"The future of transport should not only be electric. It should be lighter, healthier, more affordable and less car dependent."
European Sleeper have reached their initial fundraising target, and can now go ahead with their expansion plans, adding Brussels-Milan from September: mailchi.mp/faa0f204407f...
The TGV from Brussels to Strasbourg is set to extended to Basel.
sidetrack.blog/2026/06/07/t...
Open-access operator GoVolta has opened sales today for it's daily lo-cost Amsterdam-Paris train which starts from 14 December, fares from €19. Unusually, it'll be routed via Ghent, not Brussels. govolta.nl/nl
"The EU is considering imposing carbon costs on flights departing the bloc...
Environmental organisations have long called for the ETS [the EU’s emissions trading system] to extend to departing flights, pointing to the considerable revenue it would raise and the high emissions of the sector."
The summer travel season is almost here, and we’re proud to announce our updated, community-built, 2026 Night Train Map. 🚅
The results? Six lines added, 11 lines reduced, and one line shortened.
More info: back-on-track.eu/all-night-tr...
Big thanks to our volunteers!
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you really should watch & share this news story. It’s pretty much perfect. Ford claims wrongly that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/1...
Yay! It appears that Trenitalia’s Paris-Milan Frecciarossa has finally joined the Eurail/Interrail network, as passholder reservations now bookable at partners.italiarail.com/default?forc.... Rail Planner app still needs the ‘not in pass network’ message removing.
Any chance some of these could be refurbished as sleeper trains?
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If SUVs were a country, they would be one of the world’s five biggest CO₂ emitters.
La @fnaut.fr a publié son Plan national de réouvertures de lignes ferroviaires.
Le plan s'appuie sur le succès des réouvertures de lignes qui ont lieu ces dernières années. Elle relativise les coûts moins importants qu'on ne le prétend habituellement.
fnaut.fr/plan-nationa...
According to railway observers and fans on Het Grote Belgische Trein Forum (The Big Belgian Train Forum), the SNCF-operated TGV 9870 from Brussels in Belgium to Strasbourg in Alsace, France, will b…
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
