n The summer timetable introduced on May 30 by SNCF saw the number of daily return TGV services on the Paris - Nantes route increase from 15 to 21, under a regular interval timetable with departures every 30min. The daily Brussels - Nice high-speed service is now worked by an SNCF Eurostar set.

n On May 5 Renfe’s Suburban business unit opened Estadio Olímpico station in Sevilla, built at a cost of Pts140m by the Ministry of Development on the branch constructed to serve Expo 92. Adjacent to the city’s Olympic Stadium, the station was served every 15min by trains carrying 8000 spectators to the recent football match between Spain and Croatia.

n German Railway has reopened two lines for day trippers every Sunday this summer. Four return trains are running from W

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