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From 6 July, a free reservation is needed to take bikes on the Calais-Paris TER trains. Now (a) no danger of 10 people turning up for 4 bike spaces and (b) this route now shows up when you add a bike to a Calais-Paris booking at SNCF-connect.com. seat61.com/bike-by-train.…

Have now thoroughly improved the Seat 61 Warsaw-Vilnius & Vilnius-RigaTallinn pages, seat61.com/trains-and-rou… & seat61.com/trains-and-rou…. Both great journeys, as always feedback welcome.

Literally a scene I would regularly see at work circa 1993, EPBs ‘n all, paying a visit to London Bridge eastern announcer’s room (except that guy isn’t Val…)

“The Night Riviera possesses a magic undiminished … that passengers might rub their eyes, and find themselves transported.” A truly wonderful slice of writing about GWR’s sleeper train to Cornwall.

"A human may err. It takes a computer to really screw things up." AI won't change this, merely make the computer sound more convincing... (Error spotted whilst wondering what air raid Jane Fonda would be sheltering from in post-WW2 Riga)

UK to Germany and Switzerland by rail. But not yet. Eurostar will run 4 trains a day London-Frankfurt (5h) and 3 London-Geneva (5h20m) from "early 2030s". Your view: will you use them, or do you prefer direct trains Manchester/Birmingham to Paris/Brussels? independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

Ambitious plans for all-private-room sleeper trains, first route to be launched in 2027. I like the look of those compartments, the demand is there, and these guys know their market: It'll be tough, but can they do it? We'll see! youtube.com/watch?v=Mqn1Fb…

Interesting! This is on the Warsaw-Lviv train route via rava Ruska, seat61.com/international-…

“Europe was promised a new golden age of the night train. Why are we still waiting?” A shot of reality from Jon Worth. Key quote: “Time for the EU to provide financial guarantees for acquisitions of new night-train carriages.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Heads-up if you're thinking about a rail-based holiday this year: If you book before 25 June, Byway are offering complimentary 1st class upgrades on eligible trips booked before 25 June for departure between 01/09/25 & 30/04/26. T&Cs on their site. byway.travel/seat-61-enquir…

Mine’s arrived! europeanrailtimetable.eu

Ooh! Looks as if the Paris-Milan Frecciarossa may accept Interrail passes from mid-summer 2025, at less than HALF the reservation cost of SNCF’s competing TGV - a BIG step forward!

London to Istanbul by train? From now until October, a direct Turkish air-conditioned couchette car links Bucharest & Istanbul for €56 a ticket, the final link in a comfortable London to Istanbul journey taking 4 nights, see seat61.com/Turkey.htm#lon…

Hear, hear! Proud to have been part of Chris Green’s Network Southeast.

See it for yourself! Stockholm to Hamburg by SJ sleeper train, filmed 2 weeks ago youtu.be/_KzTVf31Frw

Tickets for going up the Forth Bridge go on sale tomorrow, limited number, limited period, in aid of Barnado’s. Absolutely amazing experience (even if you don’t get stuck at the top for an extra hour…). Don’t argue, just do it!

In case you thought Moscow-Vladivostok was the longest train ride...

Nooooooo...

Here for an event, next to the most beautiful staircase in London.

Another staircase, and a dragon with a story!