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The 13 carriages from the original Orient Express dating back to the 1920's are set to make a comeback in 2024 in time for the Paris Olympics. Last used in 2009, they were discovered in 2015 by Arthur Mettatal, a French rail enthusiast, abandoned at Małaszewicze on the Polish/Belarus border. In 1976, the Swiss travel company Intraflug AG had first hired, then … [Read more...] about Nostalgie-Istanbul-Orient-Express reborn

Russia is increasingly targeting rail infrastructure in its war on Ukraine. The Ukrainian railway has become one of its most important logistics tools — and a symbol of resistance Ukrainian railways (Ukrzaliznytsia), is being pushed to breaking point having moved over 12 million refugees. It is thought 6.5 million have moved to the safer west part of Ukraine. Further … [Read more...] about Ukranian Railways – The Rescue Express and more

After nearly 2 years of the pandemic, there has been a £16 billion bailout of Britain's railways. `Now the government is putting the rail industry in crisis by demanding a 10% cut in running costs from April 2022. According to Sir Michael Holden who ran East Coast Rail this would mean in the short term having to take out whole fleets of trains. By doing this it's … [Read more...] about UK Rail after the pandemic

Now that the Omicron virus is receding, the French authorities have relaxed restrictions for non essential travel. As part of their recovery plans, Eurostar have launched at the beginning of February a massive sale of 48 000 seats to Paris, Lille and Brussels from £70 return - £78 to Amsterdam, This covers the period from February 21 to May 19 2022 - certain holiday dates are … [Read more...] about Eurostar – 2022 the road to recovery

This is an initiative by Youth for Sustainable travel in collaboration with Eurostar. They chartered a complete train from Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Brussels to COP26 in Glasgow. Acknowledged as an already 'green' form of transport, rail played a minor role in the proceedings. Rail can continue to play an important role in decarbonising transportation by displacing more … [Read more...] about Rail travel and COP26