A report finds Switzerland’s national railway offers the best overall service, with plaudits for its family-friendly focus and facilities for disabled passengers
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Eurostar’s direct London-Amsterdam tickets on sale after IT hold-up
Technical issues with a reservation system appear to be behind two-day delay that prevented rail customers from booking tickets for the new route, which is due to start in April
China by train: tracks, tales and a snapshot of everyday life
Chinese new year signals major travel across the country, and railways are at the heart of many journeys. Author and BBC journalist Michael Bristow knows China well – and the insight time on board offers
Dude it’s rude: manspreading around the world – in pictures
Since time immemorial, men in cities around the world have shirked the laws of public transit etiquette – and advertising campaigns have fought back
London to Bordeaux in under six hours on new high-speed service
From July, the TGV Océane service will bring newly chic Bordeaux, and the sandy shores beyond the city, within easier reach for holidaying Brits
Blue Train reveries: the Paris-to-Nice sleeper
Ghosts of famous Wagons-Lits trains haunt Andrew Martin as he takes one of the last sleepers to the Riviera
Flying Scotsman: a journey in slow television
An hour-long television special of a real time train journey through England hopes to be ‘absorbing for its own sake’
Trans-Siberian Railway: a view from Moscow to Vladivostok – a photo essay
On a 9,288km journey inspired by the centennial anniversary of the railway’s completion in 1916, photographer Annie Ling captures life onboard the Trans-Siberian Railway, and beyond the carriage window
On board the Trans-Siberian Railway for a centenary ride
The world’s longest railway line was completed in 1916. Our writer embarks on the seven-day, 5,772-mile journey from Moscow to Vladivostok in the depths of winter when the snowy landscape is at its most beautiful
10 of the world’s epic train journeys
Whether gliding through the Rockies or labouring up the Andes, these spectacular railway trips gets a green light for all budgets
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