Deutschlandfunk and Süddeutsche Zeitung about railway ticketing, and a niche slow train in Croatia
Mal eben schnell mit ein paar Klicks buchen, das funktioniert nicht. Aber ein paar Tricks gibt es doch, um schneller oder zumindest maximal günstig an eine Fahrkarte zu kommen. “Man sollte die Planung von der Buchung trennen”, sagt Jon Worth.
Süddeutsche Zeitung – full text here (can be paywalled) – 18.01.2024
Per Bahn durch Europa – Woran es auf der Schiene noch hakt
Die Europäische Union will den Bahnverkehr stärken, um ihre Klimaziele zu erreichen. Doch auch im Jahr 2024 sind grenzüberschreitende Zugreisen immer noch mühselig. Wie kann das bei der Bahn besser werden?
Deutschlandfunk Hintergrund – full audio here – 12.01.2024
Europees netwerk van nachttreinen raakt niet op de rails
Treinexpert Jon Worth: ‘Niemand is bevoegd voor internationale verbindingen, zowel de dag- als de nachttreinen worden verwaarloosd’
Apache – full text here (can be paywalled) – 14.12.2023
Connecting Europe by train: It’s time to start making the right political decisions
“Poland is doing interesting things with both intercity rail and regional rail, Czechia is doing excellent work—including international trains—and Slovakia has seen the biggest increase in passenger satisfaction in its railways of any of the EU 27 over the past decade,” Worth said, adding that Slovenia has also made “enormous progress” over the past couple of years.
Then there those countries which still have much to do.
Worth admits that there are three countries in the EU that, “give me massive, massive headaches”. These are Latvia, Croatia, and Romania.
Emerging Europe – full text here – 21.11.2023
‘€10 tickets aren’t possible anymore’: France seeks support from EU on scrapping low-cost flights
“Anything that makes airlines pay a fair share of the environmental cost that they create is a good thing”, says Jon Worth, travel expert and founder of Trains for Europe campaign.
“But we should be dealing with frequent flyers and this does not deal with them. It might reduce nice city weekends for some people but it’s not going to stop or reduce this regular flying elite.”
Euronews Green – full text here – 20.09.2023
„Rückschritt“ bei Bahnreise durch Europa
Vor zwanzig Jahren habe man auf den Seiten der ÖBB und auch der Deutschen Bahn (DB) Verbindungen „sogar bis in die Türkei und Syrien“ anzeigen können. Doch: Dass das jetzt nicht mehr gehe, „daran sind Deutsche Bahn und ÖBB nicht schuld“, so Worth. Denn im Hintergrund bei den Fahrplänen werkt ein System des Internationalen Eisenbahnverbandes (UIC).
Zwar seien alle Staatsbahnen Mitglied dieses Verbandes, so Worth. Doch im Gegensatz zu früher würden die Mitglieder oft keine Daten mehr in das System einpflegen.
ORF News – full text here – 17.07.2023
And last but not least… my discovery of the very slow Erdut-Osijek train resulted in a bit of niche coverage in Croatia, via Paul Bradbury! But another service – from the station pictured in the cover image of this post – is now even slower than the one from Erdut!
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