Cross-border train services need to improve says Italian Railway boss
The head of the Italian FS Group, Stefano Donnarumma, has spoken out in the Financial Times to deplore the lack of cross-border train connectivity on the European continent. In a (probably unconscious) echo of last year’s Greenpeace analysis of city-to-city… Read More >
Double-decker trains set to connect London to Brussels and Paris
The French train manufacturer Alstom has received an order for its popular twin-deck trains from Eurostar, who hope to begin using them in a few years’ time according the The Metro. This would double the number of passengers per train… Read More >
Direct UK-Switzerland trains planned
The UK and Swiss governments have signed a memorandum of understanding encouraging operators to plan direct train links from London to Zurich, Geneva and Basel. The stations would have to be fitted out with passport control facilities, and the Swiss… Read More >