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In its July issue, Railway Gazette International released several rankings of the fastest timetabled trains in the world. No surprise, China comes first, with the recent return of 350 kph trains...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom abandoning plan for high-speed train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, says too costly (Associated Press).

Special trains scrap the frost on the catenary. A French one:

And you may have noticed that : - border controls take some time (think "Amtrak between US and Canada" if you haven't seen it) - there's not many trains/passengers each day on these borders Part of Schengen area, definitely eases things as no border control is required. UK is not part of...

Night train services are all state-supported in France, and SNCF tried as hard as they could to make sure people would not be willing to used them: old unrefurbished rolling stock, random cancellations "due to track work", opening the booking only a few days before departure, removing all the...

Absolutely not, Eurostar trains do run all the way between London and Bourg St Maurice. Same goes for the Thalys Amsterdam - Bourg St Maurice services before you ask. SNCF also run a few overnight TGV to the Alps on school holidays, as they've been trying hard over the last years to get rid of...

I would say "because of you" (not in a bad way of course): you said the $35 ticket was the last one available. When you started the booking process, that last ticket at that price is locked for some time (not sure how long with Amtrak, could be 30 minutes or 1 hour) so that you have enough time...

Of course, 7 Intercity trains each weekday (takes about 3 hr 10) plus 2 with a connection in Caen with a regional train (adds about 20-30 minutes). A few trains less on weekends. Trains are operated by BB 15000 or BB 26000 locomotives and Corail passenger cars, reach up to 124 mph.

And more on the technical side: more and more lines are moving to GSM-R and other digital radio systems, so you wouldn't be able to use your own radio much.

SNCF (74%) and CFF (26%). Competition is almost non-existent in long-distance service in France, SNCF having a majority stake in the company operating the service (Eurostar, Thalys, Lyria, Elipsos) or being the sole operator (to Luxemburg, Italy) for international services. DB and SNCF (Alleo)...

So you could take any train, IC or ICE between Hamburg and Köln, visit Köln and do a day trip to Wuppertal (you can also see Düsseldorf on the way back), take the EC 9 (didn't mention: it's a... Swiss train ) to Karlsruhe (the best views are on that portion), and take ICE 9572 to Paris (1hr45...

Nope, Thalys is operated by... Thalys (now a brand of THI Factory), owned by SNCF (60%) and SNCB (40%).

You can change in Frankfurt, my point was that you can only get through ticketing between Hamburg and France via either the Frankfurt-Paris line or Munich-Stuttgart-Paris line, not via the Köln-Paris line. Note that you can add stops up to 48 hours on a single ticket, meaning you could for...

Woops, I forgot to end this sentence: unfortunately there's no more through ticketing with Thalys via Köln. It only works between DB and SNCF (only DB sells through tickets with an interesting price), so you have to go via Mannheim or Karlsruhe. Thanks for the head up

Hi! Hamburg to Paris by train takes around 8 hours with an easy change in Mannheim or Karlsruhe (unfortunately there's no more through-ticketing . If you have enough time, I recommend that you take EC9 between Hamburg and Mannheim, it leaves early from Hamburg (6:46am) but if you can get a seat...

+1, the immediate surroundings of München Hbf is definitely not the best thing Munich has to offer at night, but you'll be safe.

More doors = less seats.

Exactly, Railjet trainsets can reach a maximum speed of 230 kph, which is also the maximum speed of ICE trains in Austria, although some line sections in Austria are build for speeds up to 250 kph.

Honestly, if you already know which trains you plan to take on which days, buying individual tickets in advance will be cheaper than a pass.

Nope, this doesn't exist (but you can take Le Shuttle with your bicycle!). The shortest you can do as a pedestrian is with Eurostar between Ashford and Calais-Fréthun, but there's only 3-5 trains per week and only in that direction, and it still costs at least 50.5€ ($59).