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As someone who has often been affected by Frensh strikes, a few words, what travelling is like in such a situation: Participation in the strikes varies from day to day and so does the service offering. Around 5pm the SNCF put the schedules for the next day online. What is listed there, will run...

Such a train set change happened to me mid-January this year on a trip to Brussels; An e300 was used instead of an e320. I got an information by email about the change a few days before the trip and could change the seat that had been assigned to me.

In December the high speed line between Stuttgart and Ulm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendlingen%E2%80%93Ulm_high-speed_railway) will be put into service. DB has published a cab ride video with German commentary and English subtitles: Enjoy!

Be patiernt :) . My last claim forms took at least 6 weeks to process.

My best guess: Planned engineering works and the schedules are not confirmed yet. The Eurostar travel news lists various weekend dates from May through August which have Netherland services not open for sale. Your date is not listed, but the ones before and after. Maybe you should keep an eye on...

This thing is an example of what you get, when a coalition goverment of 3 parties with very different views has to agree. The liberal party "defends" car owners and got a reduction at the pump (albeit in a different way it envisioned), so our labour party (SPD) and the Green party had to do...

Saint Malo The last stop on the tour was Saint Malo. The old town "Intra Muros" and its thick walls My favourite sight in the morning: Orange on the wall At low tide you can walk to some of the islands just outside the old town A view from Saint Servan: The ferry to England and in...

Bonjour, welcome to the third and last instalment of the "Tour de Bretagne". Roscoff From Brest I went to Roscoff on the Northern coast. The Breizgho system maps show a TER line from Morlaix to Roscoff. But rail services ended in 2018 due to track issue and busses run instead. It is unclear...

Bonjour, welcome to part two of my "Tour de Bretagne". The next stop was Quimper. Quimper My hotel was directly opposite of the station TGV in the early morning. I like the design of the Atlantic TGV sets A TER from Brest on the final stretch to its last stop at Quimper. I used such a...

Bonjour, this years vacation was a little "Tour de Bretagne". I travelled around the Northwest of France by rail and (mostly) bus. The main purpose of the holiday was to do a lot of hiking mostly along the "Sentier de grande randonnée 34" which is hiking trail that runs along the Brittany coast...

In September 2020 the Thalys CEO told newspaper La Tribune that the merger is to go ahead in 2021: Rough translation Thalys figures for 2020: 2,5 Million passengers (-70%) turnover: 165,6 Million Euros (-70%) revenue: loss of 137,7 Million Euros The Thalys CEO expects a loss for 2021 as well.

DB announced today that the line will partially reopen on May 2. Single tracking will be place while further cleanup and stabilisation works (for instance installing 2100m² of nets) takes place. Most freight trains will be able to return to the routes on both sides of the Rhine. Passenger trains...

This posting by the "Network of European Railways" (a lobby organisation of private operators) lists three corridors and the additional distances (there is also a map in the article): via Siegen and Gießen: +50km via Trier and Saarbrücken: + 140km via Altenbeken, Kassel and Fulda: +300km

Two rounds of blasting took place. Original plans to reopen the line around Easter have been scrapped. No end of the cleanup in sight. Freight operators have complained because the huge detours their trains have to use which mess up staff and rolling stock rotas. After Easter (until end of...

Neither the bag solution nor the wracking ball worked to bring down more rubble. So plan C will come into play. Preparations are under way for a blasting operation on Saturday. Info taken from this news report.

Slat gets unstable when weather changes between wet and cold. In wet weather water gets into little cracks and when it freezes it will loosens the material. As lot of fences and barriers are already in place on both sides of the Rhine to protect rail lines, road and towns. There were some wooden...

The railway line running alongside the right side of Rhine (East Rhine Railway) is blocked since Monday morning in its mid-section when huge mounts of slate fell unto the tracks and the neighbouring road as part of a rock slide near the own of Kestert. Luckily no one was hurt. A web cam on the...

Yes, schedules are setup jointly. According to the rumour mill the extension to Munich was a wish of SNCF. In the past there have also been additional Munich service during "Oktoberfest". Some ICE trains called at "Lorraine TGV" in the past. So, there are always some slight changes. The biggest...

In contrast to Lyria (trains between Switzerland and France) the "brand" Alleo was never used for marketing/branding. The trains are just TGV/ICE services between Germany and France. The trains are operated in co-operation between SNCF and DB. Drivers from both countries drive both types of...

Hopefully, I can do the Brittany trip in the fall that I to cancel last year. This part of France as added to the German list of high risk Corona areas just two days before my departure.