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Maybe you don’t like flying, or are concerned about air travel’s contribution to global warming. Or perhaps you just prefer real travel by train or ship, where the journey is part of the adventure… Either way, The Man in Seat Sixty-One will tell you

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Deutsche Bahn website and timetable. Details when booking trains include a map, mobility check and details of the environmental impact of the journey.

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Up-do-date information about strikes and interruptions during rail traffic disturbancesfor Swiss rail users

http://mobile.sbb.ch to access SBB’s time table via mobile phone.

Railways are an environmentally friendly and efficient form of transport. Railway traffic accounts to less than two percent of all traffic emissions in Finland. Traffic emissions can be reduced by e.g. adding public transport services and bicycle and pede