The table is set with a crisp white tablecloth, there’s a soft glow from a tablelamp and outside the window, snow-dusted trees are whizzing past at 120 kilometres per hour. This is the dining car on one of Czechia’s state-operated EuroCity trains, which link Prague with Budapest, Bratislava, Warsaw and Berlin. Seasoned train travellers hail it as one of Europe’s best restaurants on wheels, with regional food prepared fresh to order and craft beer bespoke-brewed for the company. Many central and eastern European railways offer passengers seasonal menus, local products and reasonable prices in t…
