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Posted by Tom Watts at 05:17 on Wednesday 25 January 2012
Here's a wonderfully understated online resource that can help you find a cab from pretty much any train station, tram, metro & underground...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:30 on Thursday 19 January 2012
Google announced today it has integrated routes and timetables for train travel across mainland Britain into Google Maps.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:12 on Tuesday 20 December 2011
Tickets for Eurostar's direct summer service from London St Pancras to Avignon in the South of France (in less than 6 hours) are now on sale.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 04:50 on Tuesday 29 November 2011
On a recent trip to Corsica, I spotted one of the new trains that are earmarked to replace the island's ailing rail network, which services one...
Posted by Tom Watts at 09:40 on Friday 21 October 2011
Get into the festive spirit early with our top 5 Christmas markets reachable by train, which include ice rinks, grottos and the obligatory mulled...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 11:06 on Thursday 08 September 2011
Here's the video (in high definition) of our Grand Tour of Switzerland by train, in association with Swiss Travel System and Inntravel.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 03:04 on Wednesday 03 August 2011
We travelled to Zermatt on our Grand Tour of Switzerland. Here's our guide to this car-free resort in one of the most spectacular spots in the...
Posted by Tom Watts at 02:07 on Friday 08 July 2011
Following Eurostar's announcement that it will provide wifi on its trains from 2012, Tom Watts takes a look at which train companies in the UK...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 04:14 on Wednesday 06 July 2011
Eurostar is to provide wifi on its trains in 2012, as revealed in a twitter exchange yesterday between greentraveller and the Independent's...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 10:42 on Tuesday 14 June 2011
Thalys has announced a huge increase in availability of its lead-in fares for train tickets between Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Germany.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 11:59 on Thursday 26 May 2011
Here's the video of our recent InterRail Adventure with Rail Europe, where we visited five cities in seven days. Europe just got smaller!
Posted by Richard Hammond at 09:03 on Monday 16 May 2011
We teamed up with Rail Europe to go on a week-long Inter-rail trip around Europe over the last week. The trip was filmed & you can read the blog...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 07:26 on Friday 13 May 2011
We recently went on a traincation mini break as part of a challenge by Virgin Trains to go on a money-saving break in the UK.
Posted by Richard Hammond at 05:12 on Wednesday 11 May 2011
As part of our Great InterRail Adventure with Rail Europe, we spent 2 days in Basel and the Swiss Alps. Here's our green guide to the cultural...
Posted by Richard Hammond at 07:52 on Monday 09 May 2011
As part of our Great InterRail Adventure with Rail Europe, we spent 36 hours in Cologne. Here's our green guide to Germany's oldest city.
Posted by Philippa Jacks at 08:31 on Saturday 07 May 2011
Our country-by-country guide to taking your bike onboard the railway networks of Europe.
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