cross – European Rail Campaign (UK) https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org The Campaign for Better Rail Links to and from the UK and across Europe Sat, 01 Apr 2023 16:27:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-ERC-Logo-6--32x32.png cross – European Rail Campaign (UK) https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org 32 32 EU HELPS TO IMPROVE CROSS BORDER RAIL TRAVEL https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/eu-helps-to-improve-cross-border-rail-travel/ https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/eu-helps-to-improve-cross-border-rail-travel/#respond Sat, 01 Apr 2023 15:38:50 +0000 https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/?p=2050 Early last year we reported on the European Commission action plan to boost cross border rail travel. As part of this action plan, they agreed to identify and support 10 pilot projects to establish new rail services or improve existing ones. Together, they will improve cross-border rail connections across the EU, making them faster, more frequent and more affordable. While most may not start this year, most of them should be in operation during the next few years. The list of the 10 pilot projects was published at the end of January this year – for further details you can find them at:- https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news/connecting-europe-train-10-eu-pilot-services-boost-cross-border-rail-2023-01-31_en

Rail passengers from the UK will be pleased to find several new connections between Germany, Denmark and Sweden, new day train services between Austria, Germany and Italy and the return of connecting Night Train services to Barcelona, Milan and Venice.

]]> https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/eu-helps-to-improve-cross-border-rail-travel/feed/ 0 HOW EASY IS IT TO CROSS EU BORDERS BY TRAIN ? https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/how-easy-is-it-to-cross-eu-borders-by-train/ https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/how-easy-is-it-to-cross-eu-borders-by-train/#comments Wed, 04 May 2022 18:00:45 +0000 https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/?p=1731 Seasoned rail campaigner Jon Worth will be taking to the rails on June 14th on a 40 day journey where he aims to discover how easy or difficult it might be to travel by train from one EU country to another. He will be crossing every border within the EU , Switzerland and Norway travelling by train and bicycle in areas where there should be a proper rail connection. In each country he will be meeting with activists and politicians to encourage decision-makers to take action to restore these missing links. The campaign is called CrossBorderRail and to find out more you should visit https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/

]]> https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/how-easy-is-it-to-cross-eu-borders-by-train/feed/ 1 BETTER NEWS FROM ACROSS THE CHANNEL https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/better-news-from-across-the-channel/ https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/better-news-from-across-the-channel/#respond Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:59:49 +0000 https://www.eurorailcampaignuk.org/?p=1138 While the UK cuts airport departure taxes and increases rail fares the French Government announces a new sustainable aviation fuel surcharge to be added to the cost of flights departing from France from this month.

Last December The European Commission announced it’s long awaited action plan to improve long distance cross-border train services.

See: Action Plan to boost passenger rail (europa.eu)

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