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ForeignPolicy.com Ben Buckland August 22, 2025
Years after the fall of the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, the city’s grand train station still bears witness to destruction on July 9, 2025 - Photo Ben Buckland.
P.S. The Man in Seat 61 website now includes a Baghdad to Basra trip report from a...
forbes.com article by David Nikel 30/08/25
Can't seem to find any info as to whether it will be weeks or months of disruption - have a trip planned for early October...
Having done a brief search and came up with zilch, I was wondering if anyone knows of Continental versions of OpenTrainTimes/Realtimetrains ?
An upcoming trip will involve Belgium, Germany, Austria and Italy, so would be particularly interested in info on those countries - especially as I am...
In wishing to draw on the collective forum wisdom, how much faith should I put in an 11 minute connection at Cologne Hbf suggested in a ticket itinerary (single ticket Brussels Midi to Villach Hbf) between "National Express #1" 22:51 Aachen Hbf - 23:44 Cologne Hbf and ICE #619 23:55 Cologne Hbf...
Tried to travel this last year but was thwarted due to the aforementioned works. Does anyone know when these works may be completed or what the situation is going forward?
TIA
Planning a trip for February 2024 and have noticed that the Latour and Lourdes sleepers - that were running as one train to Toulouse when I caught it earlier this year - are now separate departures from G. d'Austerlitz. Is this now a permanent thing as the Lourdes portion is shown as stopping at...
When (if at all) did Chiltern operate a continuous shuttle between the above mentioned stations, utilising Platform 4 at Leamington?
Has any other TOC done so?
TIA
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