all the climate benefits - plus the enduring romance of overnight train journeys - it's not always simple building a vacation around them. Several national railways and private operators have moved in to meet the rising demand, and the result is a patchwork of overnight routes sold on over 30 different websites. Many routes may not run every day, and online ticket aggregators don’t include ...
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When Poppy was quoted nearly €7,000 for a family trip to Lapland by a holiday provider, she knew she could do better. After extensive research and planning, she pulled off the two-day break for a family of four for just €1,700 including flights, accommodation, car hire and all activities. Since then, Poppy has favoured the DIY route for holidays - and she realised that all parents like saving money, but struggle to know where to start. So Poppy began sharing her travel tips and tricks on social media. “It feels like I’ve won a competition when I manage to find bargains and I just wanted to sha...
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Now we’re in March, it seems as if spring might be just around the corner. As the flowers bloom and baby animals appear, it’s a great time to plan a trip to some of Europe’s most beautiful destinations. Plus, with the shocking statistic that planes emit on average almost five times more greenhouse gas emissions than trains - according to data from the European Environment Agency - more of us are turning to sustainable methods of transport. Travelling by train also has the benefit of allowing passengers to see so much more of the places so easily missed if going by air. So read on for some of t...
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The table is set with a crisp white tablecloth, there’s a soft glow from a tablelamp and outside the window, snow-dusted trees are whizzing past at 120 kilometres per hour. This is the dining car on one of Czechia’s state-operated EuroCity trains, which link Prague with Budapest, Bratislava, Warsaw and Berlin. Seasoned train travellers hail it as one of Europe’s best restaurants on wheels, with regional food prepared fresh to order and craft beer bespoke-brewed for the company. Many central and eastern European railways offer passengers seasonal menus, local products and reasonable prices in t...
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of Eurostar carrying passengers from London to Paris. The first fare-paying passengers used the service to travel through the Channel Tunnel in November 1994. As UK newspaper the Guardian reported at the time, “there was a cheer as the £24 million [€28 million] locomotive glided out of Waterloo, cheers as it dived into the tunnel at Folkestone and more cheers as it arrived a record 18 minutes later at Calais.” Despite long delays during Channel Tunnel construction and a series of glitches during trial runs, Eurostar was hailed as history-making. For years, ...
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Oxford versus Cambridge: it’s an age-old rivalry between two towns and their prestigious universities that dates back centuries. But as a tourist choosing a day trip from London, which architecturally alluring, history-packed city should you favour? Both destinations are easily walkable, have myriad attractions and offer parks for basking in the spring sunshine. Here’s how to pick between these two collegiate beauties. How to reach Oxford and Cambridge from LondonBoth cities are a train ride away from the UK capital. From London King’s Cross, there are several trains an hour to Cambridge and o...
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When Elmer van Buuren’s start-up crowdfunder raised €500,000 in 15 minutes, he thought his website was broken. To his delight, it wasn’t - and two and a half years later, his donation pot has grown to €4.5 million. All of this money is going towards Elmer’s night train firm, ‘European Sleeper’, which runs overnight rail journeys across the continent. “I had always dreamt of having my own train company,” Elmer says. “This idea had been boiling inside for 25 years.” “And I think the big difference between us and other train companies is that we are community owned.” “We believed in crowdfunding ...
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If you’re keen to add some of Europe’s most exciting destinations to your list this year but would rather not fly, you’re in luck. Welcome aboard Europe’s Good Night Train - a new venture by Belgian-Dutch company European Sleeper. The service launches on 25 March, adding to an existing Brussels - Amsterdam - Berlin route already run by the company. Passengers will be swept from Antwerp in Belgium to Rotterdam in the Netherlands through Dresden in Germany and, going further east for the first time, to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The Good Night Train will essentially be a hotel on...
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If you’re keen to hit the slopes this winter but are, like many of us, conscious of your carbon footprint on the way, we have a solution. Why not take a train to the mountains? It seems new services are popping up all the time. Two in particular, Eurostar Snow and Ferrovie dello Stato in Italy, have started running in the last months. While hopping on a bargain flight might be tempting, the average flight to the French Alps from London airports emits just over 122 kilograms of CO2 per passenger. That figure doesn’t even take into account the carbon cost of travelling to and from the airport, n...
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