Thanks to new night trains crisscrossing Europe, new high speed train routes and inventive city pairings, rail journeys remain the best way to explore Europe.

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heading across Poland by train? Keep the noise down, say locals. Travellers generally value quiet onboard. PKP Intercity/dpa-tmn ...

Japan is currently developing the world’s fastest train, the L0 Series, which is a Japanese maglev train being produced and tested by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). This train is ...

Forget crowded airports and tiny airplane seats. A big shift is happening across Europe. Once, budget airlines seemed to make train travel an old choice. Now, trains are making a huge comeback. Many ...

Train journeys have long been the eco-friendly alternative to carbon-spewing plane flights. But far from being the boring cousin of the travel world, trains are enjoyable in their own right - ...

Berlin-based startup Nox Mobility emerged this month with ambitious plans for a night train service connecting more than a dozen European cities. The network will feature sleek, private cabins — all ...

Winter travel can feel like a gamble, but Europe’s railways continue to gain traction as a safer bet. The European rail tourism industry was valued at $338.5 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow ...

As someone who has spent over a decade exploring Europe by car, van, and sometimes even by motorbike, I’ve come to believe that the best way to understand a place is by driving through it. Road trips ...