On 22 October 2025, Eurostar has announced a landmark €2 billion investment in up to 50 new double-decker trains — the first of their kind to operate through the Channel Tunnel and on the United Kingdom‘s rail network.
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RAIL TOUR OF GERMANY | Avoiding delay-plagued ICEs in favour of regional trains
October 2024. During a week-long whistle-stop tour of Germany, we visit Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt, Weimar in Thuringia, Coburg in Upper Franconia (Bavaria) and Kassel in Hesse. Smaller cities, yes. But each with their own significance. Untouched by overtourism. We’re avoiding using the white trains of DB Fernverkehr, Deutsche Bahn‘s long-distance section and opt to use…
Eurostar scraps direct Amsterdam – Brussels – Marseille summer train service
After more than twenty years, the popular summer train between Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels and Marseille is disappearing, Treinreiziger.nl reports. The service, which ran weekly to Marseille during the summer holidays, is being cancelled by Eurostar.
Back On Track Belgium sees recognition for night trains in new Government Agreement but questions practicalities
Sleeper train travel advocacy group Back On Track Belgium has mixed feelings regarding the new Government Agreement in Belgium. The Kingdom has now a government after some eight months since the June 2024 elections. Such a long formation period is nowadays not unusual in Belgium and in Europe.
REVIEW | Eurostar Amsterdam – Antwerp – Brussels – Paris
Six days. Five overnight stays in five cities in Spain. Lunch in Paris. Stopover in Barcelona. Then Córdoba, Seville, Granada and Málaga. An Andalusia Whirlwind Tour where we visit the Mezquita and the Alhambra. We’re touring Andalusia in October 2023 to follow the trend of travelling to hot spots outside summer, as we did with…
Eurostar and five more train operators joined the European Agreement on Journey Continuation
Eurostar (formerly known as Eurostar and Thalys), MÁV-Start in Hungary, HŽPP in Croatia, LTG Link in Lithuania, PKP Intercity in Poland and GYSEV in Western Hungary and Eastern Austria have joined or will soon join the European Agreement on Journey Continuation (AJC), RailTech reports.
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.
Trenitalia / FS confirms interest in connecting Spain to Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin
The Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS), perhaps better known under its brand name Trenitalia, confirms willing to extend its existing services to Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin.
REVIEW | The renovated Thalys / Eurostar Red
On our way back from Paris to Antwerp we ‘lucked’ out on travelling on a newly refurbished Thalys train. The interior does indeed look much fresher and brighter than its predecessor.
New direct Benelux train links Amsterdam to Brussels in two hours from December 2024
From 2025, the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) and NMBS / SNCB are doubling the number of so-called Benelux trains between the Netherlands and Brussels in Belgium from 16 to 32 per day. A new, fast connection will be added to the 2025 timetable. With that connection, travelers are about 45 minutes shorter on the road than…
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