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I hope it is alright to start a general thread on news about changes/improvements to European timetables in 2027 (not precluding specific threads for individual services of course). First two: 1. SNCF, SNCB and SBB have announced that they will run a trial weekend Brussels - Strasbourg - Basel...

The 2026 timetable has finally been uploaded and can be seen on the ÖBB site. Due to the opening of the Koralmbahn, it is a very major changeover with much reduced journey times on the Südbahn and plenty of changes for international services. Also, DB closures in the second half of 2026 mean...

5 new Train pairs - including Milan and Naples to Berlin - have been pre-notified by ÖBB to the Austrian regulator, to be run by ÖBB, DB and TI in cooperation using ETR400. To be introduced gradually in 2027 and 2028. For Details (in German)...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/talgo-avril.254976/page-4#post-7168289 Adding to Talgo's problems, a German-language railway Journal (Eisenbahnrevue International, a decent one, issue 2/2025; see table of content here: https://www.minirex.ch/pdf/inhalt/eri.pdf)...

The LGV Sud-Est will be completely closed for modernisation work from 9 to 12 November 2024, apparently including the TGV Rhone-Alpes past Valence. Only about 30% of regular services will run, all diverted over classic lines, leading to very long journey times. The following link has some more...

Hello Forum, The railway maps on bueker.net, while out of date, still were a formidable asset to rapidly look up European networks. Unfortunately they are not accessible anymore since a few weeks and the site is now password-protected. Does anybody maybe have copies of those maps? Thank you...

The new „Railjet2“ sets are now confirmed to start service on the Munich - Brenner - Italy route from April 8, 2024. From the 10th onwards, three diagrams should switch over to the new sets and can already be found on https://www.oebb.at/en/fahrplan. As those new sets are bound to have some...

Yesterday, the "Zielnetz 2040" (long-term plans for the network) were published. Details are here, albeit in German: https://www.bmk.gv.at/dam/jcr:c5136711-9ba4-4b2b-91ec-2152e9fa9aad/20240125_Zielnetz2040_Booklet_kompr.pdf This is a planning exercice intended to give a long-term strategy...

Since various threads are popping up, I though I would start a consolidated one: Austria/international - the new Nightjet sets are planned to enter service in December on the Wien - Hamburg train, then during winter on the Wien - Bregenz train. They will not run to Italy before the summer/fall...

RENFE has published its schedules for the resumption of Barcelona - Lyon and Madrid - Marseille services, now operated as open access in France: https://www.renfe.com/content/dam/renfe/es/Viajeros/Secciones/Prepara-tu-viaje/ave-francia/pdf/Renfe_Horarios_es.pdf Services will start mid/end-July...

I just stumbled upon numbers for Austria for the current year 2022 - regional traffic: 10% less than 2019 - long-distance traffic: 15% *more* than 2019. If you have numbers from other European countries available, it would make for interesting comparisons.

In case anyone is interested, a picture taken today (10 August 2022) at St Pölten main station. It’s a shortened new NJ set with a driving trailer, an accessible coach, a couchette with the new „capsules“ and a sleeper. Unfortunately the former threads on these new sets are closed but feel...

Due to an IT fault, train operations in the Netherlands almost completely broke down today and will not be reestablished until tomorrow. See NS‘ press release https://www.ns.nl/en/travel-information/calamities/sunday-3-april-no-more-ns-trains.html

Even though it is not relevant for Tourists, it might still be interesting as a General topic of discussion. From 26 October 2021, a new „climate ticket“ will be available in Austria. It will cost € 1095 a year. It will be valid on *all* Austrian public transport, except in the states of...