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Mainly travelling to/from Austria, Italy and France. Secondarily, Germany, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. I am based in Austria, and my focus will be on long-distance travel, but I will offer all kinds of tips for local and regional trains, from ways to reduce prices to the most beautiful routes. 48xTc8MbEuCVkRbwGGo1PxP3XsJtvwAgFhtJ7ML6dobV9TTYeSxBnHNFNdqkLLR18kK5K1L5qxVgjRZHkGkVYrvaHDPozew
Another random train for today, the Austrian "Weasel". It's a shuttle train for short distances, pictures and video from two different occasions. I really need a schnitzel emoji! 😂
You'll be more relaxed after this. Eisfelder-Talmühle train station, Harz Narrow Gauge Railways. (Credit to Olaf Berlig)
For autists, nerds and simple train enjoyers, a moment of relaxation.
The French Riviera to Vienna, day 3 For the last segment of our return home, we had a 4:23h trip with the Austrian RailJet. Wonderful as usual, and probably my favourite train. As previously stated, I was interested in the Udine to Vienna segment because of the completion of the new Koralm Railway, and I'll write more in a future post. For now, only a few pictures from the Udine train station. (As usual, I'll add the previous post and more as replies to this note.) View quoted note →
I had two nice short trips with the Viennese S-Bahn. When I moved to Austria, this was the train that made me love trains. 🤷 Here are a few train pictures and a video, plus some random pictures from the trip.
Because "you live, you learn", I discovered the budget version for the Bernina route, from Milan. 😂 While the Bernina Express goes from Chur or St. Moritz (Switzerland) to Tirano (Italy), I found a two-segment trip, from Milan to St. Moritz, with a change in Tirano. So the Tirano to St. Moritz is the reason for this, but way cheaper. I searched on Omio for February 12. image Milan to Tirano, €13, around 2:35h, Trenitalia/Trenord (regional train). A lot of trains to choose from. image Tirano to St. Moritz, €40, around 2:25h, with SBB. Again, a lot of departure times to choose from. I'll attach the video where I got the idea from as a reply, and it seems that you can actually find a lower price (€12,50 + €30). The video is in Italian, but I can translate it in the next few days if someone needs it. View quoted note →
Always a pleasure to watch Swiss variable gauge train switching from 1000 mm to 1435 mm gauge. 🤌 (From Railway Gazette International)
Il Settebello (ETR 300), called "The King of Italian Elegance", created in 1952.
Because sometimes I just need a (more or less) random reason to travel, I'll do the same for you. With the disclaimer that I prefer to live like a local most of the time, at least when I stay more than a weekend, here's the farmers' market from Cannes, Marché Forville. (I might add as a reply at some point.)
Wow! I never said this, but this is an awesome snowplough! From Kiel's area (North Germany), credit to Jens Thomsen.