Tag Archives: Train

New High Speed Eurostar Train Links Paris - London

Today, the new high speed Eurostar trains from Paris Gare du Nord to London’s St. Pancras Station give travelers a good reason to choose rail travel. The journey only takes two hours and 15 minutes instead of three hours and will also have a new stop at Ebbsfleet in Kent.      

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Sweden: SJ Attracts More Skiers to Are

SJs X2000 trains from Stockholm to the popular ski resort Are, in northern Sweden, have shortened their travel time to six hours instead of eight as previous years.
Apart from Stockholm, direct trains to Are and Duved also depart from Malmo, Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Halmstad and Varberg.  SJ:s new time schedule runs from the the 15th December.

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Travel Smarter

All travels are more or less a strain on the environment, but that definitely doesn’t mean we should avoid it. We just need to learn how to travel smarter and more ecofriendly.
Air travel
No other type of transport, apart from some ferries, are more harmful to the environment than flying. Over 4,3 billion flights are made each year and the estimation for 2025 [...]

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Travel by Train in Europe

 
Rail station © Steve Woods
Rail travel is not always the cheapest or the fastest mode of traveling, but I still love it. You can sit comfortable, have lots of time admiring the beautiful landscape, you arrive in the center of the city, you don’t have to travel a long distance from an airport and you can [...]

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