trains
Japan is famous for its world-class public railways. From ultra-high-speed shinkansen (bullet trains) to reliable local services, Japan’s trains are celebrated for good reason. As the nation’s capital, Tokyo is the nexus of Japan’s vast rail network and home to its biggest and busiest stations. That said, which is the worst train station in Tokyo? Most stations in Japan are crowded, with seven of the world’s ten busiest among them. They’re also infamous for confusing layouts. Winding passageways intermeshed with department stores, restaurants and shopping arcades are characteristic of Tokyo st...
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Traveling across Japan becomes extra special when you board the country’s themed trains, from ultra-modern to vintage designs. Of these trains, the etSETOra vintage train from Hiroshima to Onomichi offers an unforgettable ride. The old-fashioned train runs along the Seto Inland Sea. The sea stretches about 450 kilometers long from east to west, separating Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. The JR Kure line launched the etSETOra Vintage Train in October 2020. The name comes from “etcetera,” the Hiroshima dialect “etto” (many), and Seto for Setouchi region. Train FeaturesThe exterior is vintage-styled,...
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Immortalised by crime writer Agatha Christie, the Orient Express is crystallised in the public imagination as a train of legendary glamour and mystery. So with a luxurious reboot on the horizon, it’s worth getting a couple of things straight. The Orient Express has in fact appeared under many guises during its 140-year history. The original was not an individual train but a scheduled service that ran various routes starting in 1883, primarily from Paris to Istanbul. A number of operators grew to use the name (and still do) for rides criss-crossing Europe. But if the journey has always been on ...
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Heading off on a long car journey this weekend? Take extra care, as some of Europe’s top holiday hotspots are among the deadliest places in Europe for driving, a new study reveals. Analysing the latest data from the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), e-vignette motorway toll site Vignette Switzerland has identified the countries with the highest road deaths per million inhabitants. Popular vacation destinations like Croatia, Portugal and Italy are among the top 10. What is the deadliest country for driving in Europe and what’s the best alternative?With 79 per cent more road deaths in 20...
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Travel was severely disrupted in Lille on Friday, one of the stations affected by the sabotage that hit major French rail lines ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Many passengers waited with hope that soon turned to resignation. "We’ve been waiting since 10:38 a.m. for the 11:38 a.m. train, and now we’re just waiting for it to arrive at 2:08 p.m.," said Delphine, one of the stranded passengers. "It's still quite a delay, and we’ll be even later since we’re on a secondary route. I work in Avignon at 9 p.m., so it’s going to be very, very tight. We have a concert tonight — will it eve...
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Early this morning France state-owned railway company SNCF announced that they had been "the victim of several acts of malevolence" overnight. Fires were started along several high-speed lines causing most trains to be cancelled and chaos for 100,000s travellers on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. SNCF urged passengers not to travel to the station this morning as most trains were cancelled with many others delayed - impacting some 800,000 travellers. This afternoon, there has been a partial resumption of services on the high-speed LGV Atlantique line and some TGVs, while the Met...
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Deutsche Bahn is preparing to cut 30,000 jobs over the next five years, with 1,500 posts set to disappear this year, the firm said on Thursday. The losses amount to 9% of Deutsche Bahn's total staff base, although it is primarily administrative roles that will be affected. Extreme weather, strikes, and investments to repair an ageing rail network hit the rail operator's profitability this year. Just before announcing job cuts, Deutsche Bahn shared that its net loss for the first half of the year had reached €1.2 billion. This is compared to a loss of €71 million recorded during the same period...
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Germany has closed its 70-kilometre railway operating between Frankfurt to Mannheim. The railway is to remain closed until 14 December as state-owned railway operator, Deutsche Bahn alters infrastructure and overhauls tracks and stations. More than 300 trains per day rely on this route. Part of the route - the main north-south route connecting to Switzerland - often has problems with delays. Buses will replace all regional trains throughout the closure, while long-distance trips will be available through slower routes. The €1.3 billion plan is part of a broader project aimed at modernising 40 ...
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Spanish train manufacturer Talgo has received an offer to merge from Czech rival Skoda. In a statement, Talgo said the offer from Skoda was "a business merger and industrial integration, lacking a financial offer" and it was looking for more clarity. A number of sources say that the Czech company has proposed partial integration between the two. Talgo has asked Skoda for more details to see if the deal is more appealing to shareholders than a previous bid made by Gang-Mavag Europe Zrt. Hungarian consortium Gang-Mavag four months ago launched a public offer of €619m in cash for all Talgo shares...
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For decades, Europe has mooted a more competitive rail sector that could seamlessly cross national borders and carry more passengers and freight. There have been huge strides forward with shared climate targets and more interoperability of train journeys across borders. But to boost rail as the go-to form of travel over more carbon-intensive alternatives such as short-haul flights, more work needs to be done on improving the experience for individual passengers. While ambitious plans to triple high-speed rail across the region by 2050 exist, with trains accounting for just 6% of inland passeng...
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