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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a08764-f2d8-734b-bd7d-ad22e4534739", "title": "Want a Köln-London direct train? Here’s how to do it – Ein Direktzug von Köln nach London? So funktioniert’s", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/want-a-koln-london-direct-train-heres-how-to-do-it-ein-direktzug-von-koln-nach-london-so-funktionierts/", "published_at": "2026-06-03T08:19:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08764-f2d8-734b-bd7d-ad22e48a9dd1", "title": "Ebbsfleet or Ashford? 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The importance of the difference between a 200m and a 202m train is scarcely plausible", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/all-about-2-metres-the-importance-of-the-difference-between-a-200m-and-a-202m-train-is-scarcely-plausible/", "published_at": "2025-10-30T13:28:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-d4f8-73f8-acaf-774b7168481f", "title": "ORR grants Virgin Trains access to Temple Mills: the low risk option", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/orr-grants-virgin-trains-access-to-temple-mills-the-low-risk-option/", "published_at": "2025-10-30T07:42:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-d4f8-73f8-acaf-774b71c96ab8", "title": "Working out what Eurostar is going to do – based on the numbers, not what the company says", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/working-out-what-eurostar-is-going-to-do-based-on-the-numbers-not-what-the-company-says/", "published_at": "2025-10-23T09:43:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-d4f8-73f8-acaf-774b71ef46b5", "title": "Eurostar ordering just 30 Alstom trains: pragmatism, and a lack of ambition", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/eurostar-ordering-just-30-alstom-trains-pragmatism-and-a-lack-of-ambition/", "published_at": "2025-10-22T06:13:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-d4f8-73f8-acaf-774b72d08466", "title": "What train other than Alstom Avelia Horizon could Eurostar even consider?", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/what-train-other-than-alstom-avelia-horizon-could-eurostar-even-consider/", "published_at": "2025-10-16T21:04:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-d4f8-73f8-acaf-774b72fa35bb", "title": "Constraints on future Channel Tunnel operators", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/constraints-on-future-channel-tunnel-operators/", "published_at": "2025-10-05T09:01:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-d4f8-73f8-acaf-774b73bf6b58", "title": "Green Signals podcast about rivals to Eurostar, and some further thoughts about the challengers", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/green-signals-podcast-about-rivals-to-eurostar-and-some-further-thoughts-about-the-challengers/", "published_at": "2025-08-29T11:43:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-d4f8-73f8-acaf-774b746ca123", "title": "Deciphering the “Virgin Trains to order 12 Alstom trains for Channel Tunnel” stories", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/deciphering-the-virgin-trains-to-order-12-alstom-trains-for-channel-tunnel-stories/", "published_at": "2025-08-14T09:08:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-d4f8-73f8-acaf-774b750fe040", "title": "The €2bn question: why has Eurostar still not ordered any new trains?", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/the-e2bn-question-why-has-eurostar-still-not-ordered-any-new-trains/", "published_at": "2025-06-05T15:43:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-af37-704d-a280-ac70d7d460a6", "title": "Preliminary conclusions from my #CrossChannelRail project", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/preliminary-conclusions-from-my-crosschannelrail-project/", "published_at": "2025-05-29T16:25:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-af37-704d-a280-ac70d8acff86", "title": "Podcasts and webinars galore about the future of the Channel Tunnel (thanks to #CrossChannelRail)", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/podcasts-and-webinars-galore-about-the-future-of-the-channel-tunnel-thanks-to-crosschannelrail/", "published_at": "2025-05-13T10:34:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-af37-704d-a280-ac70d9020d21", "title": "Trenitalia to run London-Paris in 2029 – the most serious rival to Eurostar yet", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/trenitalia-to-run-london-paris-in-2029-the-most-serious-rival-to-eurostar-yet/", "published_at": "2025-04-08T12:28:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-af37-704d-a280-ac70d9934742", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 19 – 4 April – Paris – Charles de Gaulle – Marne la Vallée-Chessy – Lyon – Ravières", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-04-apr-2025/", "published_at": "2025-04-04T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-af37-704d-a280-ac70da2bd435", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 18 – 3 April – Boulogne – Paris", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-03-apr-2025/", "published_at": "2025-04-03T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-af37-704d-a280-ac70da2c0146", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 17 – 2 April – Ashford – Channel Tunnel – Calais – Boulogne", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-02-apr-2025/", "published_at": "2025-04-02T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-af37-704d-a280-ac70dad8ab16", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 16 – 1 April – London – Temple Mills – Stratford – Ebbsfleet – Ashford", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-01-apr-2025/", "published_at": "2025-04-01T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-af37-704d-a280-ac70db39f957", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 15 – 31 March – London", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-31-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-31T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-a0da-737f-aa22-c686dd3b7cb0", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 14 – 30 March – Bruxelles – London", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-30-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-30T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-a0da-737f-aa22-c686ddc8cf2d", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 12 – 28 March – Den Haag – Amsterdam – Bruxelles", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-28-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-28T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-a0da-737f-aa22-c686de6e0a40", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 11 – 27 March – Mönchengladbach – Köln – Liège – Den Haag", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-27-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-27T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-a0da-737f-aa22-c686df64bbf9", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 10 – 26 March – Kehl – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Flughafen – Köln – Düsseldorf – Mönchengladbach", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-26-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-26T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-a0da-737f-aa22-c686e03090c7", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 9 – 25 March – München – Stuttgart – Karlsruhe – Strasbourg – Kehl", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-25-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-25T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-a0da-737f-aa22-c686e0dae078", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 8 – 24 March – Delémont – Bern – Zürich – München", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-24-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-24T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-a0da-737f-aa22-c686e1988844", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 7 – 23 March – Delémont – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich – Delémont", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-23-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-23T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-a0da-737f-aa22-c686e23476f5", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 6 – 22 March – Lyon – Genève – Neuchâtel – Glovelier – Delémont", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-22-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-22T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-4408-70c3-abd7-1f12f0693559", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 5 – 21 March – Marseille – Valence – Lyon", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-21-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-21T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-4408-70c3-abd7-1f12f1227c8c", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 4 – 20 March – Barcelona – Montpellier – Nîmes – Avignon – Marseille", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-20-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-20T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-4408-70c3-abd7-1f12f1cf871c", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 3 – 19 March – Madrid – Barcelona", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-19-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-19T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-4408-70c3-abd7-1f12f1fc586c", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 2 – 18 March – Bordeaux – Hendaye – Irun – Madrid", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-18-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-18T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-4408-70c3-abd7-1f12f255933f", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 1 – 17 March – Tours – Futuroscope – Poitiers – Angoulême – Bordeaux", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-17-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-17T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-4408-70c3-abd7-1f12f308ab24", "title": "Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 0 – 16 March – Montbard – Paris – Massy TGV – Tours", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/live-blog-16-mar-2025/", "published_at": "2025-03-16T01:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-4408-70c3-abd7-1f12f328e6be", "title": "New Channel Tunnel entrant? You need a plan for what happens if you fail, so you can actually succeed", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/new-channel-tunnel-entrant-you-need-a-plan-for-what-happens-if-you-fail-so-you-can-actually-succeed/", "published_at": "2025-03-14T15:53:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-4408-70c3-abd7-1f12f38d036b", "title": "How to follow #CrossChannelRail online", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/how-to-follow-crosschannelrail-online/", "published_at": "2025-03-12T17:18:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-dec5-7376-ad06-827701f7fe13", "title": "The accessibility problems with Alstom’s new TGV-M train – with implications for future Channel Tunnel operators", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/the-accessibility-problems-with-alstoms-new-tgv-m-train-with-implications-for-future-channel-tunnel-operators/", "published_at": "2025-03-11T15:47:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-dec5-7376-ad06-827702d02d82", "title": "Nothing beyond London? Why #CrossChannelRail is not going to Birmingham, Nottingham or Newcastle", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/nothing-beyond-london-why-crosschannelrail-is-not-going-to-birmingham-nottingham-or-newcastle/", "published_at": "2025-03-08T10:46:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-dec5-7376-ad06-827702d61b3a", "title": "#CrossChannelRail is GO! The future of long distance services through the Channel Tunnel", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/crosschannelrail-is-go-the-future-of-long-distance-services-through-the-channel-tunnel/", "published_at": "2025-03-07T17:54:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-dec5-7376-ad06-827702e49a39", "title": "Want to rival Eurostar on Channel Tunnel routes? How do you differentiate yourself?", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/want-to-rival-eurostar-on-channel-tunnel-routes-how-do-you-differentiate-yourself/", "published_at": "2025-02-19T14:12:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-dec5-7376-ad06-827703568bee", "title": "A story of two tunnels: Kriva Palanka to Gyushevo, and the Channel Tunnel", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/a-story-of-two-tunnels-kriva-palanka-to-gyushevo-and-the-channel-tunnel/", "published_at": "2025-01-21T13:43:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-dec5-7376-ad06-8277036ecf45", "title": "#CrossBorderRail looks at the Channel Tunnel – #CrossChannelRail will be the first project for 2025", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/crossborderrail-looks-at-the-channel-tunnel-crosschannelrail-will-be-the-first-project-for-2025/", "published_at": "2024-12-05T22:13:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-dec5-7376-ad06-82770422448d", "title": "The future of long distance train services through the Channel Tunnel", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/the-future-of-long-distance-train-services-through-the-channel-tunnel/", "published_at": "2024-01-17T14:33:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-dec5-7376-ad06-827704b3a242", "title": "If there’s to be a rival to Eurostar through the Channel Tunnel, it’s not going to be Mobico (or Evolyn) with new trains in 2025", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/if-theres-to-be-a-rival-to-eurostar-through-the-channel-tunnel-its-not-going-to-be-mobico-with-new-trains-in-2025/", "published_at": "2023-07-31T13:36:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-84cd-7010-9c11-c35f9fda7cc9", "title": "Will there be a direct train from [insert city] to London through the Channel Tunnel? Probably not", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/will-there-be-a-direct-train-from-insert-city-to-london-through-the-channel-tunnel-probably-not/", "published_at": "2023-03-13T09:42:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-84cd-7010-9c11-c35f9ff96e29", "title": "The future of channel tunnel long distance passenger railway services", "url": "https://crosschannelrail.eu/the-future-of-channel-tunnel-long-distance-passenger-railway-services/", "published_at": "2013-06-15T11:11:46+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Want a Köln-London direct train? Here’s how to do it – Ein Direktzug von Köln nach London? So funktioniert’soriginal ↗
3 Jun 2026
Ebbsfleet or Ashford? It has to be one or the other, not both, and it needs to be Ashfordoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2026

2025

If you were to build a depot for Channel Tunnel passenger trains, where would you build it?original ↗
18 Dec 2025
A creative solution to serve Köln Hbf en route from Frankfurt (Main) to Londonoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2025
The Avelia Horizon trains Eurostar has ordered from Alstom are not compliant with Channel Tunnel evacuation rules – what can be done about it?original ↗
22 Nov 2025
#CrossChannelRail final report released, and the next stepsoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2025
Not being allocated depot space at Temple Mills: blessing in disguise?original ↗
4 Nov 2025
All about 2 metres? The importance of the difference between a 200m and a 202m train is scarcely plausibleoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2025
ORR grants Virgin Trains access to Temple Mills: the low risk optionoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2025
Working out what Eurostar is going to do – based on the numbers, not what the company saysoriginal ↗
23 Oct 2025
Eurostar ordering just 30 Alstom trains: pragmatism, and a lack of ambitionoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2025
What train other than Alstom Avelia Horizon could Eurostar even consider?original ↗
16 Oct 2025
Constraints on future Channel Tunnel operatorsoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2025
Green Signals podcast about rivals to Eurostar, and some further thoughts about the challengersoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2025
Deciphering the “Virgin Trains to order 12 Alstom trains for Channel Tunnel” storiesoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2025
The €2bn question: why has Eurostar still not ordered any new trains?original ↗
5 Jun 2025
Preliminary conclusions from my #CrossChannelRail projectoriginal ↗
29 May 2025
Podcasts and webinars galore about the future of the Channel Tunnel (thanks to #CrossChannelRail)original ↗
13 May 2025
Trenitalia to run London-Paris in 2029 – the most serious rival to Eurostar yetoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 19 – 4 April – Paris – Charles de Gaulle – Marne la Vallée-Chessy – Lyon – Ravièresoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 18 – 3 April – Boulogne – Parisoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 17 – 2 April – Ashford – Channel Tunnel – Calais – Boulogneoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 16 – 1 April – London – Temple Mills – Stratford – Ebbsfleet – Ashfordoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 15 – 31 March – Londonoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 14 – 30 March – Bruxelles – Londonoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 12 – 28 March – Den Haag – Amsterdam – Bruxellesoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 11 – 27 March – Mönchengladbach – Köln – Liège – Den Haagoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 10 – 26 March – Kehl – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Flughafen – Köln – Düsseldorf – Mönchengladbachoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 9 – 25 March – München – Stuttgart – Karlsruhe – Strasbourg – Kehloriginal ↗
25 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 8 – 24 March – Delémont – Bern – Zürich – Münchenoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 7 – 23 March – Delémont – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich – Delémontoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 6 – 22 March – Lyon – Genève – Neuchâtel – Glovelier – Delémontoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 5 – 21 March – Marseille – Valence – Lyonoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 4 – 20 March – Barcelona – Montpellier – Nîmes – Avignon – Marseilleoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 3 – 19 March – Madrid – Barcelonaoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 2 – 18 March – Bordeaux – Hendaye – Irun – Madridoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 1 – 17 March – Tours – Futuroscope – Poitiers – Angoulême – Bordeauxoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2025
Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 0 – 16 March – Montbard – Paris – Massy TGV – Toursoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2025
New Channel Tunnel entrant? You need a plan for what happens if you fail, so you can actually succeedoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2025
How to follow #CrossChannelRail onlineoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2025
The accessibility problems with Alstom’s new TGV-M train – with implications for future Channel Tunnel operatorsoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2025
Nothing beyond London? Why #CrossChannelRail is not going to Birmingham, Nottingham or Newcastleoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2025
#CrossChannelRail is GO! The future of long distance services through the Channel Tunneloriginal ↗
7 Mar 2025
Want to rival Eurostar on Channel Tunnel routes? How do you differentiate yourself?original ↗
19 Feb 2025
A story of two tunnels: Kriva Palanka to Gyushevo, and the Channel Tunneloriginal ↗
21 Jan 2025

2024

#CrossBorderRail looks at the Channel Tunnel – #CrossChannelRail will be the first project for 2025original ↗
5 Dec 2024
The future of long distance train services through the Channel Tunneloriginal ↗
17 Jan 2024

2023

If there’s to be a rival to Eurostar through the Channel Tunnel, it’s not going to be Mobico (or Evolyn) with new trains in 2025original ↗
31 Jul 2023
Will there be a direct train from [insert city] to London through the Channel Tunnel? Probably notoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2023

2013

The future of channel tunnel long distance passenger railway servicesoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2013