Train journeys
Environmentally friendly, spacious, and often delivering you to the centre of your destination with ease, any train journey is an adventure in itself.
The world’s most amazing train journeys
Nothing is more delightful than to be aboard a sleeper train and to awake at dawn and gaze upon a radically different vista than the one that left you the night before.
- by Tim Richards
There is no better way in the world to travel than this
Hunt around, prod and poke every corner of the travelling world, and see if you can come up with a better way to get from A to B than a train in Japan.
- by Ben Groundwater
Europe’s stunning new train has a world-first trick
The GoldenPass Express is the culmination of more than 100 years of planning for the Swiss and means that the three-hour 15-minute journey can be completed in one go.
- by Keith Austin
Travelling on a ‘Belt and Road’ China-built railway
It's now possible to travel from Singapore to Luang Prabang, Laos, by train - thanks to China's controversial 'Belt and Road' project.
- by Kurt Johnson
New Zealand’s epic train journey from north to south
The great rail journey across the North and South Islands involves three trains, plus a ferry.
- by Tim Richards
On board the world’s most epic train trip
The Trans-Siberian and the Trans-Mongolian are names that are instantly recognisable.
- by Ben Groundwater
The pros and cons of getting the XPT overnight train from Sydney to Melbourne
There are plenty of benefits - and plenty of pitfalls in catching a train from Sydney to Melbourne.
- by Ben Grubb
A luxury train journey through America’s Southwest
Rocky Mountaineer's new luxury train journey takes the scenic route from Colorado to Utah.
- by Kristie Kellahan
Luxury journey to Vietnam’s ‘Cancun without the crowds’
If you’re looking for luxury digs without the crowds, then this new beach resort is your destination, and getting there is half the fun.
- by Kylie McLaughlin
Six of Switzerland’s best alpine rail trips
Castles, orchards and vineyards via bridges and through tunnels - there’s no better way to experience the Swiss Alps than by rail.
- by Brian Johnston