The Bernina Express is famous for its panoramic windows, but savvy travellers have found a way to see the same views on the ...

Europe’s Christmas markets hardly need help feeling charming, but somehow trains make them even more so. While the rails carry you past storybook villages and evergreen-studded hills, the journey ...

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Once a year, the Switzerland’s federal rail operator SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen) reconfigures the country’s Switzerland’s train schedule. And every year, it becomes front page news across the ...

On a nippy, grey December morning in 2024, I joined a motley bunch of strangers at Bengaluru’s Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station for a trip to four colonial-era railway stations on the Bengaluru-Kolar ...

From the famous Venice Simplon-Orient-Express to Scotland’s Kyle Line, these picturesque rail journeys allow travellers to enjoy the best of Europe at a leisurely pace. Europe has some of the best ...

If you like to make the most of your holidays, a two-centre stay is the perfect way to do just that – especially when how you get from one to the other is all part of the fun. This trip is a tale of ...

There was nothing wrong with the seats inside the train – they were plush and luxurious with massive panoramic windows and hostesses serving gourmet food and champagne. We had paid a premium for the ...

For most of my adult life, I’ve wanted to catch the train over the mountains from Switzerland to Italy. However, when I finally step up onto the shiny red carriage at dawn, I’m apprehensive. With so ...

From towering mountains to golden shores, Europe’s diverse landscape is perfect for exploring by rail. And tourists are catching on. A ‘rail renaissance’ has seen increasing numbers of holidaymakers ...

Few nations have mastered train travel quite like Switzerland, where tracks run from city to summit. Ride the rails on the Grand Train Tour of Switzerland, an exhilarating route that takes the entire ...