Jon Worth

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Confirmed: SNCF's Alstom built TGV-M Avelia Horizon trains are too large for some Italian rail lines

Rail in Slovenia: only new lines can improve it from here

Crossrail 2 starts to be built in 2026

IRJ tries to explain the EU rail ticketing reform, so I will try to decipher what they were trying to say

Hungary-Serbia by train, before Orbán's section of the Chinese built line opens

TGV Les Laumes-Alésia? Astérix is having a laugh

Berlin to build a maglev to Tegel

Who is to benefit from the forthcoming reform of the railway ticketing regime in the EU?

Positive talk about the future of rail between Netherlands and Belgium

One ticket, or more than one ticket, for my international train trip? More than one, with passenger rights, is the simpler solution

Bulgaria - North Macedonia Tunnel by 2028

Somebody in France has to want to run night trains

Chinese investment in European railways

Norway launches panoramic glass roof train to see northern lights

Railway churnalism: how many stories do I need about some new seats and a bit of carpet?

Dear European leaders: here's a little idea for your competitiveness agenda

How to safely overload a high speed train (and why it matters for the debate about ticketing reform in the EU)

How to fix railway ticketing in the EU

Loop line to connnect British and Irish cities

Five "innovative" projects in France to save branch lines, but what's the point?

Sofia-Thessaloniki trains to return

A February trip to Berlin: to systematically document my #CrossBorderRail work

Finally some progress for France-Germany regional rail

Hungary to buy 100 Chinese InterCity Trains

Up and running on Ghost

How do I overcome my railway Groucho Marx problem?

Ebbsfleet or Ashford? It has to be one or the other, not both, and it needs to be Ashford

I've been wrong all these years about printed train timetables (the lessons from a Montbard - Nuits-sous-Ravières train that doesn't run)

Radical enough to see purpose in my work, sensible enough to propose something that can be done?

If you were to build a depot for Channel Tunnel passenger trains, where would you build it?

Flat rate national ticketing: public transport policymaking through shock

A creative solution to serve Köln Hbf en route from Frankfurt (Main) to London

Now we're going to get a Bruxelles and Amsterdam to Milano night train. Or are we?

A little short term subsidy for this or that route is no way to support night trains - lessons from the end of Basel-Malmö before it even started

European Rail Passengers Union: lobbying for passengers, cross border

Geo Racers: the most fun web travel game since GeoGuessr

An open letter, and an invoice for €59.94, to Alberto Mazzola, boss of Community of European Railways

The Avelia Horizon trains Eurostar has ordered from Alstom are not compliant with Channel Tunnel evacuation rules – what can be done about it?

The Avelia Horizon trains Eurostar has ordered from Alstom are not compliant with Channel Tunnel evacuation rules - what can be done about it?

#CrossChannelRail final report released, and the next steps

Renfe, why should we trust a word you say about ticketing?

“News” that Régiolis cross border trains cannot operate in Germany is actually nothing new

We have no intellectual space for big but implementable ideas about railways

When a plan’s not a plan, and a revolution isn’t a revolution – European High Speed Rail

Not being allocated depot space at Temple Mills: blessing in disguise?

News stories, and social media posts for context: from Elvas to Nagykereki

All about 2 metres? The importance of the difference between a 200m and a 202m train is scarcely plausible

ORR grants Virgin Trains access to Temple Mills: the low risk option

Working out what Eurostar is going to do – based on the numbers, not what the company says

Eurostar ordering just 30 Alstom trains: pragmatism, and a lack of ambition

What train other than Alstom Avelia Horizon could Eurostar even consider?

Constraints on future Channel Tunnel operators

Why you probably should not re-gauge railways in Europe

SNCF’s half hearted effort to support international night trains in danger of hitting the buffers

Building a machine-translated railway news aggregator

Connecting the everyday user experience with the big picture politics of French railways

Green Signals podcast about rivals to Eurostar, and some further thoughts about the challengers

Does a railway operator need to know about all the legs of my journey so as to offer me passenger rights?