An Italo train from Udine arriving in Venice Mestre in the direction of Napoli Centrale.

Yesterday, I took an InterCity from Ventimiglia to Milan. Nothing out of the ordinary, but nice as usual - pleasantly bland, I might say. I added a short video of the Italian Riviera, but the window was dusty on the outside.

A video and a few pictures from the Verona Train Station, where I hopped on the Venice to Milan Frecciarossa.

I also catch the "Le Bar" from TGV INOUI in the Antibes Train Station.

A French TER (regional train) of the south region (Région Sud) from Ventimiglia, Italy, to Les Arcs Draguignan, in the Juan-Les-Pins Train Station. The second video is towards Cannes.

Between Innsbruck and Verona, we got the usual new Austrian RailJet that goes from Munich to Bologna/Venice. The seats make you think about the Business and First Class from Qatar Airways, it is what it is. But, the Quiet Zone, doesn't mean what you think it means when 50% is occupied by Italians. So, yeah, cheers Italy! 🥂 Just a few bad pictures, because the train was absolutely full, plus a video with the beautiful weather. 🤷 (I had to add a few pictures from Verona...)

A few days ago, we took the Vienna to Bregenz RailJet from ÖBB to reach Innsbruck. Due to some changes, we received a free upgrade to the 1st class, right next to the restaurant, with wonderful seats for longer journeys. It was too early for us to get crazy with the draft beer, since it was 6:30 in the morning, but it seemed we were the only ones with this specific opinion, tho we were also the only ones with a kid. As a bonus, the weather was all over the place, which made the trip even nicer.

Some random regional trains from the Meidling Train Station of Vienna.

I managed to take a few photos before boarding another train with the EC/EN 463 train (EuroCity and EuroNight) operated by ÖBB (Austrian Railways) and MÁV (Hungarian Railways) that connects Salzburg Hbf in Austria to Budapest-Keleti in Hungary. (Meidling Train Station, Vienna)

Your casual Austrian ÖBB Railjet (No. 855, Villach to Vienna).

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Your usual Austrian ÖBB S-Bahn in Vienna.

The Austrian ÖBB Eurocity 114 "Mimara" from Villach, Austria, to Munich, Germany. Gastein, Salzburg, Austria

Drei Annen Hohne train station

Yup, that was a TGV at full speed. 🤷

From Kili's Trains, a train/route that I never took, SBB's Munich - Zürich Express.

The Austrian CAT (City Airport Train) that connects Vienna's Airport to the city centre, launched an ad and will have a refresher next year. If you land in Vienna, it's a direct 16-minute trip to the city centre, with a train every 30 minutes, and you should definitely try it.

I just saw this video with the TGV INOUI Paris - Monaco, from a few days ago, filmed in the Antibes train station. Hopefully, tomorrow I'll post a bunch of pictures from Antibes, as a teaser/suggestion for one of your future destinations.

From December, Italy and Germany will be linked by direct high-speed Frecciarossa trains, between Rome & Milan to Munich. It's possible because of a partnership between Trenitalia, Deutsche Bahn and Österreichische Bundesbahnen (because it has to pass through Austria). Milan <-> Munich ~6:30h Rome <-> Munich ~8:30h Future plans include extensions to Berlin and Naples by 2028, and there are discussions for Italy to Vienna too, but nothing concrete yet.

Exactly fifty years ago, on January 21, 1976, the Concorde made its first commercial flight. The Air France Concorde flew from Paris to Rio de Janeiro, via Dakar, while the British Airways Concorde flew from London to Bahrain. (Video: its last departure from JFK)