Not my video, but I liked it so I had to research a bit to find out where it is from, and I want to share. (DB fan here) Eschenlohe (Bavaria, Germany), on the Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen Railway, a single-track electrified line.

For the second day, we travelled from Milan to Udine. Nothing out of the ordinary, a 4:11h trip with Frecciarossa. It has a 24-minute stop in Venezia Mestre, more than enough for a (vending machine) coffee and a few pictures. We chose to have an overnight in Udine because Austria finished the Koralm Railway, and now we have shorter travel times from Vienna to Italy, which should put it on the map, so to speak. Having a kid, travel times are of the essence. 🤷 I'll add the previous post and pictures from Udine as replies. In the next days, I'll be back with the last leg of this trip, from Udine to Vienna.

For nostalgics, here's the TGV breaking the rail speed record, dating back to 1955, by reaching 380 km/h, on February 26, 1981.

Sometimes it's about trains AND cars.

Fiat ETR 450 Pendolino, the tilting Italian train, was launched in 1988 on the Rome to Milan route.

Bernina Express, top of the bucket list. I said at some point that I want to wait for the little one to grow, and then enjoy it. #trainstr

The returning trip, from the French Riviera to Vienna, we split into three parts/days. (I'll add the original post in the comments. Also, I recommend Amethyst because you'll see the pictures as posted, between the right lines, not at the end.) The first day we went to Milan, with a stop in Ventimiglia. Your usual TER, nothing out of the ordinary. After a coffee & snack break, we took an Italian InterCity to Milan for an almost 4-hour trip. While this route is served by older trains, I can't complain at all. In Milan, if you have an overnight stay close to the Milano Centrale train station and you don't want to venture too far, I recommend a food court right in the station's building. I'll add pictures as a reply. In the next days, I'll continue with the second leg, from Milan to Udine.

Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 41, No. 41 241, arriving at Apeldoorn Railway Station (Netherlands). #trainstr

Type 01 Streamliner, introduced in 1935 by Deutsche Reichsbahn. #trainstr

SNCF has a Flash Sale today and tomorrow. For TGV Lyria between Switzerland (Geneva, Zürich, Basel and Lausanne) and Paris for €25 one way. I checked Zürich - Paris (return ticket) and it's widely available. Travelling dates from January 13 to March 13. For OUIGO, across France, €19 one way. I checked Paris - Cannes (return ticket) and, for my selected dates, the price was available but not at the most convenient hours. Travelling dates from January 12 to March 29. The third offer is for Eurostar, €25 one way, with travel dates between January 20 and March 31. I didn't check any dates but some of you might find it useful.

In the new 2026 travel plan that started on December 14, the Deutsche Bahn routes in cooperation with SNCF are as follows: Paris - Munich: 1/day, 5:45h (TGV) Paris - Berlin: 1/day, 3:15h (ICE) Paris - Stuttgart: 5/day, 3:15h (TGV) Paris - Frankfurt: 7/day, 3:50h (TGV/ICE) Paris - Karlsruhe: 8/day, 2:30h (TGV/ICE) Marseille - Frankfurt: 1/day, 7:45h (TGV)

Today, I had the pleasure of taking a quick train ride on a refurbished French TER (Transport Express Régional). Unfortunately, being around noon, it wasn't quite empty, so only one interior picture. #trainstr

The BR 01 locomotive, built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft between 1926 and 1938, was the first standardised express passenger steam locomotive (Einheitsdampflokomotive). #trainstr

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On the second day, Verona to the South of France I started with a quick 1h13m ride with Frecciarossa between Verona Porta Nuova and Milano Centrale. It was coming from Venice, so a 10-minute delay was somehow understandable, while having multiple bookings on the same seat wasn't, but the train was pretty empty, so it wasn't a headache. In Italy, take an hour between trains because it's a rare event to have them on time. The next train was from Milano Centrale to Ventimiglia at the French border and the trip took 3h44m with a regular InterCity. For the French train, I buy the tickets right before boarding because the price doesn't fluctuate, being a regular TER, and I prefer to hop on at a convenient time. From here, it takes a few minutes to get to Menton, as in my previous example, but you can get to Monte Carlo, Nice, Antibes and Cannes, among many other places. The longest ride, for a little over two hours, is to Grasse, also known as the World's Capital of Perfume, which I highly recommend at least for a day trip. #trainstr View quoted note →

The first day, I travelled from Vienna to Verona with a stop in Innsbruck. While the trip from the Central Station to Innsbruck takes about 4h15m, my trip from the secondary train station was about 8 minutes shorter. This trip was with the regular RailJet train (my autocorrect modified it to RegioJet a few times, but this is correct), nothing out of the ordinary. After a 1h46m break in Innsbruck, we got into the new generation RailJet, which was en route from Munich to Venice. I attached only one interior picture because the train was packed, but even the 2nd class looks great. Time-wise it was 3h26m. We had an overnight stay in Verona, and the next days I'll come back with the Verona to the South of France route. #trainstr View quoted note →

By chance, I took the route that I previously proposed, from Vienna to Menton, but I went a bit further away, and with some changes. The starting point wasn't Vienna Central Station, but a secondary station in Vienna called Meidling Bahnhof. It was recently renovated and I was curious about the results. I'll start posting brief notes in the next days. Until then, here's Meidling Train Station. Small but nice and more peaceful, rarely with tourists. View quoted note →

There's a promo these days for Paris & Montpellier to Barcelona. I attached two screenshots for January.

SNCF has a nice Flash Sale for TGV INOUI until December 4. You can buy tickets for €19 from Paris to Marseille, Avignon and a few other destinations, with travel dates from January 6 to February 5. I took a peek and it looks like there's a lot of availability, sometimes even cheaper.

I was writing about some cancelled routes for the night trains but also about some good news. Since I'm starting to make sense out of the new changes, I will start to present them, in no particular order. The first one, probably useful only to me, is the shorter route towards Italy. While right now it takes almost nine and a half hours to get from Vienna to Trieste, starting December 14, it will take around six and a half hours. Price-wise, €52,60 for two adults and our kid, one way with seat reservations. While Trieste might not be the best place to start exploring Italy, it definitely is an interesting one. Next, I will (probably) focus on Vienna to Paris, since the direct night train was cancelled.