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According to https://www.egtre.info/wiki/Italy_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services: Catanzaro Lido – Catanzaro Città (Ferrovie della Calabria Srl) Closed for modernisation, doubling and a new underground section; re-opening was originally planned for July 2023 but has slipped...

There is some useful information on this recent forum thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/fi-ee-lv-lt-pl-helsinki-warszawa-via-the-baltic-states.258505/

This is the best description I have seen, from https://egtre.info/wiki/Spain_-_General_Information The León - Asturias high speed line between La Robla (Bif. Pajares) and Pola de Lena (- Oviedo), including the 24.6 km Pajares tunnel, opened to public traffic on 30 November 2023, following a...

On the Seetalbahn (Luzern to Lenzburg) in Switzerland, there are two stations with level crossings bisecting the platforms, Gelfingen and Eschenbach: Gelfingen https://www.google.com/maps/@47.2134434,8.2650731,195m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu Eschenbach...

I would recommend the Nice - Breil-sur-Roya - Cuneo line if you haven't done it before. It is an amazing scenic route through the mountains with spiral tunnels. From Cuneo you can change trains in Fossano then go back through the mountains to the coast at Savona which is another scenic route. In...

Another really interesting tram system is the Upper Silesian Interurban tramway in Poland, with 29 lines and almost 300km long in total! It is a very varied system and some of the lines have quite rural sections running through woods. A mixture of old and new tram types. The oldest 'N' type...

I agree with everyone above that the bus from Bodo to Narvik is very scenic. An even more scenic option is to take a ferry from Bodo to either Moskenes or Svolvaer on Lofoten and then bus to Narvik from there, that is an absolutely incredible bus route, but it takes a bit longer, probably a...

There are some good walks in Sicily. mapy.cz seems to be a good website / App to show them. There are certainly a lot of paths marked on the map around Mount Etna. I have done a couple of good walks on the island. Both had really lovely scenery but it seems like the locals rarely do long walks...

Two great value day rangers: Devon Day Ranger, £10 - Tiverton Parkway / Axminster to St Budeaux Ferry Road plus Exmouth, Barnstaple, Paignton and Gunnislake branches - The challenge is to do all that track in one day. I think it can just about be done (at least in the previous timetable...