Enthusiast's Guide to Travelling the Railways of Europe

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2009/2010 Timetable Period

28 February 2010: Obscure service pages updated for Czech Republic, Romania and Switzerland. General Information pages updated for Romania. Border crossings details updated for Moldova and Romania. Rest of the World updated.

14 February 2010: General Information pages updated for Austria and Portugal.

12 February 2010: General Information pages updated for Belgium, Czech Republic and France. Rest of the World updated.

7 February 2010: Obscure service pages updated for Bulgaria and Portugal. General Information pages added for Romania, and updated for Bulgaria and Montenegro. Border crossings details updated for Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Ukraine. Rest of the World updated. Tram services over obscure routes updated.

27 January 2010: Obscure service pages updated for Austria, Bulgaria and Hungary. General Information pages updated for Belgium, Bulgaria and Sweden. Border crossings details updated for Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. List of downloadable versions of public timetables updated.

23 January 2010: Border crossings details updated for Portugal and Spain.

22 January 2010: Obscure service pages updated for Sweden. General Information pages updated for Sweden. Border crossings details updated for Austria and Czech Republic.

17 January 2010: Obscure service pages updated for Lithuania. General Information pages updated for Hungary and United Kingdom.

16 January 2010: Obscure service pages updated for Croatia, Estonia and Slovakia. General Information pages updated for Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia and United Kingdom. List of downloadable versions of public timetables updated. Border crossings details updated for France, Poland, Switzerland and Ukraine.

10 January 2010: Obscure service pages updated for Belgium, France, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. General Information pages updated for France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Slovakia and United Kingdom. Border crossings details updated for Belgium, Hungary, Luxembourg and Slovakia. Main General Information page updated. List of downloadable versions of public timetables updated.

17 December 2009: Obscure service pages updated for Luxembourg. Border crossings details updated for France and Luxembourg.

2008/2009 Timetable Period

4 December 2009: General Information pages updated for Denmark, France and Ireland.

1 November 2009: Obscure service pages updated for Austria, Czech Republic and Serbia. General Information pages updated for France, Poland, Serbia and Sweden. Border crossings details updated for Austria and Italy.

14/15 September 2009: Obscure service pages updated for Hungary, Norway and Spain. General Information pages updated for Slovakia, Slovenia and United Kingdom.

6 September 2009: Obscure service pages updated for France, Germany and Lithuania. General Information pages updated for France. Tram services over obscure routes updated.

14 August 2009: Obscure service pages updated for Latvia and Norway. General Information pages updated for Norway and Spain. Border crossings details updated for Belgium and France. Tram services over obscure routes updated.

1 August 2009: Obscure service pages updated for Germany and Lithuania. General Information pages updated for Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg and Norway. Border crossings details updated for Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovenia. General Information on Border Crossings updated.

31 July 2009: Obscure service pages updated for Croatia, France and Luxembourg. General Information pages updated for France, Lithuania and Norway. List of downloadable versions of public timetables updated. Rest of the World updated.

22 July 2009: Obscure service pages updated for Belgium. Border crossings details updated for Belarus, Germany, Latvia and Lithuania.

18 June 2009: General Information pages updated for United Kingdom. Swiss "Heritage" Railways amended. Rest of the World updated.

7 June 2009: Obscure service pages updated for Poland. General Information pages updated for Slovakia.

23 March 2009: General Information pages updated for Switzerland and United Kingdom. Border crossings details updated for France and Germany.

26 February 2009: Obscure service pages updated for Croatia. General Information pages updated for Croatia.

8 February 2008: Obscure service pages updated for France and Spain. General Information pages updated for Estonia. Rest of the World updated.

23 January 2009: General Information pages updated for Spain. Help on using the RENFE website updated. Border crossings details updated for Austria and Switzerland.

20 January 2009: Obscure service pages updated for Austria, France, Germany and Turkey. Border crossings details updated for Hungary and Slovakia.

14 December 2008: Obscure service pages updated for Croatia. General Information pages updated for Bulgaria, Estonia, Ireland,  Latvia, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom. Main General Information page updated.

20 November 2008: Obscure service pages updated for Denmark.

2007/2008 Timetable Period

7 November 2008:  Obscure service pages updated for Denmark and France. Border crossings details updated for Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Norway and Sweden. Rest of the World updated.

22 October 2008: Obscure service pages updated for Slovenia. Border crossings details updated for Italy and Slovenia. Rest of the World updated.

19 October 2008: Obscure service pages added for Bulgaria and updated for France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. General Information pages added for Bulgaria and updated for France. Border crossings details updated for Czech Republic, Germany and Poland.  Rest of the World updated.

30 August 2008: Obscure service pages updated for Austria, Czech Republic and Sweden. General Information pages updated for Spain. Swiss "Heritage" Railways amended. Border crossings details updated for Croatia and Serbia. Rest of the World updated.

13 July 2008: Obscure service pages updated for Finland. General Information pages updated for France. Swiss "Heritage" Railways amended. Tram services over obscure routes updated.

11 July 2008: Obscure service pages updated for Denmark and Sweden. General Information pages updated for France. Swiss "Heritage" Railways amended. Border crossings details updated for Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Rest of the World updated.

5 May 2008: Obscure service pages updated for Latvia and Spain. Border crossings details updated for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia. List of downloadable versions of public timetables updated.

20 April 2008: Obscure service pages updated for France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. General Information pages updated for United Kingdom. Border crossings details updated for Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Netherlands, Turkey and United Kingdom. Tram services over obscure routes updated.

6 April 2008: Obscure service pages updated for France, Germany, Italy and Poland. General Information pages updated for United Kingdom. Border crossings details updated for Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg and United Kingdom.

21 December 2007: Obscure service pages updated for Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) and Ukraine.

2006/2007 Timetable Period

14 October 2007: Obscure service pages updated for Austria. General Information pages updated for Austria, Macedonia and Montenegro. Rest of the World updated. Links page updated.

22 August 2007: Obscure service pages updated for Albania, Spain and Sweden. Border crossings details updated for Austria and Germany. Rest of the World updated.

29 July 2007: Obscure service pages updated for Croatia, Italy, Poland, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) and Switzerland. General Information pages updated for Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast). Rest of the World updated. Swiss "Heritage" Railways amended.

9 May 2007: Obscure service pages updated for Czech Republic, France and Switzerland. General Information pages updated for Denmark, France, Norway, Poland and United Kingdom. Germany (Other Railways) updated.

16 April 2007: Obscure service pages updated for Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg and Poland. General Information pages updated for Belgium and Poland. Swiss "Heritage" Railways amended. Tram services over obscure routes updated.

2 March 2007: Obscure services updated for Italy and Switzerland. General Information pages updated for Italy.

2 February 2007:  Border crossings details updated for Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Rest of the World updated.

5 January 2007: Obscure service pages updated for Hungary and Spain. General Information pages updated for Slovenia. Border crossings details updated for France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine. List of downloadable versions of public timetables updated. Rest of the World updated.

2005/2006 Timetable Period

12 October 2006: Obscure service pages updated for Bosnia-Hercegovina and Netherlands.

23 September 2006: Obscure service pages updated for Bosnia-Hercegovina and Hungary. General Information pages updated for Bosnia-Hercegovina. Rest of the World updated.

5 August 2006: Information on Serbia and Montenegro separated out following their independence from each other. Obscure service pages updated for Montenegro and Serbia. General Information pages updated for Montenegro and Serbia. Border crossings details updated for Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine. Tram services over obscure routes updated.

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Last update for this page: 28 February 2010.

 

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