Post #2090226

2026-04-12 10:15 UTC

@madeindex - The arrival of additional operators is also leading to a gradual blurring of ‘train categories’ with these being increasingly adapted to national requirements (e.g. EuroCityExpress in Germany). - Regional services are increasingly being upgraded to long-distance services (e.g. Interregio in Austria), whilst ‘genuine’ long-distance services are tending to concentrate on the main routes. National long-distance services to less populated regions are rather on the decline. (5/6)

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@larstransportworld@mastodon.social 2026-04-12 10:15

@madeindex - Night trains are very dynamic. For the Germany night diagram, I have to make significant adjustments to the timetable every year. And there are certainly other factors that don’t spring to mind right now. (6/6)

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@madeindex@mastodon.social 2026-04-13 10:26

@larstransportworld Thank you for all the insight & detailed reply, also thank you for putting so much effort into your cards, they are beautiful :) If you had to say, in which countries in Europe (of the ones you are watching closely) is the network/coverage improving and in which getting worse?

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@madeindex@mastodon.social 2026-04-13 10:29

@larstransportworld Is that only the case for national long-distance? I heard that in some regions in Europe the smaller lines are being completely closed, due to urbanization, cost cutting etc.? Also that in France the network connections between the big cities towards Paris are great, but the coverage in the rest of the country isn't very good?

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