The #CrossBorderRail method, and a post summer break round up

In the Newsletter this weekAnalysis: The #CrossBorderRail methodBullshit Meter: Arriva NL to run international high speed trainsGood week: Leo Express manages to run to Przemyśl (but there's a catch)Also a good week: Italy and Austria able to do what France and Germany cannot - getting Alstom EMUs to work cross borderOdd week: An Alstom EMU for DSB finds its way to Romania, and Alstom's headaches persistBad week: Moldova - Romania night train conforms to the Eurovision song stereotypeVery bad week: RheinRuhrBahn air conditioning cannot cope at temperatures above 26 degreesGadgetbahn of the week: No, a battery tram is not going to work as a train in MoldovaStreisand effect this week: DB stung by Dunja Hayali ZDF documentaryPhoto of the week: Old Preußische Ostbahn HQ in BydgoszczElsewhere this week: Caledonian Sleeper on Green SignalsCalendar: Connecting Europe Days, 28 September to 1 October 2026Newsletter 025, Friday 14th August 2026.Subscriber-only newsletter, sent every Friday at…