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A Luxembourg–Nancy TER at the platform at Thionville station.

Economy · Nov 11, 2026Cross-border workers: tax transfers or funded projects, two distinct choicesGilles Roth favours concrete projects, while Franz Fayot wants to discuss the instrument. The Franco-Luxembourg debate is about sharing revenue, but also about deciding how to spend it.

The pale yellow building of Oetrange station, behind the tracks and overhead power lines.

Economy · Nov 11, 2026Trains in Luxembourg: more passengers, but fewer kilometres in 2025CFL reports a record number of passengers carried in 2025, while passenger-kilometres fell by 1.45%. The difference between these indicators sheds light on the performance of Luxembourg’s railways.

A railway modelling layout depicting a station and its tracks, illustrative photograph.

Culture · Nov 8, 2026In Walferdange, Expo Trains takes visitors between real places and imaginary settingsNineteen exhibitors and railway landscapes from several countries: Expo Trains continues this Sunday, 8 November, at the Centre Prince Henri in Walferdange.

Plaques of lysis visible in a Petri dish used to count bacteriophages.

Health · Nov 7, 2026AI-designed phages administered to a patient: clinical outcome remains unknownRadical Numerics says that phages designed with its AI were administered to a patient. The company has not disclosed the patient’s clinical progress: laboratory results do not demonstrate efficacy in humans.

A white-and-blue AVE train beneath overhead wires, with a castle on a hill in the background.

Europe · Oct 31, 2026High-speed rail in Spain: what the record number of lines doesn’t tell usThe EU’s largest dedicated network, increased competition and cheaper tickets: Spain’s results are real. The disruption in 2026 also shows its limits.

The CRRC maglev designed for 600 km/h, presented in Qingdao in July 2021

Innovation · Oct 28, 2026Maglev: what separates a test record from a passenger trainAt Donghu, a test platform propelled a small vehicle to 800 km/h. The CRRC maglev designed for 600 km/h is on a different scale: that of a trainset and its systems.

Traffic on the Paris ring road at Porte d’Ivry, on 17 November 2019. Illustrative photograph.

France · Oct 27, 2026Pont Masséna in Paris: maintenance continues as stay-cable replacement is preparedMaintenance work is scheduled to continue until the end of November 2026. Replacing the cables is a separate project, with studies that must take account of the trains running beneath the ring road.

Close-up photograph of sharpened coloured pencils on a page, illustrating the school context, with no depiction of a Danish school.

Education · Oct 27, 2026Denmark: bill sets out rules for teachers’ physical interventionIntroduced on 8 October 2026, Bill L 45 would widen the scope for physical intervention in response to serious disruption. The debate remains open, between protection and the risk of escalation.

A TGV train at the platform at Luxembourg station in July 2011.

Travel · Oct 27, 2026Luxembourg–Marseille by train: the direct service avoids changes, not stopsA direct service links Luxembourg to Marseille in the timetable for 27 October. Other journeys are faster, but require changes: journey time alone is not enough to choose.

CFL train at the platform at Kleinbettingen station, photographed in 2023.

Society · Oct 26, 2026CFL works over the All Saints’ Day holiday: journeys to adapt from 31 October to 8 NovemberThe north, Athus, Longwy and Arlon: several sections will be closed during the school holidays. Here are the replacement buses and the services that will continue to run.

TGV V150 trainset on the LGV Est during the 2007 record run.

Innovation · Oct 26, 2026603 or 574.8 km/h: why train records should be compared with careJapan’s SCMAGLEV and the TGV V150 crossed two thresholds in trials. One uses magnetic levitation, the other wheels: their performance does not describe a commercial journey.

Entrance to Blackpool’s Ghost Train, with skeleton scenery and a sign.

Culture · Oct 26, 2026Ghost trains: archives show they existed well before the 1950sBlackpool’s Ghost Train dates back to 1930, and drawings held in Sheffield document these attractions during the same decade. Their history calls for a distinction between an opening date and a single invention.