Action week for night trains in France
– from June 29th to July 8th. Assistance outside France is needed, see later. – June 29th in Toulouse : a demonstration for public rail… Read More »Action week for night trains in France
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Bikes with the long distance trains
The last days has brought a demonstration in Paris to promote space for bikes in the Thalys HST. And then a demonstration in Zürich to promote… Read More »Bikes with the long distance trains
German ruling parties turns around – better late than never!
There is a little revolution happening in Germany: the “big coalition” of christ democrats and social democrats in Germany is now lobbying for the night… Read More »German ruling parties turns around – better late than never!
THE END OF THE LINE – we don’t think so!
Proposals in relation to the TRAN report “Passengers night trains in Europe-the end of the line?” TIME TO STUDY A CLIMATE FRIENDLY ALL EUROPEAN NIGHT… Read More »THE END OF THE LINE – we don’t think so!
List of European Night Trains
The list is not complete, contributions and corrections are received with thank! >> Take also a look at Per Eric Rosén’s fine map of night… Read More »List of European Night Trains
EU Commissioner Bulc not very well informed about night trains
Inspired from a question and answer last year German MEP Fabio de Masi have asked the commisioner this (26.1. 2017): In which EU Member States do… Read More »EU Commissioner Bulc not very well informed about night trains
Bike carriage on long-distance trains
The European Cyclist’ Federation has made a collection of good practice examples from across Europe that give cyclists a smile: BIKE AND TRAIN: GETTING MORE PEOPLE ON THE… Read More »Bike carriage on long-distance trains
From the hearing at German Bundestag 15.2. 2017
The word which could be heard most was »co-operation«. DB wants to cooperate with ÖBB, ÖBB wants to cooperate with DB, and everybody emphasized that… Read More »From the hearing at German Bundestag 15.2. 2017
EU Commission stand on the issue of night trains
Based upon a question from a number of Danish NGO’s last summer the EU Commission has provided an answer, which rather clear shows political ways… Read More »EU Commission stand on the issue of night trains
DB sleeper trains performed better than expected prior to withdrawal
WHILE German Rail (DB) ceased operation of all classic overnight trains with sleeper and couchette coaches on December 11, internal DB documents retrieved by the… Read More »DB sleeper trains performed better than expected prior to withdrawal