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Which airlines offer combined rail tickets and how do they work?

Booking a train ticket through your airline can take all the hassle out of onward travel, and will ensure you’re protected when things don’t go to plan.

Business

Virgin Group seeks to raise funding for cross-Channel Eurostar rival

Virgin Group wants to launch the new service by the end of the decade, initially running trains from London to Paris and Brussels.

Travel News

New travel tool helps you map the perfect European train journey

The EU’s high-speed railway network has nearly doubled in a decade, but international journeys remain a challenge.

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A journey through time: The world’s most beautiful railway bridges

These amazing feats of engineering allow trains to navigate the steepest valleys and cross the deepest rivers.

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Experiences

My Interrail trip took me through 200 years of train travel

A European family train trek showed me the pros and cons of modern rail travel - here's where we need to go next.

Travel News

New rail route connects Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn with a single ticket

Travel between Baltic capitals in one day with faster, seamless train connections

Travel News

New Brussels to Venice night train stopped at the Italian border

The head of the company behind the journey said 'the Italians began to change their minds' on allowing the train into the country.

Experiences

Grab a window seat for these unmissable European train journeys

From tiny towns to the steepest railways in the world, these journeys are about much more than the destination.

Europe News

Europe's noisy cities raise concerns from EU auditors

Loud urban environments can have ruinous health impacts from sleep disturbance to cardiovascular problems, but lawmakers and local authorities are failing to take the issue as seriously as air pollution, the European Court of Auditors has warned.

Experiences

In pictures: The world's most stunning train journeys to take in 2025

Pass through awe-inspiring mountain ranges while eating delicious food on these once-in-a-lifetime train journeys.

Experiences

Here’s how Britain is celebrating 200 years of rail travel in 2025

At 12 noon on New Year’s Day, nearly 200 vintage locomotives around the world blew their whistles to ring in a special year for rail travel.

Mobility

Barcelona's metro trains are powering EVs each time they brake

Regenerative brakes allow metro trains to produce energy rather than heat, which is now being used to supply EV charging points at street level.

Travel News

Eurostar worst-performing rail operator in Europe, report says

The report’s authors say the results of its survey underline the need for improvements to rail services across Europe.

Europe News

Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city gets new metro

The Thessaloniki metro was first conceived more than a century ago, and the first tunnel was dug in 1986.

Travel News

Your train in Spain will probably be late: Here’s why

Delays and cancellations have become the norm for train passengers in Spain. Is widening its rail network to blame?

Travel News

Europe’s on track to deliver single-ticket train travel

The complexity of train travel across Europe’s borders could soon be made easier with plans for a single ticket.

Europe in Motion

Golden age for train travel? Europe's railways never been busier

Eurostat data reveals which EU citizens travelled the most on national and international rail lines in 2023, marking a record year for train travel.

World

How Algeria's rail expansion is shaping its future

In partnership with anep

In this episode of Algeria Tomorrow, we discover how Algeria's expanding rail network is transforming regional connectivity and economic growth.

Travel News

Is it safe to travel to Valencia? Advice for travellers after flooding

Valencia and the surrounding area has been devastated after a year's worth of rain fell in a few hours.

Norway

Four injured after derailed tram crashes into a shop in central Oslo

Police said everyone was treated at the scene, but no one had serious injuries. The four-story building was later evacuated to check for structural damage.