Rail travel in Europe

Trains are a convenient mode of short, medium and long distance travel across Europe. Western and central Europe has a dense and widely used railway network spanning the entire continent. For short distances, European trains are fast, reliable and frequent.

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Rail travel in Europe is based on Rail travel in Europe by Oto Válek, Robert-Antonio, Jonas Ryberg, Mikhail, Esther Brown, Felix Akkermans, Globe-trotter, iGuide and others. Rail travel in Europe is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.
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