Train Trips

Travelogues and planning tips for long-distance train trips and rail tours

Young man aboard Tazara train

Tracking Tanzania to Zambia … Canada’s best-hidden rail trip … SoCal’s cities by train

The great train safari from Tanzania to Zambia ... Rail makes getting to B.C.'s remote Seton Portage an epic adventure ... Glitz, glamour and great views doing three SoCal cities by train
Qinghai–Tibet railway train

Rolling from Mongolia to Tibet … British Columbia slowly … Israel hopping by rail

Asia: Mongolia to Tibet by train ... Canada: Riding the Sweet, But So Slow, Skeena Train ... 11 delightful day trips on the Israel Railways train
Himalyan Queen

Around India in 80 trains … Taking Donner Pass … Rail luxury at its...

My journey around India in 80 trains … Crossing Donner Summit when Sierra wears its white winter coat … The world’s ‘best’ luxury train is in the UK — and it sells out a year in advance
The Train de l'Ardeche steams through the gorges of Ardeche in Southeastern France's Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Slow tracking in France … All around Yangon … Rolling with Instagram

Slow tracking in France ... All around Yangon ... Rolling with Instagram

Amtrak vaunts national park views … Roll out a Vancouver adventure … DC’s new...

Amtrak reveals hidden beauty of national parks ... Roll out of Seattle on a Vancouver adventure ... DC's new Silver Line stops are daycation hubs
Masked Amtrak conductor

Outrun covid on an Amtrak train … Roll into Ontario’s hinterland … Hit the...

A coast-to-coast Amtrak trip restored my faith in travel … VIA Rail journey boasts autumn colours, anglers and adventurers … Traveling on Qinghai-Tibet line, the world's highest railway
Sri Lanka's Podi Menike – Little Maiden – is called by many the "Most Scenic Train Ride in the World."

World’s most scenic train ride … Tracking Texas … Steaming through Britain

Asia: All Aboard the "Most Scenic Train Ride in the World" USA: Seeing the Lone Star State From a Seat on the Texas Eagle...
The Ghan at Alice Springs, Northern Territory, in the heart of the Australian Outback's Red Centre.

Through Australia’s Red Centre … Canada’s Rockies to the Pacific … Amtrak routes to...

How to Tackle Australia's Greatest Train Journey Australia’s Red Centre is one of the most charismatic wildernesses in the world, and The Ghan is unquestionably...
The new Addis Ababa to Djibouti City railway line carries passengers between the Ethiopian capital and the coastal capital.

Ethiopia to Djibouti via China … 4-day Eurostar weekend … Pacific Coast car-free

Africa: On board the Chinese-built Ethiopia to Djibouti train, a lesson in compromise for clashing cultures The recently opened Addis Ababa - Djibouti City rail...
Saudi Arabia's new Haramain "desert train" provides a fast link between Mecca and Medina.

High-speed journey to Jeddah … Night line to Ukraine front line … The station...

Middle East: How a Former Beijing Bureau Chief Found Himself on a Bullet Train in Saudi Arabia There was a certain dissonance in the fact...

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