Buried within the timetables are these twenty long distance European day trains which only depart once per day. Not only do they provide highly useful direct connections, most of them also take highly scenic routes!
EuroCity express trains are the closest contemporary echoes of a more glamorous, but more limited and elitist, age of European international rail travel. That's because EuroCity trains still weave through multiple countries, conveying their restaurant cars on long and often beautiful railway journeys.
Planning where to go with a Eurail or Interrail pass is fun, but time consuming. You can now that save time as we've put together these five ready-made and fabulous rail pass itineraries for you to follow.
The train timetables on continental Europe have had their major annual update, so we summarise the major changes - the new routes and trains which will also be in service for much of 2019. We also include which key train services have also been discontinued.
Our guide to Europe's international rail routes includes all of the day and night express trains from 15 countries, plus the local and regional routes in tourist areas.
Our newly updated guide to Europe's international rail routes includes all of the day and night express trains from 15 countries, plus the local and regional routes in tourist areas.
All you need know about travelling on more than 70 European train services, including - what on board facilities and food/drink will be available; whether you can take bikes on a train and what to look out for when taking high speed trains.
Help with planning your journey to and from the stations in Paris by Metro, the RER and by bus. Our guide will also show you which of the seven stations in the city your train will be departing from - PLUS there's some day trips from Paris by train ideas.
Our guide to taking trains from London to Europe includes summaries of how to travel by train from Europe's largest city to Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Switzerland. They're packed with insights into how make these train journeys as easily as possible.
Having travelled more than 30,000 km around Europe by train in the past 18 months, we have some useful advice to pass on, which will help maximise the pleasure of taking European trains - and avoid the pitfalls which we've encountered!