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The Douro Lines remains closed all the way from Marco de Canaveses to Pocinho, due to unresolved land and rockslides from this Winter's storms. Rail Replacement Buses between Marco de Canaveses and Peso da Régua continue as this stretch of the track remains under rail improvement works. From...

Between the drivers there are talks of about 30 landslides between Ermida and Peso da Régua alone. They also don't believe that the track between Régua and Pocinho will reopen anytime soon.

As some of you may already know, Portugal (and Spain) are going through an atypical season of rain that has caused damage and disruption throughout the country. The soil has become saturated with water and areas affected by wildfires during the summer are suffering from constant landslides...

I work on rolling stock maintenance. Once I was having a dream during surgery where a batch of skirts for our coaches came with incorrect sizes. One month later, at the same day of the week and at the same hour I was going through the procedure, what happens? You've guessed: A batch of skirts...

The rail broke at the weld, but there are no details about whether the weld itself broke, or if the rail itself broke close to the weld. We are still months away from a clear answer.

As a designer, I do way more tasks now than a team of designers, technicians and engineers did in the 80s, while not being an expert on none of those fields. The tools of the trade have also changed. I can't draw as well as the old school designers, but I 3D model and work on virtual...

Well, I don't know... maybe workplaces, schools... the streets...?

Haha! Now it's a Ukrainian target! :lol:

I do feel like Frankfurt (Main) Hbf used to be WAY nicer before CoViD-19. I went there in 2019 for the Frankfurt Autoshow and the station and its surroundings were pretty nice, even at night. In 2023 and 2024... not so much. I wasn't bothered at all by anyone, but the station's McDonald's was...

Hello everyone. The results are in! :D After collecting all the data from the different forums, servers and chatrooms, the most voted vehicle was the English Electric Class 1400 Diesel Locomotive! In second place came the Pendolino Class 4000, and in third came the Class 2240 EMUs. But the...

I'm ashamed that Portugal wants to participate in both the FIFA World Cup and Eurovision. Shame doesn't exist anymore.

I'm doing a small market research to submit to KATO, Arnold, Fleischmann and PIKO.

For anyone with plans to visit Portugal, the Douro Line closed on November 3 between Marco de Canaveses and Peso da Régua for track improvement and station modernisation works. There is a rail replacement bus between *Caíde* and Peso da Régua, to connect to the stretch between Peso da Régua and...

FIP coupons are not accepted on the SNCF TGV Espagne services. Only Renfe AVE Francia accepts coupons. If you want to save money, my recommendation would be taking the Intercité de Nuit/TGV inOui to Marseille, Lyon, Montpellier or Narbonne, then ask the ticket inspector at the platform to book a...

Having your own cat is a good deterrent. Mine got the others out of our barn.

What if we do it on purpose? Like the good old days, we could send some very cheap, dumb, simple drones with nothing more than cartoon prints of Putin and petrol prices in Europe. It would be funny to see the response from Russian diplomacy. :D

The 3-year-old German boy has been discharged from hospital, and both parents also survived. The father, who was wrongly identified as one of the mortal victims, was found injured in Saint Joseph's Hospital in Lisbon.

An inspection was carried out by a technician from MAIN between 09:13 and 09:46 on the day of the accident. One of the targets was the cable that connected the two vehicles and, after a full return journey was completed, the cable was deemed to be "good". The next cable replacement was due in...

The Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Accidents in Civil Aviation and Rail (GPIAAF in Portuguese) will conduct an investigation into the crash of car 1 of the Graça funicular.

International travel on high speed rail between Spain and France with FIP is different between operators: Renfe accepts FIP coupons. SNCF only accepts FIP cards. SNCF does not sell FIP discount tickets for their TGV in Spain. Renfe, in France, may allow FIP Coupon and Card reservation of seats...