Just before 7pm, a train with unusual livery glides onto platform 11: the Nightjet sleeper train to Vienna. But times are changing, and European rail is undergoing a renaissance. Meanwhile EU efforts to liberalise the European rail market have so far yielded mixed results. Brooks is heartened by the growing interest in rail travel, but frustrated by the gap between EU competitiveness rules and the reality. Austrian state rail company ÖBB is enjoying a PR bounce through its embrace of rail services.

Source: The Irish Times February 01, 2020 09:56 UTC