CROSS EUROPEAN RAIL LINKS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE

While in the UK we now wait to see which Train Operator(s) will offer better rail connections with European destinations, several daytime links across Europe continue to improve. Some of these are explained below:- (1) PARIS to BERLIN: Until last year passengers had to change trains in Frankfurt. There is now a direct daily service between the 2 capital cities taking about 8 hours in each direction. (2) PRAGUE to GDYNIA (BALTIC EXPRESS): Thanks to co-operation between the Czech State Railways and the Polish State Railways in 2024 a 4 times daily Eurocity Service going via Wroclaw and Poznan was launched. The end-to-end journey time is about 9 hours with many opportunities to stop off and visit attractive and interesting