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As a train enthusiast, I know that trains are a comfortable and enjoyable mode of travel every season of the year. In the winter, there are some winter train rides that are worth doing for the scenery and experience alone – sliding across snow-covered mountaintops, gliding into stations that twinkle after the early nights. I [...]
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Getting away from London can be a challenge – there’s so much to see and do there to take up days and days – but if you do you’ll see how diverse and unique England’s travel opportunities are. One aspect of England relatively undiscovered are the scenic railway lines – trains used to criss-cross Great [...]
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As you may know, I am a huge train buff – it is my number one preferred mode of transportation (after my own two feet, I suppose). So I was excited to receive a copy of Tom Chesshyre’s Tales from the Fast Trains – with such a fun cover, I expected to lap up stories [...]
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And the journey begins – from the charm of a bygone age as represented by the Balmoral Hotel, an elegant Victorian hotel situate at the tip of Princes Street in Edinburgh, we are taxied to Waverly Station, one of the great rail stations built during the era of Queen Victoria, its painted steel girders reaching [...]
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As we’ve discussed before, train travel is my favourite mode of transport. But I’ve been fascinated by something called “named passenger trains” – or the famous trains, as it were, since most of the famous trains have names. But which came first, the fame or the name? The reality is they go hand in hand. [...]
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This article is by Ed Povey. Whilst much of the talk of overland travel is restricted to Europe (owing to the number of rail links, and relatively large number of cross-country connections), it is important to remember that plenty of other great flightless trips exist throughout the world. As a result, I’m going to highlight [...]
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I hate to admit it, but there is something special about model railways that appeals to my inner child. Whether it’s a fun and whimsical theme or something with more serious historical theme, whenever I see there is a model railway available on my travels. And it was indeed a selfish choice to ensure we [...]
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Hot off my trip to sunny spain for some early October sunshine, I finally made it to Madrid. I’d been to both Southern Spain, Portugal, and other nearby areas but always seemed to skip the capital city. And while Madrid is a lovely stop for anyone into art and cosmopolitan culture Spanish-style, I’d like to [...]
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They say there are two kinds of travellers: the ones who have been to India and the ones who haven’t. And among the former, there are two subtypes: the ones who love it and the ones who won’t come back. Ever.
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