Trains on the Brain

Bern baby Bern: More Reliable than a Swiss Train?

Monday, 25 February, 2013

‘Imagine a country where the trains always run on time.’ Now you’re just asking for trouble if you put messages like this in your marketing material, aren’t you? After all, what’s more fun than pricking at a dearly held national stereotype? Swiss trains are so Goddamn reliable that you can set your Tag Heuer [...]

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Last stop for the Old Orient Express

Monday, 11 February, 2013

Last stop for the Old Orient Express Istanbul has been up-and-coming for a while, and has evolved into the perfect destination for getting away from it all and immersing oneself in the romantic past. It’s true that today Istanbul is a hectic metropolis, and has an established tourist industry, but at least this encourages a [...]

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American Layovers: Things to do near Amtrak Stations

Friday, 8 February, 2013

Layover? Delayed boarding? Make the most of it, says Lynne Williams with these handy hints for how to keep yourself out of mischief in and around some of America’s finest railway meccas. Sometimes you, the train traveler, might have a few hours to wait before making a connection. Or, arriving at the train station, you [...]

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Hats off to the Eiger & the Jungfraubahn

Tuesday, 5 February, 2013

Strange things happen atop mountains… and on the way up them. I was packed into the charming green and cream vintage narrowgauge train, with at least a thousand Asian tourists, which winds halfway up Switzerland’s Jungfrau Railway when I got chatting to the elderly couple sitting next to me. They happened to hail from Linlithgow [...]

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The Blue Train: African Railway Elegance

Sunday, 3 February, 2013

The Blue Train in South Africa is world renowned and celebrated as one of the most luxurious passenger trains in the world. The train is not used for commercial routes and serves to transport people along four main routes within South Africa for a hefty, but worthwhile, price. Adorned with a colonial, luxurious interior and [...]

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Ski and see Austria by train

Wednesday, 30 January, 2013

Ski and see Austria by train Austria is now competing with the likes of Alpine France and Switzerland as a top ski destination. Every year, hoards of visitors are not only descending the slopes but grabbing the chance to see some of the stunning heritage and countryside of this winter paradise. With one of the [...]