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Britain’s best train dining… on its most hated train? Brilliant new video from OM the Rail reviewing GWR’s excellent Pullman Dining on a Class 800!
➡️ youtu.be/7DEDVJr7Oso
🇫🇮🇸🇪 Big win for the north!
The Finnish Government has asked Parliament to amend the 2026 budget with €1.9M to launch cross-border passenger trains Tornio–Haparanda (2 daily round trips Oulu ↔ Haparanda) from late spring 2026!
Source: valtioneuvosto.fi/sv/-/regerin...
Exciting News:
Snälltåget is launching a daily daytime train between Hamburg and Stockholm from May 4, 2026.
Travel time: around 11.5 hours
Departure from Hamburg: 09:30
Arrival in Hamburg: 21:57
Timetable: snalltaget.se/en/day-train-h…
BTE AutoReiseZug, the official operator, is adding up to two 1999-built 70-90 MUn sleeping cars — displaying reservation numbers 196 & 197 — to SBB EuroNight train EN 473 from April 2026.
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Say hello the Mini Cabin product of China Railways !
CRH2E high-speed night train D901 Beijing-Shenzhen.
Full video: youtu.be/nMVBhcRlyhc
New Video:
Ride China’s ultra-rare high-speed night train! Only 3 CRH2E Capsule Hotel units exist.
Join me on an epic journey from Beijing to Shenzhen.
youtu.be/nMVBhcRlyhc
Swiss Parliament’s Ständeratskommission votes to cut CHF 10M subsidy for SBB EuroNight Basel-Malmö train. As tickets have been already sold, this threatens major financial trouble for train operator 3510: BTE BahnTouristikExpress GmbH, Nürnberg.
Source: www.blick.ch/politik/bris...
Starting December 2025, PKP Intercity will boost train services to/from Berlin to 12 daily roundtrips.
What’s missing for a 13th roundtrip? A second daily service to Gdynia:
• Dep. Berlin: 06:52 (EC 233 to Gdynia)
• Arr. Berlin: 21:16 (EC 232 from Gdynia)
New Video:
Full exit and entry Australian Immigration checks for this domestic Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight from Sydney to Perth.
Link: youtu.be/kyDGIwWfCfI
That's worth living for !
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06.11.2025 16:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0kind of defective ! all doors on the talgo lack stairs, hence, Trafikstyrelsen mandates the use of such a ramp from Padborg station.
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Update on catering aboard the DSB Talgo EuroCity (Copenhagen-Hamburg):
• No dining or bistro car
• Vending machine with hot drinks and snacks (essentially junk food)
• No fresh sandwiches or salads like at 7-Eleven
video review: youtu.be/qj5N6Iuyv9o
NEW VIDEO! This is Britain's newest high-speed train, the Avanti West Coast 'Evero'. Join me for a trip from Birmingham New Street to London Euston, as I find out if this controversial family of trains has finally been improved...
WATCH: youtu.be/sqj_cjOcNjQ
DSB Talgo’s inaugural EuroCity EC 397 Copenhagen-Hamburg journey was disappointing, marred by numerous issues and shortcomings from both Talgo and Trafikstyrelsen.
youtu.be/qj5N6Iuyv9o
TalgoFail again !
A 15-car long DSB Talgo train (469 seats) from Copenhagen to Hamburg had only ONE working door, needing a ramp, in Padborg, Denmark.
Ridiculous !!!
More signs the HUNGARIA EuroCity (Berlin–Budapest) rake, including its dining car, is moving to the AVALA EuroCity (Vienna–Budapest–Belgrade), likely before Hungary’s April '26 elections.
Budapest–Belgrade travel time:
2026: 3h23m
2016: 8h34m
Src: www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak....
Thrilled to snag seats 8G and 8D in the luxurious new Swiss Senses Business Suite on the Zurich-Prague flight, thanks to our Lufthansa Senator Status! 🛫 Cost: 17,000 Lufthansa miles + £214 rip-off fees for two. Worth it for the premium experience!
Trip report: youtu.be/IxMmZTOlT-c
Yes, a lovely unit - perfect !
25.10.2025 10:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Timetables for night trains EC 441 Berlin-Chelm via Lodz/Warsaw & EC 431 Berlin-Przemysl via Wroclaw/Krakow from December 14, 2025 are out!
Trains run coupled from Berlin to Poznan. Couchette & Sleeping Cars available only east of Poznan.
Trip report:
Moscow Railway night train no. 929 Moscow Paveletskaya - Moscow Kievskaya on the Makhachkala - Derbent route in Dagestan:
youtu.be/r17880vogRE
New Video:
On Day 5 of my journey aboard the luxurious “Pearl of the Caucasus” train, I arrive at the Caspian Sea resort town of Derbent, near the Azerbaijan border.
Video: youtu.be/r17880vogRE
Trainspotting in China:
A glimpse of nearly all Fuxing Hao high-speed trainset types, in service with China Railway since 2016.
Full video: youtu.be/sFMD_qNEXeY
China’s High-Speed Rail: My video showcases all “Fuxing Hao” train types (CR300AF, CR300BF, CR400AF, CR400BF) and their variants in operation.
Watch here: youtu.be/sFMD_qNEXeY
PKP Intercity is working to reinstate the Adriatic Express Euro Night train Warsaw - Rijeka in summer 2026 - possibly with shorter travel times, a dining car on the whole route, and more cars.
Source: www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/n...
Bad News !
The SJ EuroNight train from Stockholm to Berlin will be permanently discontinued in August 2026 due to the termination of Swedish state subsidies;
Source: jarnvagar.nu/sj-staller-i...
Say Hello to the Ukrainian Railways' all-new night train no. D99/100 Kiev-Bucharest via Ungheni, Moldova !
Train is now bookable.
D99 Kiev-Bucharest:
Kiev: 06:30
Bucharest: 06:47
D100 Bucharest-Kiev:
Bucharest: 19:10
Kiev: 19:47
New video !
Imagine you buy a ticket on "Treno Turistici Italiani" Rome-Munich, which advertised a culinary experience for dinner and breakfast in the dining car. And then this service is denied. How would you call it ?
Full video: youtu.be/uRRIwg7WVgc
Unfortunately, according to the latest schedules, the new EuroCity trains SAXONIA and VIA REGIA between Leipzig and Kraków (extending to Przemyśl) will not include a dining car.
Source: bocznica.eu/files/archiw...
Great news! 🚄 Deutsche Bahn’s new ICE 3neo high-speed train is now running on the Berlin-Amsterdam route. Join the ride! Check out my video review: youtu.be/34AmnP_Ijls
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