Rail

Train companies across Great Britain are offering fee-free refunds for rail tickets purchased in China, following the outbreak of Coronavirus which will prevent tourists from visiting the country.

In 2020, Tokyo rail network will be joined by new train stations on and underground. Takanawa Gateway Station and Toranomon Hills Station will be added to the JR Yamanote/Keihin-Tohoku Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Lines respectively.

Trainline, the leading independent train and coach travel platform, announced a new money-saving feature on thousands of journeys nationwide.

Since international high-speed Allegro services between St. Petersburg and Helsinki were launched on 12 December 2010, Allegro trains have carried more than 3.8 million passengers.

Qatar Airways announced a codeshare partnership with Deutsche Bahn (German railways), offering Qatar Airways travelers seamless connection to and from eight key destinations in Germany.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is holding a major event for the railway industry at the end of this month.

In 2019, Japan enjoyed its highest foreign visitor numbers on record, rounding off a ten year period of growth in the nation's tourism sector, with more international travelers using Japanese railways than any other year throughout the decade.

Avanti West Coast has been unveiled as the name of the operator replacing Virgin Trains in the United Kingdom.

Russian Railways announced that the way international trains run between Moscow-Warsaw-Prague is changing. From mid-December 2019, passengers will be able to travel to Europe in direct carriages without having to change trains whose route will connect the Russian capital with Belarus, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

Russian Railways has expanded the list of payment systems that can be used to pay for services and purchases onboard the high-speed Sapsan trains.

According to the latest figures, almost 106.1 million passengers were transported on the infrastructure owned by Russian Railways in October 2019, 0.4% more than in the same month last year.

Lufthansa, together with its partner Deutsche Bahn (DB), is significantly expanding its Express Rail routes from Cologne, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Aachen and Ulm.

Russian Railways and Serbia sign agreement on joint implementation of the project to modernize Belgrade – Vrbnica – border railway line with Montenegro (Bar).

In anticipation of the busiest travel week of the year, Amtrak is preparing to accommodate the surge of holiday travelers with extra trains and capacity on several routes. Tickets sell out quickly, so customers are encouraged to plan ahead and book tickets early.