When the Orient Express stopped at Karlsruhe Central Station for the last time on its last great journey from Paris to Istanbul in May 1977, the BNN wrote an emotional obituary. “The aeroplane has overtaken the legendary train,” the editor says regretfully, recalling the history of the “train of kings…

The ‘Magistrale’ is getting another direct connection to France. In the period from 8 July to 26 August 2023, a TGV will run on Saturdays via Karlsruhe, Strasbourg and Marne la Vallée-Chessy (Disneyland) to Bordeaux. Departure from Frankfurt Central Station is at 08:06, arrival at Bordeaux-St-Jean Station at 14:35. In…

In a new podcast series of the Ulm-Augsburg railway project, listeners are introduced to exciting topics and important terms related to the railway project. The first episode deals with the topic of environmental planning. The podcast can be found under Environmental protection – Project goals – Ulm-Augsburg railway project.

After a two-year break, this year’s TEN-T Days brought together the stakeholders of the Trans-European Networks in Lyon from 28-30 June 2022. Under the new label ‘Connecting Europe Days’, the future of the trans-European networks was discussed for three days. One thing became clear: there is still a lot to…