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Since this morning, no trains are running in the upper Rhine valley because tunneling works in Rastatt caused the tracks to sink. In Rastatt a new tunnel is currently build to enhance capacity of the line by adding two more tracks (Karlsruhe–Basel high-speed railway project). This weekend the...

Hello, my best friend convinced me to join him and his family on a cruise of the Baltic Sea. One of the stop along the way was Saint Petersburg. Due to visa restrictions we could not walk around town on our own, but had to stay with our tour guide. So I could not explore as much rail stuff as...

Hiho, as I was in the mood for Winter, so I spent three weeks in Canada and toured the Northeast by train. I started in Toronto and went on to Niagara Falls, London, Windsor, Kingston, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City and Halifax. In the first 24 hours I had a pretty bad feeling on how the...

Bonjour, during the soccer tournament this summer, hotels far away from the host cities offered some great deals.- I used this for trips to Le Havre and Brest for sight seeing and checking out the tram networks. Le Havre Le Havre has two tram lines. Both end by the sea at "La Plage"...

On Sunday, the SNCF started running revenue service on the new section of high speed line "LGV Est". The line cuts the travel time between Strasbourg and Paris to 1h50 (a gain of roundabout 25min). Following last years accident (a train derailed during a trial run) trains have to single track...

Bonjour, I could not resist the 39€ Paris offer in the SNCF Newsletter. So I spent a few days in the French capital. Some impressions from different points around the city. In terms of sight seeing I visited several parks mostly a bit of the usual tourist tracks. I hope you enjoy it. "IYZ"...

Bonjour, I spent a few days in Paris last autumn and again this month. A little compilation of pictures taken at various location in the greater Paris region. CDGVAL The CGLVAL connects the terminals and parking lots at Charles de Gaulle airport. Impression from the section between...

Bonjour, for the second part: A day trip to Genoa, the railway linking Nice and Tende and some mixed stuff. Genoa Genao is located about a three hours Thello ride from Nice. I had bought the tickets in advance for 25€ each way in first last. The day before my trip a freight wagon of a...

Bonjour, I had some vacation days left from last year that I had to get rid of. So I spent a week in Nice for sightseeing and trips to different places in the vicinity. I will start my like trip review with pictures from Nice, Monaco and Digne-les-Bains. Gare Nice-Ville A compilation of...

Bonjour, at the bigging of the new year, I look back at a trip I took to France right before Christmas. I spent the fourth Advent weekend in Lyon. Part of the stay were trips to Grenoble and Saint Étienne to visit the tram networks there. I hoped for some snow, but there was none...

Bonjour, in November I passed though Bruxelles when heading home from a conference. I left my colleagues and spent the weekend there to explore the new railway museum "Trainworld", the Métro and the tram. Métro The Métro network has 4 lines. View unto the platforms at stop "Ribaucourt"...

Bonjour, I used the return of a business trip for a one day visit to Laussane. Among some sightseeing I wanted to take a look at the only Métro system in Switzerland The Métro network has two lines: m1 is more or less a "normal" tram, whereas m2 is a fully automated, rubber-tired métro...

Bonjour, this is the final installment of my Tour de France. The last stops of my trip where Toulouse and Besancon. Toulouse Toulouse has two Métro and two tram line. The metro is of type VAL and uses rubber tires Line A on the bridge across the motorway near terminus "Balma-Gramont"...

Bonjour, next stop of the Tour de France: A fews days in Bordeaux. Tram My impression of the tram: Its a victim of its own success. The tram were pretty crowded. The APS power supply system that works without overhead wiring was originally developped for the tram in Bordeaux. The aim...

Bonjour, welcome the fourth installment of my Tour de France: Angers und Le Mans. Angers Currently, Angers has one line. But expansion of the network in underway The trams are white with colourful stripes. After leaving stop "Gares" this tram heads downtown. A got this one...

Bonjour, the next stop of the tour was Tours (no pun intended ;-)). It's ideally located for several trips to neihbouring cities. Let's start with pictures taken in Tours and Orléans Tours Tours has one tram line. The design is quite unique and offers a contrast to usually round design...

Bonjour, Part two of my Tour de France report is a compilation of pictures of two trips that I made while staying in Lille: I went to Rouen and Valciennes. Valenciennes Valenciennes is just a 45min train ride away from Lille The tram network consists of two lines. Both lines start at...

Bonjour, for my big vacation this year I chose a "Tour de France". Amongst a lot of cathedrals and other sights, I visited two VAL-Métros and several trams all around the country. The tour started in Lille in northern France Tram The tram network consists of two lines (R, T). Both...

Ciao, I could not resist the Deutsche Bahn Italia offer of 59€ one-way to Milan. So I hoppened on a train for 7 hours (from south western Germany) for a trip to the Expo World Fair. As part of the trip I managed to take some pictures of tram and metro too. The train ride alone was worth...

Bonjour, the final installment of my trip report features Montpellier, Nîmes und Arles. Gare St Roch The platforms of Gare St Roch were dark and not very welcoming. The station building above proved to be a bright and nice to look at. Tram de Montpellier The tram network...