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Prepared by Mr. Trevor Garrod, AERA Secretary. Please click on the link below: BULLETIN OF EUROPEAN RAIL TRAVEL nr 36Continue Reading

AERA Members’ meetings are held every two months, normally on the last Thursday of the month. “In person” meetings are held at the Somers Town Coffee House, 60, Chalton Street, LONDON NW1 1HS (close to Euston station) from 11:00 until 15:30 (coffee is usually available from 10:30, and lunch is included). It is normally possible to attend these by Zoom. Other meetings are by Zoom only, as shown in the...Continue Reading

Click on the link below, to see AERA’s message to EU officials, recommending a delay to the implementation of the European Entry Exit System (EES) until after the peak of the holiday season in 2026. AERA EES letter – Feb 2026Continue Reading

AERA MEMBERS IN BRUSSELS AERA’s members like to keep up to date first-hand knowledge of international rail developments and services and so for a number of years they have made visits together to the Near Continent by train. In 2025 the association held its Annual General Meeting for the first time on the European mainland – at Ghent in Belgium  – and this year the venue was Brussels at the...Continue Reading

EPF representatives from the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany recently met senior managers of Eurostar and Thalys in Brussels. These two operators are in the process of merging and are sometimes currently referred to as “New Eurostar”. For more than a decade, AERA has been an associate member of the European Passengers’ Federation (EPF) which brings together public transport users’ organisations and related bodies in 20 different European...Continue Reading