Train journeys

Train review: First class on ‘the best train in Thailand’

Bangkok to Hat Yai in southern Thailand is a mammoth 16-hour, 940-kilometre ride. But is it worth the journey?

• by John Borthwick

Everywhere in the world loves train travel. Why doesn’t Australia?

The world’s most enjoyable travel experiences – that is, the actual act of moving from one place to another – are aboard trains.

• by Ben Groundwater

Train review: Chinese-funded rail goes through African national park

It’s controversial, but this Kenyan train gives you the chance to see elephants, zebras and giraffes from your window.

• by Catherine Marshall

Travelling by train in Japan is about to become a lot more expensive

Japan Rail has announced a huge increase in the price of its popular all-inclusive ticket available to tourists.

• by Ben Groundwater

New Zealand train travel: How to go from north to south by rail

New Zealand's great rail journey across the North and South Islands involves three trains, plus a ferry.

• by Tim Richards

The Trans-Siberian and Trans-Mongolian train journeys: Experts' tips on doing the epic rail trips

The Trans-Siberian and the Trans-Mongolian are names that are instantly recognisable to many travellers.

• by Ben Groundwater

Europe’s stunning new train features a world-first trick

The GoldenPass Express is the culmination of more than 100 years of planning and frustration.

• by Keith Austin

The world's most amazing train journeys: Trips to suit every taste

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 at dusk the night before.

• by Tim Richards

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.

Train review: Rail is better in Europe? Next time I'll take a bus

By the time the train from Rome is ready for boarding there are hundreds of people pushing to get on. It's hot, chaotic and jam-packed.

• by Kristie Kellahan