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December 21st - Storm Pia is causing chaos
Travel pod here: How is Storm Pia affecting travel in this all-important week? I'm (once again) at London Waterloo.
This podcast is free, as is my wee…
2 years, 4 months ago
December 20th - Navigating the maze of Krakow train station
Krakow is difficult to leave. Partly that is because this extraordinary city in southern Poland is so rich in culture, history and gastronomy. But it…
2 years, 4 months ago
December 18th - Calder's Christmas Chaos
A week before Christmas Day, and the strains in the UK’s transport industry are showing. I’m in a long security queue at Gatwick. With many train can…
2 years, 4 months ago
December 15th - How school closures create Christmas chaos for your holidays
Last year one in 25 children at school in England was taken out of school for a holiday – resulting in a £60 fine for parents. Clearly, some parents …
2 years, 4 months ago
December 14th - Eurotunnel's vow for 2030
Cologne, Frankfurt, and Geneva should appear on the train departure screens from London by 2030, the boss of Eurotunnel has vowed.
Yann Leriche, chief…
2 years, 5 months ago
December 13th - The Berlin to Paris sleeper train reawakens
Nine years to the day after German rail operator Deutsche Bahn scrapped the Paris-Berlin sleeper train, a revived overnight service rolled into Gare …
2 years, 5 months ago
December 12th - A look at Tirana and Albania Since My First Visit In The 1980s
I'm today speaking from a cafe in Tirana, taking stock of what's changed in Albania since my first trip in the 1980s. Albania has almost completely c…
2 years, 5 months ago
December 11th - How to avoid 'Frenetic Friday' this Christmas
With just two weeks to go to Christmas, I'm in Tirana airport giving you an update on how to avoid the dreaded 'Frenetic Friday' great getaway. In th…
2 years, 5 months ago
December 8th - How the UK is getting school travel groups back from the EU
The Brexit ban on tourists from the EU using ID cards has begun to be reversed. Insisting on passports almost obliterated school group travel to the …
2 years, 5 months ago
December 7th - How (un)reliable is the London Underground?
On Wednesday, the day of a rail strike that wiped out almost all South Western Railway trains, London’s Northern Line shut down for an hour. With man…
2 years, 5 months ago