We chanced this week on a timetable for European night trains in 1999. So it’s interesting to look back and see which trains ...

Our journey commences in northern Sweden and ends in Stockholm, but actually the bulk of the rail travel on this wonderful ...

Route 19 from Caen to Valence is for those who love provincial France and don’t want to struggle with the crowds of Paris.

This long journey from Berlin to Bavaria and on across the Austrian border to Salzburg takes in some very fine German cities ...

This is one big leap across Germany, west to east. A sleek ICE train leaves Cologne Hauptbahnhof (Hbf) hourly for the German ...

Route 26 makes the perfect introduction to southern Scandinavia. Our journey runs up Jutland before we hop on a ferry across ...

Route 5 in Europe by Rail takes you from London to Galway. On the way you'll see some of the finest scenery in England, Wales ...

While we normally encourage travellers to linger over journeys and stop off along the way, the very character of this route ...

Lille and Cologne are two cities with very strong regional identities within their respective countries, but they could ...

European Rail News & Notes (ERN) is run by Nicky Gardner and Susanne Kries. They are the authors of Europe by Rail: The Definitive Guide. Here on the ERN pages, the book’s authors give updates on rail ...

This is one of Europe’s classic rail journeys, as the route south from Cologne hugs the River Rhine and then, once past ...

Let’s go in search of the red brick trail. This route links a number of cities that draw on a common architectural tradition, ...