{"id":189771,"date":"2023-12-13T12:51:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189771"},"modified":"2023-12-13T12:51:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:51:41","slug":"new-european-train-service-linking-top-holiday-hotspots-launching-next-year-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/travel\/new-european-train-service-linking-top-holiday-hotspots-launching-next-year-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"New European train service linking top holiday hotspots launching next year | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A NEW service could link two European countries by train for the first time in 16 years.<\/p>\n

The route will make it easier to travel between the two destinations, with holidaymakers no longer needing to change trains three times, board a flight, or take a bus. <\/p>\n


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From April next<\/span> year, Venice and Ljubljana (the Slovenian capital) could be linked by a new train service. <\/p>\n

While it is not known which train company will operate the cross-border route, the Italian train company Trenitalia tested out the proposed route on Monday (December 11, 2023).<\/p>\n

According to Euronews Travel, the test run departed from Venice Mestre train station and stopped at Portogruaro, Monfalcone, and Bivio Aurisina before arriving at the border. <\/p>\n

From Villa Opicina (a train station on the Italian and Slovenia border), the train then headed through into Slovenia calling at Ljubljana and Sesana. <\/p>\n

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A statement from FS Italiane (Italy's state-owned railway) said: "The time seems to be ripe for the restoration of a cross-border service between the two countries." <\/p>\n

The cross-border train was ditched back in 2008, and while a connection between Trieste and Ljubljana was proposed back in 2021 nothing ever happened. <\/p>\n

Details of the new route, including how long trains will take and ticket prices, have yet to be released. <\/p>\n

If the train service goes ahead as planned, it is slated to launch in April 2024. <\/p>\n

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From Ljubljana, holidaymakers will be able to change onto a train service to Lake Bled. <\/p>\n

Set in northern Slovenia, Lake Bled is one of the country's main tourist attractions. <\/p>\n

This isn't the only new train route set to launch in Europe next year either, with brand-new lines proposed across the continent. <\/p>\n

Another train service, this time operated by\u00a0Dutch-Belgian startup European Sleeper, will connect Barcelona to Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

European Sleeper have already confirmed that the route will stop at\u00a0Rotterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, and Lille in the evening and Avignon, Montpellier, Perpignan, Figueras, and Girona in the morning.<\/p>\n

The company said in a statement: "The Amsterdam-Barcelona night train will strongly improve\u00a0Europe\u2019s\u00a0quality of north-south rail connections.<\/p>\n

"Even more so because one travels efficiently while asleep on the\u00a0night train, and distances are reduced to just a night away."<\/p>\n

European Sleeper will aim to launch the new\u00a0Amsterdam\u00a0to Barcelona<\/span> in the spring<\/span> of 2025.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, another sleeper train operated by Nightjet will run between Barcelona to Zurich in Switzerland<\/span>. <\/p>\n

The new route will reach a top speed of up to 230 km\/h (142mph).<\/p>\n

There are, as of yet, no concrete details about how long it will take to make the full journey, other than the fact it will run overnight.<\/p>\n

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