In pictures: Tracking the nuclear train

Anti-nuclear demonstrators have stepped up their protests as a train transporting nuclear waste from France nears its destination in Gorleben. The train has been heading east across Germany all day, after crossing the border from France on Monday night.

Protesters have been carried from the line at Lueneburg by special forces police

Hundreds of people have joined sit-down protests, determined to block the nuclear train

One small girl made her own protest at Hitzacker, near Dannenberg

Some activists have curled up on the ground to resist security forces

The six nuclear fuel containers left by rail from La Hague in France at first light on Monday

German riot police took up position after the train's departure

...as did the demonstrators

But the train continued its journey into the night, crossing into Germany