We chanced this week on a timetable for European night trains in 1999. So it’s interesting to look back and see which trains ...

While we normally encourage travellers to linger over journeys and stop off along the way, the very character of this route ...

Our journey commences in northern Sweden and ends in Stockholm, but actually the bulk of the rail travel on this wonderful ...

Route 26 makes the perfect introduction to southern Scandinavia. Our journey runs up Jutland before we hop on a ferry across ...

The railway is a fine way to take the pulse of Portugal and this route is designed to do just that. Route 24 is the sole ...

The appeal of this journey from Oslo to the Lofoten in Europe by Rail is undoubtedly the scenery and the real sense of ...

Most of the cities along Route 25 in Europe by Rail have developed through sea trade or their links with the sea, although ...

This journey to France in Europe by Rail starts at London’s St Pancras station, as inspiring a space as any cathedral. From London, it's a fast run to Paris on Eurostar. We continue south from the ...

This long journey from Berlin to Bavaria and on across the Austrian border to Salzburg takes in some very fine German cities (including Leipzig, Weimar and Munich) and some decent countryside – of ...

Let’s go in search of the red brick trail. This route links a number of cities that draw on a common architectural tradition, ...

This route takes in some of the finest townscapes and countryside in Normandy. It is one of the shorter adventures in this book. The entire journey as described in the book can be completed using just ...

The highlights of this journey from Rotterdam to the West Highlands of Scotland are two railways which are both in the premier league of Europe’s most celebrated lines: the first is the Settle and ...