The so-called Tri-Country Train that was to connect Maastricht in the Netherlands with both Liège in Belgium and Aachen in Germany from December 2023 is being delayed. The first trains will only start running in the first half of 2024, outgoing State Secretary for Transport and Water Management Vivianne Heijnen (CDA) reports to the Dutch…
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Belgium European champion for rail tourism
Previously, we shared the Eurostat statistics regarding intra-European Union travel in 2021. One notable statistic is the means of transport. Belgium is – or at least was in 2021 – champion at rail tourism.
Aachen – Maastricht – Liège Tri-Country train service from December 2023 with Belgian guards and Dutch OV-chipkaart
German-Dutch train operator Arriva is full of confidence it will operate the so-called Tri-Country Train linking Aachen in Germany to Maastricht in the Netherlands and Liège in Belgium from December 2023. Treinreiziger.nl talked to a confident spokesperson.
Belgium’s Great Spa Town of Europe Spa
After visiting the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Oriol and I decided to have dinner in the spa town of Spa. Yes, the word spa comes from Spa in Belgium, just as the duffle coat is named after the Belgian town of Duffel.
Liège – Maastricht – Aachen train service from December 2023
Arriva is to operate a train service linking Liège in Belgium to Maastricht in the Netherlands and Aachen in Germany from December 2023. The train has been nicknamed Drielandentrein, or Three-Counties Train.
VIDEO | The Montzen Line
The Montzen Line is usually not used by passengers trains, but it is used as deviation from Liège to Welkenraedt in Belgium. In 2021, we had the opportunity to travel on Rail Line 24, it’s official name.
Eight train connections between the Netherlands and Belgium by 2030?
The news the Brussels – Amsterdam ‘Benelux‘ train connection could or will be shortened by 40 minutes, dropping a few stops along the way, has led to other information.
NIGHT TRAINS TO BERLIN | Stronger European Sleeper effectively takes over Moonlight Express
“Moonlight Express and European Sleeper join forces”, an announcement on Wednesday said. The Benelux to Berlin and Prague night train service will be operated by RegioJet and will ride under the brand name European Sleeper. So is it the end of Moonlight Express (as a brand)?
REVIEW |Nightjet Vienna / Innsbruck to Brussels, or how we got thrown off the train in Aachen
Every year we plan a few big trips together, Timothy and I. When we heard ÖBB’s proposal to launch Nightjet service to Brussels in December 2019 we jumped on the occasion and included a ride back home from Austria to Belgium on the Nightjet after our autumn Berlin, Czechia and Slovakia trip. However as we…
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