Europe jumps on the train

Rébecca Hagège, a 33-year-old from Paris, made a decision some time ago: she would cut down on her air and automobile journeys as much as possible — only making them when it was unavoidable — in order to reduce her carbon footprint. Faithful to her bicycle for her daily commute, the train has become her best ally for travelling further afield, across her own country and, more recently, across the rest of Europe as well. Or at least as far as the infrastructure will allow: on one of her last getaways, a few months ago, her preferred train ran aground in Madrid, and with no viable alternative to continue her route to Lisbon, she was forced — much to her regret — to opt for the bus.

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