We ask the Spanish, French, and Portuguese governments (the latter of which is now taking presidency of the Council of the EU, in the first… Read More »Petition: Link the Iberian Peninsula and Central Europe with Night Trains
The French transport minister wants «10 overnight lines by 2030» The French transport minister, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, onboard a couchette coach in renovation – Picture: SNCF… Read More »France to redevelop sleeper trains
Back on Track’s demands for 2021 – the European Year of Rail The European Union has declared 2021 to be the European Year of Rail!… Read More »European Year of Rail to set substantial ambitions
Germanwatch together with the Civil Affairs Institute, ProRail, France Nature Environment, eco-union, Ecodes and Transport&Environment has published a new paper on the challenges of the… Read More »How the 2021 European Year of Rail can support the European Green Deal
After request from the EU-Parliament in 2020 DG MOVE announced for consultancies, to make the actual work. Main contractor is Steer Davies and Gleeve Ltd… Read More »EU Report 2021 about night trains
Press release from Back-on-Track, European network to promote cross-border and night trains The todays press conference on enhanced cooperation between DB (Germany), ÖBB (Austria), SBB… Read More »Night trains: Much more, much wider
There is an extremely interesting new poll by the “EUPinions” Institute (which seems rather neo-liberal, certainly no eco-leftist propaganda…) on the ideas of Europeans on… Read More »Almost two thirds (!) support a ban of short haul flights
How the German Minister of Transport reinvents the sleeping car and the trans-European railway This is a translation of the original interview in NachDenkSeiten, and… Read More »Made by Andi!? TEE 2.0
German federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer invited the fellow EU Transport Ministers to a special meeting Monday, September 21. The meeting continued the train positive… Read More »EU transport ministers meet to discuss improvements on trains
“Exit at the last second” Climate activists protest against short-haul flights Airplanes were unable to take off at several airports on Monday – climate activists… Read More »Action against short-haul flights – at four German airports