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Mods, this could be considered a continuation of this closed thread (albeit one where I used the wrong country prefix, S instead of SE :E) https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/s-trafikverket-has-issued-a-tender-for-new-night-trains.241842/ The traffic committee in the Swedish Riksdag has...

Vy Tåg (approximately pronounced Vee torg if you are an English-speaker), the Swedish subsidiary of the state-owned Norwegian VY Group has announced they will not seek an extension of the 4-year procurement of the Stockholm-Narvik and Stockholm-Luleå night trains when it runs out in December...

Sweden's national broadcaster SVT reports on an incident that affected commuter train traffic in Stockholm on Sunday morning, 3 March. Article here, with video, in Swedish: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/diplomatbil-overgiven-pa-tagrals-mellan-alvik-och-sickla My translation

VIA Rail Canada held a press conference at its Montréal workshops this week to draw attention to the diminishing availability of its “Heritage” fleet of stainless steel passenger carriages. About 25 out of 200 cars are out of service right now, and spare parts usually have to be fabricated by...

Breaking news... about to translate the press release. According to kollektivtraffik.dk (here, in Danish, easily translated by Google Chrome) the Swedish train company Snälltåget has been permitted to operate two daily day trains between Malmö and Hamburg from 2025, and will be permitted to...

VR (Finland) have finished the electrification project on the Hanko - Karjaa railway. While checking out the area on Google Maps, I noticed that someone in the electrification project had the foresight to submit some user-generated 3D imagery to Google Maps. Is this the only railway with Google...

A paywalled article in the Swedish Norrbottens kuriren newspaper yesterday quoted traffic developer of Norrtåg Martin Högqvist saying that plans are being made for two daily connections Luleå- Haparanda - Helsinki from December 2024. Although the newspaper headline says “direct train to...

There is a brief report with photographs of the inaugural services with Latvian Railways new Skoda 'Vagonka' EMUs. 32 have been ordered. Link: Photos: Latvia's new electric trains welcome passengers

The Swedish government has rejected appeals against a new railway from Dåva (just outside Umeå) and Skellefteå. The railway will now be built. Not much more to report now, but at the last estimate with this permission today the railway could open in 2032. It will supplement the existing Main...

The Black Friday Interrail Sale persuaded me to commit to another late winter or early spring trip in 2024. Since I reside in northern Sweden, this time I'm thinking of crossing Umeå - Vaasa by ferry and then beginning a trip in Finland. I have never visited any of the three Baltic states and...

Three of the guys behind Wendover Productions (who make a lot of explainer and travel videos on YouTube + Nebula) have published their 2nd 72hr game of tag across Europe. Episodes 1-5 are on YouTube now and episode 6 follows later this week. All are available for $ on Nebula. Rules: 3 players...

Vy Tog (formerly NSB) has announced that from the start of the winter timetable on 10 December 2023 there will be more trains on the international route from Oslo in Norway to Gothenburg in Sweden. From Vy (with my translation + a bit of Google Translate): Vy announce the new schedule here...

Montréal has opened the first phase of the REM (Réseau express métropolitain), a new automated light-rail system that will eventually serve 26 stations over 67km. Phase 1 connects Montréal's Central Station (Gare Centrale) with the 'South Shore' of the Saint Lawrence river. New stations have...

What's the best way to book seat reservations in DE/CZ/AT/SI for a group of 13 people travelling together on Interrail passes? Looking to book: EC 253 06:48 Hamburg Hbf / 13:22 Praha-Holesovice RJ 371 14:24 Praha hl.n. / 18:49 Wien Hbf EC 151 07:48 Wien Hbf / 14:00 Ljubljana Is there...

Leaves on the line? Nope. Poop on the line. Lots of it. Norwegian state broadcaster NRK reports (in Norwegian) about today's sudden closure of the Østfold railway (Oslo - Kornsjø). Source: https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/ostfoldbanen-stengt-etter-at-mokkakjeller-sprakk-i-rakkestad-1.16379351...

Hello everyone. Looking ahead to June, and a probable Interrail trip with some students. I will need to reserve overnight accommodation on board EN414 from Ljubljana to either München Ost or Stuttgart. It seems like you can't do this online. Does anyone have any tips for making this reservation...

Trafikverket (Sweden's Transport Agency) and Väylävirasto (Finland's transport infrastructure agency) have announced that planning has started on the electrification of the railway from Laurila to Tornio and over the bridge to Haparanda station. Preparing construction documents begins now, and...

There has been a major derailment of a fully-laden iron ore train from Kiruna, Sweden in Narvik, Norway. There are at least 100 tonnes of iron ore in every wagon. NRK reports in Norwegian. My translation: Aftonbladet reports in Swedish. My translation: As a result, the Stockholm-Narvik...

Hi everyone. Over the next 10 days, Friday 17th to Sunday 26th February, I'm travelling by train from Umeå in northern Sweden to Athens. I used to do long train trip threads on Twitter, but left the platform because of the rapid and dramatic deterioration of content moderation. So you can find...

I’m looking at train #1095 from Buçuresti-N (10.55) to Sofia (20.18) in a couple of weeks time. There is some discrepancy between this season’s printed ERT and the Interrail Rail Planner app (which both say reservation compulsory) and the Interrail website, which says reservation not...