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.
China’s development of a vast train network across Southeast Asia continues. Projects in Laos, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia could eventually lead to a 3,000-kilometre-plus bullet and […]
A Swiss train company has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest non-stop journey by a hydrogen-powered passenger train. A 2,803-kilometer journey The record-breaking train […]
Founded in 2021, the European Sleeper rail service has been growing, from connecting Brussels and Berlin, gradually expanding to Dresden and now Prague. The maiden voyage […]
In an effort to provide a more affordable train service between Brussels and Paris, Belgian national rail operator SNCB is launching a new connection between the […]
A train running between Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany has been in planning for a few years. It was supposed to fully launch, between the cities […]
In April 2023, Germany initiated what officials have dubbed the “biggest public transport reform in German history”. The so called Deutschlandticket allows public transport users to […]
Saudi Arabia’s first luxury train should start operations by the end of 2025, state-owned railway company Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) has announced. SAR and Italian hospitality […]
Amid the Global Gateway Investors Forum for EU-Central Asia Transport Connectivity, taking place in Brussels on 29-30 January, European and international financial institutions committed to €10 […]
Eurostar is celebrating over 20% growth in passenger numbers in 2023, with a total of 18.6 million people welcomed aboard over the year across the five […]
Mexico’s new “Tren Maya” (or Maya Train), is set to open its second phase in February 2024. In total, the 1,500-kilometre infrastructure project (932 miles), hailed […]
Corendon, a Turkish airline which mainly operates from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, has expressed its desire to create a high-speed train connection between Brussels and Schiphol airports. Since […]
As far as luxury train travel goes, the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is considered to be the crème de la crème. With its 1920’s decor, its Michelin-starred restaurant, […]
Train drivers working for Germany’s national rail company Deutsche Bahn (DB) are going on strike for 3 days starting Wednesday, 10 January, at 2 am. The […]
Interest in rail travel continues to grow worldwide with passengers looking to reduce carbon footprints and countries legislating against short haul aviation as they eye climate […]