Resources for train travel through Europe. Because it is fast, fun and slow.
- Seat61: Although it looks somewhat outdated, it is a gold mine of information on train travel in Europe and the world, sorted by countries and cities. It also provides alternative roads and touristic information.
- Omio: a platform that allows you to compare and book trains, buses, and flights across Europe. It's a handy tool for planning multi-modal journeys.
- Google Maps: Use Google Maps to check train routes, schedules, and travel times. It's a great tool for visualizing your journey and planning connections.
- The European Rail Timetable: a valuable resource for planning train journeys. It provides detailed schedules for trains across Europe.
- RailCC: a community-driven website that offers information on train routes, stations, and travel tips. It also has a forum where travelers share their experiences.
Night trains
- Back on Track: an initiative to support cross-border night trains
- ÖBB Nightjet: Austrian night trains
- Interrail night traines
- European Sleeper: night trains between Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin and Prague (and maybe more to be expected)
- Chronotrains: destinations you can reach from any train station in Europe within a given amount of time
- Open railwaymap: all the railways in the world (fun but useless)
- OSM Interrail planner: plan your next interrail trip by finding the optimized railway route between multiple destinations.
- railtrack app to track your train journey
Websites from which to order cheap train tickets:
- trainline.eu
- raileurope.co.uk: book tickets, check schedules, and find useful travel information on their website.
- NS International: the international service of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways) and is responsible for selling international train tickets to and from the Netherlands. NS International offers a variety of tickets for train travel within Europe.
Each European country has its own national railway company.
| Country | Railway Company |
|---|---|
| 🇦🇱 Albania | HSH |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | OBB |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | SNCB |
| 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | ZFBH or ŽRS |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | BDZ |
| 🇪🇸 Catalonia | Rodalies |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | hzpp.hr |
| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | cd.cz |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | DSB |
| 🇪🇪 Estonia | evr.ee (state-owned) and elron.ee (around Tallin, private company) |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | Veturi (VR) |
| 🇫🇷 France | SNCF |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | Deutsche Bahn |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | OSE |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | MÁV-csoport |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland (Eire) | Irish Rail |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | Trenitalia |
| 🇽🇰 Kosovo | Trainkos |
| 🇱🇻 Latvia | DZ |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | Litrail |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | Mobiliteit.lu |
| 🇲🇰 Macedonia | MZT |
| 🇲🇩 Moldavia | CFM |
| 🇲🇪 Montenegro | ZCG |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands, the | NS.nl |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | VY |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | Polrail |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | CP.pt |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | Căile Ferate Române |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | ŽS |
| 🇸🇰 Slovakia | Slovakrail |
| 🇸🇮 Slovenia | Slo-zeleznice |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | RENFE |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | SJ.se |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | SBB/CFF |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | UR |
- Interrail.eu: for European citizens, a popular pass that allows unlimited train travel across Europe. Their website provides information on passes, routes, and travel tips.
- eurail.com for non-European citizens.
- Spain: RENFE Spain pass
- Switzerland: swiss travel pass
- Balkan Flexi pass: Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania -only the Regio Calatori operator, Serbia, Turkey and Bosnia Herzegovina
- Luxembourg is the land of the free trains.
News:
- TEN-T are EU plans to invest heavily in infrastructure including railroads.
- Rail Europe API
- Stations - A Database of European Train Stations
As if it isn't challenging enough
There are loads of discounts for children: