Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
A night train service between Brussels and Prague will come into operation in 2024, run by Belgian-Dutch crowdfunded company, European Sleeper. A long-awaited sleeper connection between […]
The Astana International Forum has come to an end. The conference, taking place in the Kazakh capital on 8-9 June, brought together the international community to […]
Large-scale renovation of Amsterdam Central Station cancels the Eurostar train service between the Dutch capital and London, starting in June 2024. Although the Dutch Government believes […]
Over the past decades, Iraq has faced significant infrastructure challenges due to decades of conflict and instability. However, the Iraqi government is determined to change the […]
After a successful test run on Monday, the first night train connecting Brussels and Berlin will start a regular schedule on Friday, 26 May, European Sleeper […]
On May 4th, UK’s rail union RMT announced further strike action after the results of a re-ballot of members re-affirmed the mandate. Under British law, unions […]
A ultra-high-speed maglev train running at a cruise speed of 1,000 km/h could soon begin to operate in China. The new project experimental will be tested […]
Curbing global warming is becoming an ever more pressing priority and governments at looking at ways to reduce emissions and foster more sustainable lifestyles. One aspect […]
Rail workers will go on strike on May 13, the day of the Eurovision Song Contest final, taking place in Liverpool. The planned protest, reported by […]
The original Orient Express made its first trip in 1883 connecting Paris to the then distant and exotic destination of Istanbul, Türkiye. Synonymous with luxury and […]
On Friday April 21st, Belgium’s national railway company, SCNB/NMBS, announced that train service in Flemish Brabant will be expanded in the coming years, including on weekends […]
Sweden’s and Finland‘s railways could be connected in the near future. As early as 2025, according to authorities in northern Finland. In 2021, the Laurila (FI) […]
Italy‘s government has announced that it is working on the construction of a high-speed train that will connect Rome and Pompeii. Local media reported that the […]
In Spain, all Cercanías (commuter train), Rodalies (commuter routes in Catalonia) and Media Distancia routes (mid-distance regional lines, covering journeys of less than 300km) run by […]
Travelling between Prague and Vienna will be 40 minutes quicker with the modernisation of the Franz Josef railway. 1. Sustainability A century-and-a-half-old railway originally named after […]