European Rail Network Gaps Being Closed and those which remain
Coming additions to the 2026 European rail timetable will enable new direct journey opportunities on multiple routes, but other gaps still remain.
Practical guides on routes, reservations, and rail passes across Europe.
Coming additions to the 2026 European rail timetable will enable new direct journey opportunities on multiple routes, but other gaps still remain.
The international rail routes from and to Britain, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland
Ideas to finesse your European rail trip, so that it is easier and more spectacular, plus there are some money saving tips too.
Over 6 days I took my mum on 14 trains, 12 trams, 2 buses and 2 boats and she loved it! Find out how we took a trip to remember!
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Find out the tourist locations that can most easily reached by train from Basel. Bern, Geneva, Lucerne and Zurich
Find out the tourist locations that can most easily reached by train from Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart
Find out the tourist locations that can most easily reached by train from Milan, Rome, Florence, Venice, Bologna and Verona
Find out the tourist locations that can most easily reached by train from London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds and Bristol
Find out the tourist locations that can most easily reached by train from Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille and Strasbourg
Find out the tourist locations that can most easily reached by train from Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Linz and Graz
Insights on making and avoiding reservations when using Eurail and InterRail passes from someone who has used a pass to make 351 journeys in the past 10 years
How to book reservations when travelling with Eurail and Interrrail passes so that you can be sure of reaching your destination,
The optimum journeys when taking trains from Amsterdam to Barcelona, Bordeaux, Nice, Vienna, Italy and Switzerland