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 to detail. [cntraveler.com]
Latin America: See Life Aboard Cuba’s Aging Trains
The island nation of Cuba has long been isolated by the seas. So it may come as a surprise that it was the first country in Latin America—and one of the first in the world—to develop a rail system. [nationalgeographic.com]
Asia: Onboard the first bullet train from mainland to Hong Kong
In the past, it took about two hours to travel from Guangzhou to Hong Kong by intercity line. Now, the time is cut to 47 minutes on the XRL. [ecns.cn]
Europe: This Comfy New Overnight Train Will Have You Skipping the Hotel on Your Next European Tour
Flexible rooms, panoramic views, and the Alps and beyond. [travelandleisure.com]
New Zealand: Protestations of a proud Kiwi aboard the TranzAlpine
Justine Tyerman has some uncharitable thoughts on the magnificent TranzAlpine train trip from Christchurch to Greymouth. [nzherald.co.nz]
Asia: Segregation on the Myanmar train to nowhere
The train edges across an 11-mile stretch of Myanmar’s Rakhine countryside where Buddhists and Muslims once lived peacefully as neighbours. [theguardian.com]
