Train x Europe

A new no-fly travel service for Europe, with custom routes, maps, advice, and travel times to avoid flying. Travel Smart, not Hard!

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

So our website just went live! 🌟 🚀

Take a look at the services we provide, and share to any friends who want info to help them travel across Europe without flying 🚫✈️

We do:
🗺 ROUTES AND MAPS
🌎 TRIP PLANNING
🌇 TRAVEL ADVICE (incl. CITY GUIDES)

Happy travelling! 👍

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/HeX8krbD19

[Marcos Castro @marcostrain]

🚆🇨🇭 One of the best things about travelling by train to Switzerland are the SBB panorama cars ☀️. The EC 9 from Hamburg-Altona 🇩🇪 to Zürich HB runs with one of them during the entire journey and no reservation is needed. Had the chance to board it on its last stretch from Basel.

[Flight Free UK @FlightFreeUK]

"Going flight-free has introduced me to the appreciation that comes with arriving into a destination, buoyed up by a childlike sense of wonder, after a proper journey by land and sea." - Helen Coffey, travel editor.
https://t.co/uLwYQE7hVm

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

"The new train will link Paris and Barcelona, where the existing high-speed service already runs to the Spanish capital. It is projected to launch in late 2024, with hints that further services could connect Madrid with Italy via France"

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

One of the more exciting notes in here:

"Paris to Madrid with Trenitalia (starts late 2024) 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 "
Trenitalia have excellent trains, so a FR service in France and Spain would be great for passengers 👍

[Flight Free UK @FlightFreeUK]

Thinking of going on a long-distance rail adventure? Here are some inviting European routes 🚆🚉
https://t.co/gwybt4SOKq

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

@rachel_remnant Hope the trip back went well!

[Rachel Remnant @rachel_remnant]

Hop, skip, jump across Europe on the #train
Departed from beautiful #Brașov yesterday evening. My couchette travel mates had walked the #Făgăraș ridge. Respect!
Enjoying the sunflowers across #Hungary with morning coffee.
Arrive #Brussels this evening.

[IRJ @railjournal]

€49 monthly ticket offers unlimited use of regional trains across the country. https://t.co/5RJ0hG4X5t

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

British train tickets can be so arcane - you want a day return Bristol to Bath? No problem. Open return, a standard ticket type?

Only if you book first class.

Absolutely byzantine.

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

Top ferry routes around GB and IE we'd like to see:

1. Edinburgh (Leith Ocean Terminal) to Rotterdam (Hoek van Holland) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇳🇱
2. Glasgow (Ardrossan) to Dublin (Terminal 3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪
3. Dublin to St Malo 🇫🇷 🇮🇪

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

One upside of Irish trains being so far behind - just buy a whole new set like these and you can design all rail upgrades (electrification, gauge upgrades) around them

[Today's Railways Europe @TodaysRailways1]

Railjet goes double-deck - ÖBB has ordered 14 6-car KISS EMUs from Stadler for use on Wien - Salzburg RJ services from 2026. Full details in the July issue of Today's Railways Europe (available now).
Photo: ÖBB/Stadler Rail

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

@rachel_remnant Never heard of this train but looks fantastic!

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

@Luise_V @unsereOEBB @SJ_AB @FlightFreeUK Hi Luise, if your trip is from mod July onwards or later, we'd be happy to take a look at it for you free of charge - not available until 9th July, let us know if this is helpful

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

@rachel_remnant @TropicalBiology Have a good trip! 👍

[Taking the train to Hanoi @JonasSjstedt1]

Try the kazak @_DiningCar - it’s nice!
From the night train between Almaty and Tashkent.
Good selection of food at ok prices. The bar section has Georgian wine, Armenian brandy, Austrian beer and Kazakh vodka as well as other drinks.

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

@196Destinations @BrittanyFerries If you need help planning the trip, send us an email or DM, can take a look 👍

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

#Haarlem #StBavo #GroteKerk #VisitHolland #NoordHolland #VisitTheNetherlands

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

Who needs Amsterdam when you've got...

HAARLEM 🇳🇱

A town at least as historic as Amsterdam yet overlooked by so many tourists heading to the Red Light District or Zaandam - but Haarlem has great public transport connections and way fewer crowds!👍

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

This kind of train is impressive, but it costs 000s in any currency - we can help you plan a cross-Europe trip for a fraction the price 😉

[Craig Turp-Balazs @bucharestlife]

And this is the train.

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

Including a legendary organ played by Mozart and Handel...

Not to mention a fantastic restored windmill on the edge of the River Spaarne - Molen Adriaan

[Train x Europe @TrainXEurope]

RECOMMENDATIONS
🐝 🍯 The Hive for a fun indie café, where everything is bee themed and honey-spiked!
🍳 Cafe XO for lunch on the city's gorgeous main square

⛪️ The church of St Bavo does charge entry, but it's magnificent and has a surprisingly good gift shop 😉