A guide to taking the train...

This site explains how to travel comfortably & affordably by train or ferry where you might think air was now the only option.  Choose an option below...

large bullet pointTrain travel in Britain & Ireland

A guide to train travel in Britain

A guide to train travel in Ireland

London to Bath by train

London to York by train

London to Edinburgh by train

London to Scotland by Caledonian Sleeper train

London to Cornwall by Night Riviera sleeper train

Settle & Carlisle: England's most scenic railway

West Highland line: Scotland's most scenic railway

To the Channel Islands by train & ferry

To the Isle of Man by train & ferry

London to Belfast & Northern Ireland by train & ferry

London to Dublin & Ireland by train & ferry

large bullet pointTrain travel in Europe

A guide to train travel in Europe

How to buy train tickets

Interrail & Eurail passes

Train times, fares & tickets
UK to each European country

Train times, fares & tickets
between European cities

Train travel in key European countries

Popular routes & train types

London to Paris or Brussels by Eurostar

London to Paris by train & ferry

London to Amsterdam by Eurostar

London to Amsterdam by Stena Line Rail & Sail

London to Lyon, Avignon, Marseille by direct Eurostar

London to French Alps by Eurostar Ski Train

Hull to Rotterdam & Amsterdam by ferry

Newcastle to Amsterdam by ferry

French TGV high-speed trains

French lo-cost Ouigo trains

French overnight trains

Paris to Nice by train

Paris to Brussels, Amsterdam & Cologne by Eurostar

Paris to Germany by TGV or ICE

Paris to Switzerland by TGV-Lyria

Paris to Turin & Milan by high-speed train

Paris to Milan via Switzerland

Paris to Venice by train

Paris to Florence by train

Paris to Rome by train

Paris to Naples by train

Paris to San Sebastian by train

Paris to Barcelona by TGV

Paris to Barcelona by sleeper train

Paris to Moscow Express

Nice to Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome by train

Lyon to Geneva by TER

Bruges to Amsterdam by train

Brussels/Amsterdam to Berlin/Prague
by European Sleeper

Brussels/Utrecht to Munich/Innsbruck/Venice
by European Sleeper

Amsterdam to Berlin by InterCity train

Amsterdam to Brussels by train

Amsterdam to Bruges by train

Zurich & Switzerland to Italy by EuroCity train

Zurich to Austria on the Arlberg Railway

Zurich to Munich by EuroCity train

Zurich to Prague by sleeper train

Zurich to Budapest by sleeper train

Glacier Express - Switzerland's most scenic train

Bernina Express - ultimate Swiss scenic route

Trenitalia's Frecciarossa

Trenitalia's Frecciargento

Trenitalia's Intercity trains

Trenitalia's Intercity Notte trains

Italo high-speed trains

Trains to Catania, Palermo & Sicily

Rome to Athens by train & ferry

Venice & Trieste to Ljubljana by train

Venice to Lake Bled by train

Renfe's AVE trains

Renfe's Alvia trains

Iryo trains

Barcelona to Madrid by AVE, Avlo or Ouigo train

Barcelona to French cities by AVE

Madrid to Lisbon by train

Vigo to Porto by Celta train

Lisbon to Porto by train

Lisbon to Faro & Algarve by train

German ICE trains

German InterCity trains

Rhine Valley line from Cologne to Mainz

Austrian railjet trains

Nightjet sleeper trains

Nightjet sleeper trains, new generation

Hamburg to Copenhagen by Intercity train

Berlin & Hamburg to Stockholm by sleeper train

Berlin to Warszawa & Krakow by train

Berlin to Prague by train

Berlin to Bratislava & Budapest by sleeper

Munich to Innsbruck by train

Munich to Salzburg by train

Munich to Prague by train

Munich to Budapest by sleeper train

Munich to Venice by EuroCity train

Brussels & Germany to Prague via Cheb

Salzburg to Prague by train

Prague to Budapest by train

Prague to Krakow by train

Prague to Vienna by railjet or Regiojet

Vienna to Salzburg by train

Vienna to Budapest by train

Vienna to Bratislava by train

Vienna to Venice by train

Zagreb to Sarajevo by train

Sarajevo to Mostar by train

Budapest to Belgrade by train

Belgrade to Bar in Montenegro

Belgrade to Sofia by train

Bucharest to Chisinau (Moldova) by train

Bucharest & Sofia to Istanbul by train

Swedish X2000 trains

Öresund trains Copenhagen-Malmö

Copenhagen to Oslo by train

Helsinki to St Petersburg & Moscow by train

Warsaw to Vilnius by train

Vilnius to Riga by train

Riga to Tallinn by train

Pages cover both directions.  If the route you want isn't listed, select the starting city here

Station guides

About key train booking websites

large bullet pointTrain travel worldwide

Train travel by country...

The Trans-Siberian Railway

Other long-haul routes

large bullet pointGreat train journeys

London to Edinburgh, route of the Flying Scotsman

Settle & Carlisle: England's most scenic railway

West Highland line: Scotland's most scenic railway

London to Fort William on the Deerstalker

Royal Scotsman: Scotland's luxury cruise train

Glacier Express: Switzerland's most scenic train

Bernina Express: The ultimate Alpine scenic train

Jungfraubahn: Up the Jungfrau to the Top of Europe

Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, London to Venice

Orient Express: The truth behind the legend

Rails down the Rhine: Cologne to Mainz

By Harz railway to the Brocken

Portugal's Douro Valley line

Sarajevo to Mostar by train

Belgrade to Bar, a spectacular hidden gem

Marshal Tito's private train

Danube Express cruise train

Tel Aviv to Jerusalem - slow train to the Holy City

The Océan from Montreal to Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Canadian from Toronto to Vancouver

Rocky Mountaineer - Canadian Rockies by train

California Zephyr - coast-to-coast across the USA

Alaska Railroad from Anchorage to Fairbanks

Colombo to Sri Lanka's Tea Country by train

Indonesia by train: A journey from Jakarta to Bali

Eastern & Oriental Express, Singapore to Bangkok

Beijing to Shanghai by high-speed train

Hong Kong to Beijing by high-speed train

Bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto, Hiroshima & Nagasaki

The Indian Pacific, Sydney-Adelaide-Perth

The Ghan, Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin

Northern Explorer from Auckland to Wellington

The TranzAlpine - NZ's South Island scenic train

Find other journeys on the relevant country page

large bullet pointHolidays & places of interest

Holidays without flying by train or ferry

Browns of Clydebank & the great ocean liners

Giant's Causeway - a day trip from Belfast

Battle of Waterloo - a day trip from Brussels

Pompeii - a day trip from Rome by train

Neuschwanstein castle - a day trip from Munich

Harz railway to the Brocken

Escape to Colditz by train...

Stalag Luft 3 & Great Escape, day trip from Wroclaw or Berlin

Ceský Krumlov - a day trip from Prague by train

Train Bleu restaurant at Paris Gare de Lyon

Great Wall of China - day trip from Beijing by train

By Death Railway to the Bridge on the River Kwai

large bullet pointOther pages

Useful links & list of railway & ferry operator sites

CO2 & climate change, train versus plane  

The European Rail Timetable

How to plan a complex trip

Train ticket shop

Hotel booking page

Ferry booking page

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