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European train timetables have one key annual update and in 2019 it's occurring on December 15th - hence the summary of the new routes and trains which will also be in service for much of 2020.

Featuring pan-European general tips and advice for travelling with bicycles on trains in Europe. PLUS specific guides to taking bikes on trains in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands - including bike ticket booking links and step-by-step guides

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.

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.

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.

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.

Our guide to travelling with kids on European trains includes five great tips from leading family travel writer Imogen Hall AND all the practical info you'll need about booking tickets and finding the best deals for your family!

A highly detailed guide to the often wonderful, but occasionally quirky mode of transport that is the European overnight train, A journey by them is usually a very different experience to being on a daytime train, so we take you through what to look out for - both when booking your accommodation and when you're on board.

We're big fans of lists of fabulous train journeys, so had to produce our own, but our list of Europe's greatest journeys by train is different. We've restricted it to the 16 most epic journeys we have taken by direct, express trains between major European cities. So these are journeys that you're likely to take when exploring Europe.

Exploring Italy by train is the best way to make the most of a beautiful country, but Italian trains and the terms of using tickets and rail passes to travel by them, are varied, Hence our guide to making travelling by Italian trains less complicated than it can first seem - it will save you time, money and confusion.