Train Trips

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

Ride Florida's bright new line … Glimpse Cuba's aging trains … Track Hong Kong's first bullet

Ride Florida’s bright new line … Glimpse Cuba’s aging trains … Track Hong Kong’s...

USA: Riding the Brightline, America’s Train of the Future South Florida's privately funded, multi-billion-dollar Brightline serves up hyper-modern stations, clean biodiesel-fueled trains, and extraordinary attention...
The Belmond Andean Explorer operates luxury tours through the Peruvian Andes.

Luxury scales Peru’s Andes … Lake Michigan to SF Bay … Europe for first...

Latin America: This Is Why Everyone's Booking Luxury Train Travel In Peru South America’s first luxury sleeper train runs a never before taken route up...
SRT Prestige luxury train, Main Railway Station, Hualumphong, Thailand.

Through Thailand in luxury … Along England’s Riviera by night … Millennials aboard in...

Asia: Luxury on Thailand's rails You can now take a slow trip to your favourite destination with one of the State Railway of Thailand’s private...
Grand Canyon Railway runs between Williams, Arizona and the canyon's South Rim.

Ride the Grand Canyon Railway to the canyon’s South Rim

Natural wonder and national treasure, the Grand Canyon has been a world-class travel magnet for over a century. These days, some five million annual...
Amtrak's Coast Starlight rolls along the California coast and into the Pacific Northwest's Cascades.

Amtrak’s Coast Starlight shines … Ocean going in Canada … Tracking Tito’s Yugoslavia

USA: Los Angeles to Seattle by rail aboard the Coast Starlight VIA Rail Canada's Most Scenic Train Trip Goes Right Through Québec And It's...
Austria's ÖOB operates Nightjet trains between cities across Europe.

Night riding through Europe … Vietnam’s historic track … First times on the Trans-Sib

Europe's night trains conjure the nostalgic glamour of a bygone era Take the historical railway and explore Vietnam Smoked fish, fur hats and...
Sapsan high-speed train at Moscow Leningradsky railway terminal.

St Petersburg to Moscow … South Florida by rail … Sweden’s best journey

Europe: Saint Petersburg to Moscow: All aboard the Sapsan USA: Travel through South Florida's top vacation spots by high speed train Europe: This is...
The eastbound El Chepe winds its way up Mexico's Copper Canyon.

Mexico’s grand canyon … Thailand: kingdom of rails … On a good times roll

Touring Mexico's grand Copper Canyon by train The kingdom of rails: Is the best way to see Thailand by train? Romancing the rails on...
The Rocky Mountaineer heads west along the Bow River in Alberta, Canada.

Banff to Vancouver … Cape Town to Jo’burg … Window on North Korea

Canada: The Rocky Mountaineer from Banff to Vancouver Africa: People all over the world, join the Meyl Train Asia: A Window into North Korea...
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...

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