France to modernise remaining overnight trains

By Keith Barrow, International Railway Journal; September 24, 2018 THE French state will provide €30m to modernise rolling stock used…

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Eurobarometer: Europeans Happy With Passenger Rail Services

By GTP Editing Team, Greek Travel Pages; September 26, 2018 More than half of Greek commuters (54 percent) are satisfied…

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UK: How Virgin Trains is using tech to become a customer-obsessed company

By Taylor Bragg, T_HQ; September 21, 2018 It’s been over 200 years since the first passenger train ran in the…

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Romania’s passenger rail company plans to buy 100 second-hand trains

From Romania Insider; September 20, 2018 Romania’s state-owned passenger rail company CFR Calatori is in negotiations for buying 100 used…

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Taiwan’s stunning 106-year-old mountain railway

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN; September 18, 2018 Chiayi, Taiwan (CNN) — As a red and cream-colored train chugs up…

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Wales: Arriva demands 10% of the cash found in lost wallet after passenger asks for its safe return

By Marcus Hughes, Reporter, WalesOnline; September 14, 2018 Arriva Trains Wales has been criticised after it was revealed the company…

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UK: Brand new train to London breaks down near Exeter and 350 passengers evacuated

By Jacqui Merrington and Sarah Waddington, Head of Content, Plymouth Herald; September 14, 2018 Around 350 passengers had to be…

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India: In Bengal, another train stops for elephants

By Rahul Karmakar Guwahati, The Hindu; September 8, 2018 Stopping a train to let elephants take their time to cross…

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The Best Fall Foliage Train Trips to Take This Year

By Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure; September 5, 2018 Living in a world of pristine beaches and towering castles, it’s…

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MGM Springfield Casino has Connecticut gamblers riding the rails: CTrail and Hartford Line busy

By Jim Kinney, masslive.com; August 26, 2018 SPRINGFIELD – When the 11:47 a.m. Hartford Line train pulled into Springfield’s Union…

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Australia: Overland train service between Melbourne and Adelaide in doubt

From ABC News; August 25, 2018 The future of the passenger train service between Melbourne and Adelaide is up in…

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India: Alert helps train save jumbos in nick of time

By a Correspondent, The Telegraph India; August 27, 2018 Alipurduar: The Northeast Frontier Railway on Sunday tweeted video footage, showing…

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Netherlands: Rail infrastructure manager ProRail warns of capacity limitations

From DutchNews.nl; August 20, 2018 ProRail, which manages the Dutch rail infrastructure, forecast on Monday severe capacity limitations on the…

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The Discount Airline Model Is Coming for Europe’s Railways

By Carol Matlack, Bloomberg Businessweek; August 17, 2018 With ever more passengers opting for low-cost carriers such as Ryanair and…

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Train at 110kmph kills three elephants in India

By A Correspondent, The Telegraph India; August 8, 2018 Jamshedpur: An express train travelling at 110kmph hit three elephants in…

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Japan: Failing railway uses ‘foul-tasting’ snacks to beat passenger decline

From The Mainichi; August 4, 2018 CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) — A small Japanese railway company in Choshi, near Tokyo, has…

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THEN AND NOW: Photos that show how glamorous traveling on trains used to be

By Zoë Miller, Thisisinsider.com; July 30, 2018 Planes may get you where you’re going more quickly, but there’s something to…

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Iowa Pacific in New York State: Saratoga & North Creek Railway owner has no timetable for equipment removal

By Don Lehman, The Post Star; July 24, 2018 The owner of Saratoga & North Creek Railway reached out to…

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Japan to ban passengers carrying knives onto trains

By KYODO NEWS, Bangkok Post; July 20, 2018 TOKYO: The Transport Ministry said on Friday that passengers will be prohibited…

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Iowa Pacific in New York State: Railroad misses deadline to remove equipment, but is trying

By Don Lehman, The Post-Star; July 17, 2018 JOHNSBURG — Saratoga & North Creek Railway missed a July 15 deadline…

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India: Soon, you can do on-board shopping in express trains

From The Economic Times; July 17, 2018 Soon you would be able to do shopping in express trains. The Indian…

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Europe: Flixtrain expands Hamburg – Cologne services

By Keith Fender, International Railway Journal; July 13, 2018 FLIXTRAIN will expand the service frequency on the Cologne to Hamburg…

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Rail fine dining in Europe: the best and worst in on-board catering

By Eva Grey, Railway Technology; July 11, 2018 For train operators, on-board food catering is often a tough call: do…

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Japan: JR East to fit cameras in all trains after knife attack horror

By AYATERU HOSOZAWA, Staff Writer, The Asahi Shimbun; July 4, 2018 Security cameras will be installed in East Japan Railway…

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