Deborah O’Donoghue is a British-Irish writer who has lived in the UK, France and 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 Legend Press in 2019 and comes out in Germany in 2021. Follow Deborah on Twitter and Instagram.
Belgian and French state rail companies are discussing a new international rail link between their two capital cities. Belgium’s SNCB and France’s SNCF Voyageurs have announced […]
A recent report by Greenpeace sheds light on one of the primary reasons people prefer air travel over trains: exorbitant prices. The report analyzed 112 European […]
Eurostar has launched a face-scan check-in system at London’s St Pancras train station so that passengers departing from London can avoid manual checks of tickets and […]
After a temporary hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Eastern & Oriental Express, the Southeast Asia counterpart to the renowned Orient Express, ia making a comeback. […]
After the first successful permanent mission in Germany, the Alstom Coradia iLint is now crossing the ocean and setting foot in Quebec, Canada. 1. Coradia iLint […]
Italy has launched its first battery-powered trains designed by Hitachi. Named ‘Blues’, the trains have been running commuter services throughout the country since December last year, […]
UK rail workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of summer strikes, in a move likely to cause disruption just as state school holidays begin in England […]
Eurostar has announced the appointment of an independent consultant to assess possibilities for maintaining its train service from Amsterdam Central Station to London, in the face […]
Germany and France are giving away free train tickets to 60,000 young people on a first-come to celebrate their 60-year friendship treaty, the Élysee Treaty. 1. […]
Dutch company Qbuzz, a subsidiary of Italy’s national railway company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, wants to start running trains from Amsterdam to Paris with stops in […]
From July 1st, Interrail Global Passes and Eurail Global Passes will be valid on European Sleeper night trains which, since May 25th, have been riding between […]
New EU rules for rail passenger protection went into effect on June 7th, as announced by the European Commission DG for Mobility and Transport. With the […]
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 […]