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Linz railway station voted best in Austria
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Maiden voyage of new Geneva-Milan train
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Turkey: TCDD's high-speed train services to double
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Stazione Centrale di Milano
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Unlimited rides on Turkish railways for the summer
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Trains in Spain race across the plain
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Spain unveils new rail hub
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All aboard the slow train from London to Athens
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New High-Speed Rail Service in Italy
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Spain: New trains arrive on Málaga's local lines
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All aboard the Tenerife South train
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''Futuristic'' trains to speed up travel in Italy
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Italy's elite powers full steam ahead on a fantastic journey
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Italian trains fast-forward into the future
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Classic train trip across north Spain
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Talking Turkey: A visit to Istanbul is an exotic departure from the everyday
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Italian trains to rival TGVs in France
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Spain's Bullet Train Bringing People Together
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Transcantabrico: Cruising Spain by train
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Spain's Bullet Train Changes Nation -- and Fast
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48 Hours In: Turin
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Bernina Express - a train ride from Swiss glaciers to Italian palms
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Passengers say Turkey's first high-speed train a success
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A lesson from the trains in Spain
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Ride the trains through Portugal and Spain this summer
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Passengers opting for high-speed train over plane
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A mini train adventure from London to Greece
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Italy: Milan metro adds new 'business class' trains
adnkronos.com, 19 March 2009
Turkey's oldest train line operating again
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Turkish high-speed rail service opens
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Turkey's first high-speed train line begins operation
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Confessions of a Tourist: Love on the fast train to Roma
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Turkey: High-speed train to make 8 trips daily between Ankara, Eskisehir
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Europe by Train: Part II (Italy)
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Europe: Five cities, nine days and on track
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Portugal to press on with Madrid-Lisbon high-speed train link
guardian.co.uk, 06 February 2009
Italy: Spring holidays by rail to Lake Garda
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Trenitalia's new high speed services available on Italia Rail
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The Train in Spain Replaces the Plane
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Trains in Spain: To Tarifa From Madrid
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Spain's high-speed trains win over fed-up flyers
guardian.co.uk, 13 January 2009
High-Speed Trains Cut Travel Time in Italy
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Macedonia to modernize railway network
macedoniaonline.eu, 31 December 2008
Italy: New 300kph train will compete with Alitalia
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Málaga celebrates a year of the AVE high speed train
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Italian Hi-Speed Rail Expansion
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Railway line in Croatia restored
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Italy launches high-speed Rome-Milan train
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High-speed train to cut Rome-Milan travel time
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High-Speed Network to be Built Within Turkey and to Bulgaria
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Is Venice affordable by train?
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All aboard the Balkans Express
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Sojourn in Slovenia
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Turkey to invest $15 bln for railroad transportation
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Ditch The Plane And Take The Train To Spain
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Spanish Trains to Be Imported for Use in Costa Rica
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Train travel options in Spain
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Line to connect Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey
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Construction on Turkish Section of Railway Begins
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Mountain railways in Italy, Switzerland, get world nod
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London to Florence with children
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Spain at speed
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Barcelona to Madrid - bullet train by the numbers
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To Rome by rail
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Capital escapes within an hour of Madrid
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High-speed to the Spanish coast
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The Train in Spain Keeps Moving Faster
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Portugal: The rail way to see the Continent
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A smiling Capotreno flags off the imminent departure of an Italian Trenitalia.
Italian intercity trains include Trenitalia, Cisalpino, Artesia and Eurostar Italia
 
Trenitalia operates most Italian passenger service. Rail Europe handles online booking.
 
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Italy vacation? Spain Portugal vacation? Greece vacation? Travel the Mediterranean the European way! Let Europe's trains guide you to famous tourism attractions and tourism sites in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece.
Turkey train travel and Balkan train travel are also featured.
This train travel tourism guide features links for Italy train travel, Spain Portugal train travel, Greece train travel and other travel destinations. Online train travel information features travel links for Italy train tickets and timetables, Spain Portugal train tickets and timetables, Greece train tickets and timetables.
Albania 
Hekurudha e Shqiperise
Albanian Railway
Tirana-based national carrier
Daily trips link Tirana with Shkodra, Fier, Ballsh, Vlora and Pogradec. International service is currently unavailable.

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Andorra 
Andorran railway services
Connections with SNCF
Andorra has no railways. Bus shuttles link Andorra la Vella with rail stations in L'Hospitalet prčs l'Andorre and Latour-de-Carol in France.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina 
ZBH -- Zeljeznice Bosne i Hercegovine
Sarajevo
Service linking Sarajevo with Mostar continues to the Croatian port city of Ploce.

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Croatia 
HZ -- Hrvatske Zeljeznice Croation Railways
Zagreb
HZ's efficient rail network relies on putnicki locals and faster, pricier IC Intercity trains to connect Croatian villages and towns including capital city Zagreb and Adriatic Coastal towns from Split to Rijeka. Cross-border train services link to Ljubljana, Vienna, Budapest, Sarajevo and points in Italy and Germany.
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Greece 
OSE -- Organismós Sidherodhrómon Elládhos -- Hellenic Railways Organization
Athens-based national carrier
Two national lines include the southern narrow-gauge line that links PŁtra with the Peloponnese Peninsula and a modern IC InterCity line that stretches north from Thessaloniki, Greece's second city, International services run to Macedonia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.
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Italy 
FS Trenitalia -- Ferrovie dello Stato -- State Railway
Rome-based national carrier
Some 10,000-mi/16,000-km of passenger rail lines criss-cross Italy's bustling north and extend to the tip of the peninsula and beyond. High-speed services include the ES Eurostar Italia intercity network plus international Artesia TGV service to Lyon and Paris and CIS Cisalpino trains across the Swiss Alps and onto Stuttgart, Germany.
Trenitalia maintains a speedy domestic network of modern IC InterCity express trains and supports a number of EC EuroCity and EuroNght cross-border services to destinations like Paris, Nice, Vienna, Hamburg and Barcelona.
DIR Diretto, IR Interregionale and REG Regionale trains providing semi-express and local services trundle along less traveled routes and pursue less frequented destinations. Sardinia and Sicily are each served by local passenger services. Both are accessible by ferry from Genoa, Napoli and other ports; a rail barge out of Villa San Giovanni facilitates seamless train travel to Sicily.
Selected destinations: Milano, Padova, Venezia, Bologna, Fierenze (Florence), Roma and Napoli.Service notes: wheelchair access (selected trains/major stations), bicycle transport (all domestic and most international trains), reservations required for Eurostar Italia, Artesia and Cisalpino.
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Ferrovie Nord Milano
Milan-based Regional Service
Supplementing FS trains in Italy's affluent north, the railway operates Malpensa Express airport link and affiliated bus and air connections.
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Valdelsa & Treni
Val d'Elsa
This pair of Tuscan railways serve the Elsa River Valley: Empoli to Siena... and Poggibonsi to Colle val d'Elsa.
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Macedonia 
Makedonski Zheleznici
Macedonia Railways
Skopje
MZ passenger trains operate from Skopje to Kumanovo, Tetovo, Shtip, Veles, Gevgelija, Prilep and Bitola. An international mainline bisects the country linking Serbia's capital, Belgrade with the Grecian port of Salonika.
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Montenegro 
Zeljeznica Crne Gore -- Railways of Montenegro
Sarajevo
Service connects the Adriatic port of Bar with the capital city of Podgorica and the Serbian capital of Belgrade -- the system's only international link.
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Portugal 
CP -- Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses
Portugese Railways
Lisbon-based national service
Speedy Rápidos link capital Lisbon with Coimbra, Porto and Alentejo and the Algarve. Sintro and Cascais on the Costa del Sol are popular Regional destinations. International trains include Porto-Spain; Lisbon-Paris; and Lusitánia Hotel Trains to Madrid.
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Serbia 
Zeleznice Srbije -- Serbian Railways
Belgrade-based national carrier
Domestic services connect Subotica, Novi Sad, Belgrade and Nis. International trains link with Athens, Bar, Bucharest, Budapest, Istanbul, Ljubljana, Munich, Skopje, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Vienna, and Zagreb.
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Slovenia 
Slovenske Zeleznice -- Slovenian Railways
Ljublja-based national carrier
Ljubljana is at the crossroads of two major European corridors. InterCity Slovenia (ICS) trains connect Koper, Pivka and Maribor. International EuroCity service extends to Venice-Trieste, Budapest-Kiev, Salzburg, and Zagreb-Belgrade-Thessalonica.
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Spain 
RENFE -- Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Espanoles -- Spanish National Railway
Madrid-based national carrier
AVE (Alta Velocidad Español) and other high-speed trains race travelers from Madrid to Cordoba, Seville and balmy Costa del Sol... and along the coast between Barcelona and Alicante. Other long-distance destinations include Bilbao, Granada and Valencia. Regionales cover shorter distances; International services to Lisbon, Paris, Zurich and Milan include RENFE's renowned Hotel Trains.
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EuskoTren
Basque Railway
Bilbao-based regional service
Operated by the Basque Autonomous Government since 1982; six lines serve Bilbao and other regional destinations.
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Barcelona-based regional service
This independent mainline carrier supplements Barecelona's RENFE service with trains to Sant Cugat del Valles, Terrassa and Sabadell. The company also runs four funicular railway lines and a "rack" railroad.
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Turkey 
TCDD -- Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryollari -- Turkish State Railway
Ankara
Trains connect Ankara, Istanbul, Yzmir and intermediate points. International routes stretch into Bulgaria, Greece, Syria and Iran.
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Vatican City 
Vatican services
See FS Trenitalia Italian State Railway above
FS Trenitalia trains connect Saint Peter's station with the European network.
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