TGV Est Paris to Strasbourg Refresher
With the opening of the new 106km section of the TGV Est on July 3rd Paris has been conneced to Strasbourg, capital of Alsace, in 1 hour 48 minutes as opposed to 2hr 20...
Category: En Route Blog
Dining on Polish Railways
I recently had the pleasure of travelling on a Polish Railways InterCity Train between Szczecin and Poznan, and as it was lunchtime I had a bite to eat in the restaurant car. The restaurants...
Munich to Innsbruck for €9 with free scenery!
There are two ways to travel between Munich and Innsbruck. Firstly the well trodden tracks of the international InterCity trains via Rosenheim / Kufstein – a pleasant enough journey taking just under 2 hours....
Zurich Hbf Uncovered!
Google’s Streetview has mapped Zurich Hbf and it is awesome! On the right hand side of the map is a scale of 0 to -3, this equates to each floor of the station with...
Hotel Cristall Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof
I had to spend a night in Frankfurt to catch an early morning train. The Hotel Cristall was showing the best rates in the area for the quality of reviews.The hotel is literally 2...
Saving Money on UK Trains
Split Ticketing…. this is a legitimate way of reducing the cost of travel by train on the UK. Today I needed to travel last minute from London to Bolton and have some flexibility on...
