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Spain by train: Here’s how to book RENFE seats online

Holders of Interrail and Eurail passes have long lamented the hoops they have to jump through to reserve seats on Spanish trains, but all that’s about to change.

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New rail companies challenge Eurostar: Could ticket prices drop?

Breaking Eurostar’s monopoly was never going to be easy, but a handful of courageous rail companies are keen to make it happen.

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Could a metro system link the whole of Europe in the future?

21st Europe’s Starline network plans to connect 39 destinations in European countries - with lines reaching the UK, Turkey and Ukraine too.

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Berlin to Brussels Nightjet cancelled indefinitely from end of March

Passengers can still travel between Berlin and Brussels on an overnight train using the European Sleeper.

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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.

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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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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.