Alpine
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Trondheim 🇳🇴 to Oslo 🇳🇴 – a winter escape across Norway on the Dovre railway!
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Norway’s Dovre Railway, linking Oslo with Trondheim offers travellers picturesque landscapes. After a bridge collapse in 2023, part of the line was closed until May 2024 but travel was still possible. This report details both the loco-hauled and Class 73 trains on the route, offering a comfortable travel environment, scenic views, and onboard amenities.
11–16 minutes -
Slovenia’s Scenic Adventure – The Bohinj Railway Motorail 🇸🇮
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Slovenia’s motorail service links Nova Gorica and Bohinjska Bistrica along the scenic Bohinj railway. Travelling on this train offers more than A to B, with its open windows and onboard museum. The service operates five daily departures, making it an efficient and enjoyable way to transport vehicles and passengers alike.
11–16 minutes -
The best train through the Alps? Zurich🇨🇭 to Graz 🇦🇹 on the EuroCity Transalpin
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The EuroCity Transalpin could well be regarded as a tourist train with its stunning scenery through the Alps. Without the price tag, this train offers reasonable fares, a restaurant carriage and a range of accommodation to choose from.
Alpine, Austria, Dining Car, European Train Travel, Hidden Gems, Scenic Trips, Switzerland, Train Travel
12–19 minutes -
RailJet ‘New Generation’: Munich 🇩🇪 to Northern Italy 🇮🇹 on the scenic Brenner Railway
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A full review of the brand new RailJet, operated by the Austrian Federal Railways featuring the scenic Brenner Pass route. The new train features an impressive range of accommodation and catering options, which are all featured.
Alpine, Austria, Dining Car, European Train Travel, Germany, High Speed, Italy, Scenic Trips, Train Travel
14–20 minutes -
EuroCity Emona – scenic once daily train from Ljubljana 🇸🇮 to Vienna 🇦🇹
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The EuroCity Emona train is a once daily cross-border service for travel between Austria, Slovenia, and Italy. The ride offers scenic views and a very unique dining car experience!
Alpine, Austria, Dining Car, European Train Travel, First Time Journeys, Scenic Trips, Slovenia, Train Travel
6–9 minutes -
The railway with UNESCO World Heritage Site Status – the Swiss Albula Railway 🇨🇭
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The slower but very pleasant alternative to the Glacier Express with perfect scenery on offer on one of the Swiss routes with UNESCO World Heritage Site status – the Albula Railway from Disentis to St. Moritz.
4–6 minutes -
Paris 🇫🇷 to Milan 🇮🇹 by train the Italian way – onboard the new Frecciarossa service!
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The route from Paris to Milan has a new high-speed service served by the Italian flagship high-speed train, the Frecciarossa. This operates in competition to the legacy French TGV. Find out what is on offer on this brand new service.
Alpine, Countryside, Dining Car, European Train Travel, First Time Journeys, France, High Speed, Italy, Scenic Trips, Train Travel
5–8 minutes -
Milan 🇮🇹 to Geneva 🇨🇭 by tilting EuroCity train – scenic trip through the Alps!
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One of the many direct train services connecting northern Italy and Switzerland is the EuroCity from Milan to Geneva, but how did the journey fair in the world of high speed rail?
Alpine, Dining Car, European Train Travel, High Speed, Italy, Scenic Trips, Switzerland, Train Travel
5–7 minutes -
RailJet train across the Alps 🗻 – Zürich 🇨🇭 to Vienna 🇦🇹 via the scenic Arlberg Pass
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The train from Switzerland to Austria across the striking Alpine scenery of the Arlberg Pass, through Tyrol to Innsbruck and Vienna and crossing five borders. This trip is more than your regular daily passenger service.
Alpine, Austria, Dining Car, European Train Travel, First Time Journeys, High Speed, Scenic Trips, Switzerland, Train Travel
4–6 minutes
