Drei Annen Hohne train station

A French AGC on the Dannemarie viaduct (Alsace, France) from Railway Dreamer Girl, who's also a train conductor.

Yup, that was a TGV at full speed. 🤷

Next step, May, 1990 By reaching 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph), France officially broke the 500 km/h wall for the first time with a conventional train. TGV Atlantique, unit 325

Time for the Austrian ÖBB RegioJet. #trainstr

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)

You know it's in Switzerland because of how clean the train is. 😂 (Andermatt train station)

No, this is from the conductor. The plebs aren't allowed with him. 😂

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.

This, some cheap chairs, and a bucket of wine or something. Train crossing between RJX 865 (Austrian) and ICE 118 (German) at the Flirsch train station (in the Austrian Alps) on the Arlberg Railway (on the Vienna to Zürich route).

Because it doesn't say diesel. 😂

For some reason, the quoted post for the route can't be seen in Amethyst, only in Primal, so here's a copy/paste. As I mentioned in my introduction yesterday, the Menton Lemon Festival (Fête du Citron) takes place on the French Riviera from February 14 to March 1. I will present the trip with Vienna as the starting point, tho I can offer alternative routes if you are interested. We travel as a family of two adults and one child but I will show the price for a single adult too. The sample journey starts on February 11, travelling by ÖBB (Austrian railway), and the first step is getting to Venice. This leg is a little long for travelling with kids, but the hours are comfortable, since it begins at 08:53 and the arrival time in Venetia Mestre is 15:56, after 7h3m. If it's too long, you can split it into two parts, and I wholeheartedly recommend spending a day in Graz, which might be my favourite city in Austria. The price for this leg is €31,30 for an adult, with seat reservation included, or €62,60 for the whole family, in my case. It's also the same price for travelling with two kids, btw. The train has one more stop in Venetia Santa Lucia if it's more to your taste. This route passes through the Semmering Railway in the mountains, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. No matter what you're looking for, this route offers a lot of value for the price. The next day, we'll travel from Venetia Mestre to Ventimiglia, at the French border, with a stop in Milano Centrale. The first leg begins at 7:30 and we'll arrive at 9:45 in the beautiful Milano Centrale, after 2h15m with Frecciarossa, the Italian top train, so to speak. You can find anything you need in the building, even the coffee vending machines have a great espresso for €1,50. After a break of 1h25m, at 11:10, you'll begin a 3h44m journey, and arrive in Ventimiglia at 14:54, with a very nice InterCity train, that travels by the beautiful Italian Riviera. This journey costs €89,20 per family, or €41,80 for a single adult. The seats are assigned automatically but you can pay a little extra if you want specific places. We always received table seats without paying extra, but it might be different if you travel single. Trenitalia (Italian Railways) has very attractive pricing for families, but it usually needs booking at least two or three weeks in advance. For Trenitalia, you can buy vouchers with Sats from Bitrefill. From Ventimiglia, there are minimum two trains every hour, with the French TER, and it takes around 18 minutes for €5 (single or as a family, same price). No seats assigned, you sit wherever you want. The total for trains, one way, is €109,40 for an adult, or €156,80 for a family. With the same TER train, you can have day trips to Cannes, Antibes, Nice, Grasse, and Monte Carlo. I also recommend a few hours back in Ventimiglia, where the farmers' market (very close to the train station) is excellent for a visit. For the French trains it's better to have the SNCF app because, besides convenience, it offers reduced prices as a group, which doesn't happen with the (hard to use) ticketing machine.

It's an insult in English. 😂

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.

My other side account, . If you use Amethyst, I can send you a small follow pack.

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.

Most people have a love-hate relationship with Deutsche Bahn, but I have only love for it. Make DB great again! Here's an ICE T (T stands for Tilt).

Weasel 🤣 (zoom in)

If it's shiny, it's Swiss. 😂 S50 departing Bulle, Fribourg.

There's something special about trains + snow + mountains. I crave Glühwein all of a sudden. 😂 (an SBB TWINDEXX IR200 train on the line from Sargans to St. Margrethen - not my vid, I'm just looking for inspiration)

I may have a short fuse sometimes but I usually get jokes that are not too lame.

Your usual Austrian ÖBB RailJet

Eisfelder Talmühle, Harz Mountains, Germany. 🍻

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

More ÖBB! Intercity 792 Villach-Salzburg in Seebachtal, Kärnten (Austria).

I edited the name but if you don't use Amethyst, you might not see it. 😂 It's RailJet. Ducking autocorrect!