doc7austin 🇳🇱
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🚄 Railway action from Ukraine, USA, and BRICS countries
Rail cities I’ve reached in China since 2011 — my personal extremes:
• Farthest west: Kashgar, Xinjiang
• Farthest north: Erlian, Inner Mongolia
• Farthest east: Ningbo, Zhejiang Province
• Farthest south: Haikou, Hainan Island
• Farthest west: Kashgar, Xinjiang
• Farthest north: Erlian, Inner Mongolia
• Farthest east: Ningbo, Zhejiang Province
• Farthest south: Haikou, Hainan Island
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Rail cities I’ve reached in China since 2011 — my personal extremes:
• Farthest west: Kashgar, Xinjiang
• Farthest north: Erlian, Inner Mongolia
• Farthest east: Ningbo, Zhejiang Province
• Farthest south: Haikou, Hainan Island
• Farthest west: Kashgar, Xinjiang
• Farthest north: Erlian, Inner Mongolia
• Farthest east: Ningbo, Zhejiang Province
• Farthest south: Haikou, Hainan Island
Christmas Special Video:
Climbing to 3,381m atop the Tibetan Plateau in luxurious Business Class aboard the CR200J1-D EMU – private lie-flat pods, epic views, and Qinghai Lake magic!
🎄 Watch now: youtu.be/4h4otRn_o2c
Climbing to 3,381m atop the Tibetan Plateau in luxurious Business Class aboard the CR200J1-D EMU – private lie-flat pods, epic views, and Qinghai Lake magic!
🎄 Watch now: youtu.be/4h4otRn_o2c
Tibetan Plateau High-Speed Train: CR200J1-D Business Class – Climb to 3,381m & Qinghai Lake
YouTube video by doc7austin’s DreamlinerCentral
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Christmas Special Video:
Climbing to 3,381m atop the Tibetan Plateau in luxurious Business Class aboard the CR200J1-D EMU – private lie-flat pods, epic views, and Qinghai Lake magic!
🎄 Watch now: youtu.be/4h4otRn_o2c
Climbing to 3,381m atop the Tibetan Plateau in luxurious Business Class aboard the CR200J1-D EMU – private lie-flat pods, epic views, and Qinghai Lake magic!
🎄 Watch now: youtu.be/4h4otRn_o2c
New Night EuroCity Train EC 431 URSA
Departing Berlin-Gesundbrunnen since Dec 14!
• Cars 265–267: to Przemyśl via Kraków
• Cars 268–270: to Chełm via Łódź & Warsaw (coupled in Poznań to IC 82170 UZNAM Świnoujście–Chełm)
Departing Berlin-Gesundbrunnen since Dec 14!
• Cars 265–267: to Przemyśl via Kraków
• Cars 268–270: to Chełm via Łódź & Warsaw (coupled in Poznań to IC 82170 UZNAM Świnoujście–Chełm)
December 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New Night EuroCity Train EC 431 URSA
Departing Berlin-Gesundbrunnen since Dec 14!
• Cars 265–267: to Przemyśl via Kraków
• Cars 268–270: to Chełm via Łódź & Warsaw (coupled in Poznań to IC 82170 UZNAM Świnoujście–Chełm)
Departing Berlin-Gesundbrunnen since Dec 14!
• Cars 265–267: to Przemyśl via Kraków
• Cars 268–270: to Chełm via Łódź & Warsaw (coupled in Poznań to IC 82170 UZNAM Świnoujście–Chełm)
New Video! 🚂✨
Join me on the inaugural EuroCity train from Kraków to Leipzig in First Class luxury!
Full dining car experience included 🍽️
Watch now: youtu.be/ZiaXzQcm9Es
Join me on the inaugural EuroCity train from Kraków to Leipzig in First Class luxury!
Full dining car experience included 🍽️
Watch now: youtu.be/ZiaXzQcm9Es
Inaugural Journey: EuroCity Train "Saxonia" Krakow - Wroclaw - Leipzig in First Class
YouTube video by doc7austin’s DreamlinerCentral
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
New Video! 🚂✨
Join me on the inaugural EuroCity train from Kraków to Leipzig in First Class luxury!
Full dining car experience included 🍽️
Watch now: youtu.be/ZiaXzQcm9Es
Join me on the inaugural EuroCity train from Kraków to Leipzig in First Class luxury!
Full dining car experience included 🍽️
Watch now: youtu.be/ZiaXzQcm9Es
It’s official:
Swiss Parliament rejects funding for SBB’s Basel-Malmö EuroNight train. All tickets? Cancelled.
A dark day for operator 3510 BTE BahnTouristikExpress (RDC)—now liable for EU passenger rights. 😔
Source: www.20min.ch/story/gelder...
Swiss Parliament rejects funding for SBB’s Basel-Malmö EuroNight train. All tickets? Cancelled.
A dark day for operator 3510 BTE BahnTouristikExpress (RDC)—now liable for EU passenger rights. 😔
Source: www.20min.ch/story/gelder...
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It’s official:
Swiss Parliament rejects funding for SBB’s Basel-Malmö EuroNight train. All tickets? Cancelled.
A dark day for operator 3510 BTE BahnTouristikExpress (RDC)—now liable for EU passenger rights. 😔
Source: www.20min.ch/story/gelder...
Swiss Parliament rejects funding for SBB’s Basel-Malmö EuroNight train. All tickets? Cancelled.
A dark day for operator 3510 BTE BahnTouristikExpress (RDC)—now liable for EU passenger rights. 😔
Source: www.20min.ch/story/gelder...
🚨 Big news from GoVolta!
Train bookings Amsterdam ↔ Berlin are NOW OPEN for travel from 19 March 2026!
Fares start at just €19 ✨
Journey time: ~7 hours
GoVolta has snapped up 11 former NMBS I10 carriages to make this happen.
Book here 👉 govolta.nl
Train bookings Amsterdam ↔ Berlin are NOW OPEN for travel from 19 March 2026!
Fares start at just €19 ✨
Journey time: ~7 hours
GoVolta has snapped up 11 former NMBS I10 carriages to make this happen.
Book here 👉 govolta.nl
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🚨 Big news from GoVolta!
Train bookings Amsterdam ↔ Berlin are NOW OPEN for travel from 19 March 2026!
Fares start at just €19 ✨
Journey time: ~7 hours
GoVolta has snapped up 11 former NMBS I10 carriages to make this happen.
Book here 👉 govolta.nl
Train bookings Amsterdam ↔ Berlin are NOW OPEN for travel from 19 March 2026!
Fares start at just €19 ✨
Journey time: ~7 hours
GoVolta has snapped up 11 former NMBS I10 carriages to make this happen.
Book here 👉 govolta.nl
SBB EuroNight Basel-Malmö future = practically dead in the water.
Swiss Ständerat already rejected funding. Nationalrat might deliberate this Monday, yet without Ständerat consent the train won’t run.
Source: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/die-sbb-habe...
Swiss Ständerat already rejected funding. Nationalrat might deliberate this Monday, yet without Ständerat consent the train won’t run.
Source: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/die-sbb-habe...
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
SBB EuroNight Basel-Malmö future = practically dead in the water.
Swiss Ständerat already rejected funding. Nationalrat might deliberate this Monday, yet without Ständerat consent the train won’t run.
Source: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/die-sbb-habe...
Swiss Ständerat already rejected funding. Nationalrat might deliberate this Monday, yet without Ständerat consent the train won’t run.
Source: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/die-sbb-habe...
New Video!
Riding what might be the BEST train in Romania – CFR InterRegio IR 1883 Bucharest → Constanța in First Class… complete with a proper Bistro Car!
link: youtu.be/CmyLaQeAD6o
Riding what might be the BEST train in Romania – CFR InterRegio IR 1883 Bucharest → Constanța in First Class… complete with a proper Bistro Car!
link: youtu.be/CmyLaQeAD6o
The Reality of Romanian Railways: Bucharest–Constanța During a 40°C Heatwave
YouTube video by doc7austin’s DreamlinerCentral
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New Video!
Riding what might be the BEST train in Romania – CFR InterRegio IR 1883 Bucharest → Constanța in First Class… complete with a proper Bistro Car!
link: youtu.be/CmyLaQeAD6o
Riding what might be the BEST train in Romania – CFR InterRegio IR 1883 Bucharest → Constanța in First Class… complete with a proper Bistro Car!
link: youtu.be/CmyLaQeAD6o
Reposted by doc7austin 🇳🇱
NEW VIDEO! An epic ride on Mongolia's little known railway network, taking on the country's 15hr train through the brutal Gobi Desert, from the comfort of an old Soviet sleeper car...
WATCH: youtu.be/_kOtNgWpGd4
WATCH: youtu.be/_kOtNgWpGd4
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NEW VIDEO! An epic ride on Mongolia's little known railway network, taking on the country's 15hr train through the brutal Gobi Desert, from the comfort of an old Soviet sleeper car...
WATCH: youtu.be/_kOtNgWpGd4
WATCH: youtu.be/_kOtNgWpGd4
What more do you need?
1970s carriages (original!), windows wide open, exotic Polish branch lines no Intercity ever uses, and a raging snowstorm.
Retro TurKol delivers ❄️
youtu.be/CxGp9pSMI_Y
1970s carriages (original!), windows wide open, exotic Polish branch lines no Intercity ever uses, and a raging snowstorm.
Retro TurKol delivers ❄️
youtu.be/CxGp9pSMI_Y
A Snowy Winter Journey from Poznań to Kraków on a Classic Retro Train
YouTube video by doc7austin’s DreamlinerCentral
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
What more do you need?
1970s carriages (original!), windows wide open, exotic Polish branch lines no Intercity ever uses, and a raging snowstorm.
Retro TurKol delivers ❄️
youtu.be/CxGp9pSMI_Y
1970s carriages (original!), windows wide open, exotic Polish branch lines no Intercity ever uses, and a raging snowstorm.
Retro TurKol delivers ❄️
youtu.be/CxGp9pSMI_Y
Britain’s best train dining… on its most hated train? Brilliant new video from OM the Rail reviewing GWR’s excellent Pullman Dining on a Class 800!
➡️ youtu.be/7DEDVJr7Oso
➡️ youtu.be/7DEDVJr7Oso
Britain's BEST Onboard Dining... is on its WORST Train? GWR's EXCELLENT Pullman Dining!
YouTube video by OM the Rails
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Britain’s best train dining… on its most hated train? Brilliant new video from OM the Rail reviewing GWR’s excellent Pullman Dining on a Class 800!
➡️ youtu.be/7DEDVJr7Oso
➡️ youtu.be/7DEDVJr7Oso
🇫🇮🇸🇪 Big win for the north!
The Finnish Government has asked Parliament to amend the 2026 budget with €1.9M to launch cross-border passenger trains Tornio–Haparanda (2 daily round trips Oulu ↔ Haparanda) from late spring 2026!
Source: valtioneuvosto.fi/sv/-/regerin...
The Finnish Government has asked Parliament to amend the 2026 budget with €1.9M to launch cross-border passenger trains Tornio–Haparanda (2 daily round trips Oulu ↔ Haparanda) from late spring 2026!
Source: valtioneuvosto.fi/sv/-/regerin...
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🇫🇮🇸🇪 Big win for the north!
The Finnish Government has asked Parliament to amend the 2026 budget with €1.9M to launch cross-border passenger trains Tornio–Haparanda (2 daily round trips Oulu ↔ Haparanda) from late spring 2026!
Source: valtioneuvosto.fi/sv/-/regerin...
The Finnish Government has asked Parliament to amend the 2026 budget with €1.9M to launch cross-border passenger trains Tornio–Haparanda (2 daily round trips Oulu ↔ Haparanda) from late spring 2026!
Source: valtioneuvosto.fi/sv/-/regerin...
Exciting News:
Snälltåget is launching a daily daytime train between Hamburg and Stockholm from May 4, 2026.
Travel time: around 11.5 hours
Departure from Hamburg: 09:30
Arrival in Hamburg: 21:57
Timetable: snalltaget.se/en/day-train-h…
Snälltåget is launching a daily daytime train between Hamburg and Stockholm from May 4, 2026.
Travel time: around 11.5 hours
Departure from Hamburg: 09:30
Arrival in Hamburg: 21:57
Timetable: snalltaget.se/en/day-train-h…
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Exciting News:
Snälltåget is launching a daily daytime train between Hamburg and Stockholm from May 4, 2026.
Travel time: around 11.5 hours
Departure from Hamburg: 09:30
Arrival in Hamburg: 21:57
Timetable: snalltaget.se/en/day-train-h…
Snälltåget is launching a daily daytime train between Hamburg and Stockholm from May 4, 2026.
Travel time: around 11.5 hours
Departure from Hamburg: 09:30
Arrival in Hamburg: 21:57
Timetable: snalltaget.se/en/day-train-h…
BTE AutoReiseZug, the official operator, is adding up to two 1999-built 70-90 MUn sleeping cars — displaying reservation numbers 196 & 197 — to SBB EuroNight train EN 473 from April 2026.
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
BTE AutoReiseZug, the official operator, is adding up to two 1999-built 70-90 MUn sleeping cars — displaying reservation numbers 196 & 197 — to SBB EuroNight train EN 473 from April 2026.
Say hello the Mini Cabin product of China Railways !
CRH2E high-speed night train D901 Beijing-Shenzhen.
Full video: youtu.be/nMVBhcRlyhc
CRH2E high-speed night train D901 Beijing-Shenzhen.
Full video: youtu.be/nMVBhcRlyhc
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Say hello the Mini Cabin product of China Railways !
CRH2E high-speed night train D901 Beijing-Shenzhen.
Full video: youtu.be/nMVBhcRlyhc
CRH2E high-speed night train D901 Beijing-Shenzhen.
Full video: youtu.be/nMVBhcRlyhc
New Video:
Ride China’s ultra-rare high-speed night train! Only 3 CRH2E Capsule Hotel units exist.
Join me on an epic journey from Beijing to Shenzhen.
youtu.be/nMVBhcRlyhc
Ride China’s ultra-rare high-speed night train! Only 3 CRH2E Capsule Hotel units exist.
Join me on an epic journey from Beijing to Shenzhen.
youtu.be/nMVBhcRlyhc
Capsule Hotel on Rails: Sleeping at 250 km/h from Beijing to Shenzhen
YouTube video by doc7austin’s DreamlinerCentral
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
New Video:
Ride China’s ultra-rare high-speed night train! Only 3 CRH2E Capsule Hotel units exist.
Join me on an epic journey from Beijing to Shenzhen.
youtu.be/nMVBhcRlyhc
Ride China’s ultra-rare high-speed night train! Only 3 CRH2E Capsule Hotel units exist.
Join me on an epic journey from Beijing to Shenzhen.
youtu.be/nMVBhcRlyhc
Swiss Parliament’s Ständeratskommission votes to cut CHF 10M subsidy for SBB EuroNight Basel-Malmö train. As tickets have been already sold, this threatens major financial trouble for train operator 3510: BTE BahnTouristikExpress GmbH, Nürnberg.
Source: www.blick.ch/politik/bris...
Source: www.blick.ch/politik/bris...
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Swiss Parliament’s Ständeratskommission votes to cut CHF 10M subsidy for SBB EuroNight Basel-Malmö train. As tickets have been already sold, this threatens major financial trouble for train operator 3510: BTE BahnTouristikExpress GmbH, Nürnberg.
Source: www.blick.ch/politik/bris...
Source: www.blick.ch/politik/bris...
Starting December 2025, PKP Intercity will boost train services to/from Berlin to 12 daily roundtrips.
What’s missing for a 13th roundtrip? A second daily service to Gdynia:
• Dep. Berlin: 06:52 (EC 233 to Gdynia)
• Arr. Berlin: 21:16 (EC 232 from Gdynia)
What’s missing for a 13th roundtrip? A second daily service to Gdynia:
• Dep. Berlin: 06:52 (EC 233 to Gdynia)
• Arr. Berlin: 21:16 (EC 232 from Gdynia)
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Starting December 2025, PKP Intercity will boost train services to/from Berlin to 12 daily roundtrips.
What’s missing for a 13th roundtrip? A second daily service to Gdynia:
• Dep. Berlin: 06:52 (EC 233 to Gdynia)
• Arr. Berlin: 21:16 (EC 232 from Gdynia)
What’s missing for a 13th roundtrip? A second daily service to Gdynia:
• Dep. Berlin: 06:52 (EC 233 to Gdynia)
• Arr. Berlin: 21:16 (EC 232 from Gdynia)
New Video:
Full exit and entry Australian Immigration checks for this domestic Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight from Sydney to Perth.
Link: youtu.be/kyDGIwWfCfI
Full exit and entry Australian Immigration checks for this domestic Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight from Sydney to Perth.
Link: youtu.be/kyDGIwWfCfI
Why Exit Immigration on a Qantas 787 Sydney-to-Perth Domestic Flight ?
YouTube video by doc7austin’s DreamlinerCentral
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
New Video:
Full exit and entry Australian Immigration checks for this domestic Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight from Sydney to Perth.
Link: youtu.be/kyDGIwWfCfI
Full exit and entry Australian Immigration checks for this domestic Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight from Sydney to Perth.
Link: youtu.be/kyDGIwWfCfI
That's worth living for !
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
That's worth living for !
Update on catering aboard the DSB Talgo EuroCity (Copenhagen-Hamburg):
• No dining or bistro car
• Vending machine with hot drinks and snacks (essentially junk food)
• No fresh sandwiches or salads like at 7-Eleven
video review: youtu.be/qj5N6Iuyv9o
• No dining or bistro car
• Vending machine with hot drinks and snacks (essentially junk food)
• No fresh sandwiches or salads like at 7-Eleven
video review: youtu.be/qj5N6Iuyv9o
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Update on catering aboard the DSB Talgo EuroCity (Copenhagen-Hamburg):
• No dining or bistro car
• Vending machine with hot drinks and snacks (essentially junk food)
• No fresh sandwiches or salads like at 7-Eleven
video review: youtu.be/qj5N6Iuyv9o
• No dining or bistro car
• Vending machine with hot drinks and snacks (essentially junk food)
• No fresh sandwiches or salads like at 7-Eleven
video review: youtu.be/qj5N6Iuyv9o
Reposted by doc7austin 🇳🇱
NEW VIDEO! This is Britain's newest high-speed train, the Avanti West Coast 'Evero'. Join me for a trip from Birmingham New Street to London Euston, as I find out if this controversial family of trains has finally been improved...
WATCH: youtu.be/sqj_cjOcNjQ
WATCH: youtu.be/sqj_cjOcNjQ
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NEW VIDEO! This is Britain's newest high-speed train, the Avanti West Coast 'Evero'. Join me for a trip from Birmingham New Street to London Euston, as I find out if this controversial family of trains has finally been improved...
WATCH: youtu.be/sqj_cjOcNjQ
WATCH: youtu.be/sqj_cjOcNjQ
DSB Talgo’s inaugural EuroCity EC 397 Copenhagen-Hamburg journey was disappointing, marred by numerous issues and shortcomings from both Talgo and Trafikstyrelsen.
youtu.be/qj5N6Iuyv9o
youtu.be/qj5N6Iuyv9o
Inaugural Journey: DSB Talgo EuroCity Train Copenhagen - Hamburg in First Class ends in Failure
YouTube video by doc7austin’s DreamlinerCentral
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
DSB Talgo’s inaugural EuroCity EC 397 Copenhagen-Hamburg journey was disappointing, marred by numerous issues and shortcomings from both Talgo and Trafikstyrelsen.
youtu.be/qj5N6Iuyv9o
youtu.be/qj5N6Iuyv9o
TalgoFail again !
A 15-car long DSB Talgo train (469 seats) from Copenhagen to Hamburg had only ONE working door, needing a ramp, in Padborg, Denmark.
Ridiculous !!!
A 15-car long DSB Talgo train (469 seats) from Copenhagen to Hamburg had only ONE working door, needing a ramp, in Padborg, Denmark.
Ridiculous !!!
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
TalgoFail again !
A 15-car long DSB Talgo train (469 seats) from Copenhagen to Hamburg had only ONE working door, needing a ramp, in Padborg, Denmark.
Ridiculous !!!
A 15-car long DSB Talgo train (469 seats) from Copenhagen to Hamburg had only ONE working door, needing a ramp, in Padborg, Denmark.
Ridiculous !!!
More signs the HUNGARIA EuroCity (Berlin–Budapest) rake, including its dining car, is moving to the AVALA EuroCity (Vienna–Budapest–Belgrade), likely before Hungary’s April '26 elections.
Budapest–Belgrade travel time:
2026: 3h23m
2016: 8h34m
Src: www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak....
Budapest–Belgrade travel time:
2026: 3h23m
2016: 8h34m
Src: www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak....
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
More signs the HUNGARIA EuroCity (Berlin–Budapest) rake, including its dining car, is moving to the AVALA EuroCity (Vienna–Budapest–Belgrade), likely before Hungary’s April '26 elections.
Budapest–Belgrade travel time:
2026: 3h23m
2016: 8h34m
Src: www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak....
Budapest–Belgrade travel time:
2026: 3h23m
2016: 8h34m
Src: www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak....