WHY IT RATES: Rail Europe is promoting train travel to iconic European destinations to avoid traffic stress and reduce emissions, highlighting scenic routes to Neuschwanstein Castle, Ávila, Hallstatt, ...

In April 2024, the Facebook page The sound of Train shared two maps that allegedly compared passenger train lines in the United States and Europe (archived): The post had earned 117,000 reactions, ...

Earlier this month, the European Commission revealed its plan to speed up the expansion of high-speed rails that would significantly reduce travel times across the continent. In a press release, ...

European train travel is booming—from the luxurious, like the Orient Express, to the very affordable, like Nightjet and Eurostar. Discover the train journeys redefining European travel for 2026.

There’s always been something magical about train travel. From the golden age of luxury carriages to steam-powered journeys through mountains and highlands, railways have long captured travellers’ ...

SigmaRail uses drones to capture images, which are used to create a digital re-creation of railway corridors. Credit: SigmaRail. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are making the process of capturing and ...

The EU has one of the densest railway networks in the world, however national railway systems across the EU vary. The process of improving the compatibility of EU member states' national railway ...

A basic fact underpins the appeal of European rail travel: trains are great. It takes a hard-boiled traveller not to be seduced by the prospect of rumbling through the Alps in a dining car, or ...