One of the aspects of my #CrossChannelRail report that drew the most reaction was my conclusion that serving Köln Hbf with trains to London was too complicated, and it would better to serve Köln/Bonn Flughafen or Horrem instead – as it would be easier to secure a platform and build […]
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ORR grants Virgin Trains access to Temple Mills: the low risk option
The UK’s Office of Rail and Road has today decided that Virgin Trains should have access to the Temple Mills depot in east London to maintain its future Channel Tunnel fleet, and has rejected applications from Trenitalia, Gemini and Evolyn to use the facility. It has also, importantly, rejected Eurostar’s […]
Read MoreWorking out what Eurostar is going to do – based on the numbers, not what the company says
If you take what Eurostar has said in its press release, Alstom has said in its press release, and what has appeared in the FT and The Guardian among others yesterday, you end up with the impression that these Avelia Horizon double deck trains Eurostar is to order from Alstom […]
Read MorePreliminary conclusions from my #CrossChannelRail project
OK, I have to face it: I bit off more than I could chew. When I conducted the research for my #CrossChannelRail Project in March and April this year I thought I would be done with the report from the project by the end of May. And it is the […]
Read MorePodcasts and webinars galore about the future of the Channel Tunnel (thanks to #CrossChannelRail)
As I am still finalising the report from my #CrossChannelRail project in March and April, it has not stopped me getting the message out about the future of long distance through services through the Channel Tunnel, and examining the sort of lingering feeling of the tunnel somehow being an amazing […]
Read MoreLive Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 11 – 27 March – Mönchengladbach – Köln – Liège – Den Haag
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossChannelRail) Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]
Read MoreLive Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 10 – 26 March – Kehl – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Flughafen – Köln – Düsseldorf – Mönchengladbach
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossChannelRail) Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]
Read MoreLive Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 9 – 25 March – München – Stuttgart – Karlsruhe – Strasbourg – Kehl
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossChannelRail) Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]
Read MoreLive Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 8 – 24 March – Delémont – Bern – Zürich – München
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossChannelRail) Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]
Read MoreLive Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 7 – 23 March – Delémont – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich – Delémont
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossChannelRail) Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]
Read MoreHow to follow #CrossChannelRail online
#CrossChannelRail, my latest project, starts Sunday 16th March and runs until Sunday 6th April. As with all of my #CrossBorderRail projects to date there will be lots of ways to follow it online. Every day there will be a thread on Mastodon – you can follow me @jon@gruene.social there. This […]
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