European train travel is booming—from the luxurious, like the Orient Express, to the very affordable, like Nightjet and Eurostar. Discover the train journeys redefining European travel for 2026.

Also in the works: streamlined digital booking and Eurostar competition. By Paige McClanahan European passenger rail travel continues to expand, with a flurry of new routes opening and competition ...

Milano Centrale railway station in Milan, Italy. For those who love traveling by train in Europe, 2026 should prove to be a banner year. Both national and private rail companies continue to roll out ...

Most of these routes run daily, come at no extravagant cost and have special details that will make your journey comfortable, scenic and memorable. By Palko Karasz See more of our coverage in your ...

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From left: A porter helps a passenger board one of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express' 17 restored carriages from the 1920s and '30s; Belmond has carved out eight new suites on the train, each ...

Last month, France’s national railway operator released a glimpse of the designs for its upcoming fifth-generation high-speed train, the TGV Inoui. (TGV stands for train à grande vitesse, or “train of ...