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  -  Eurostar, TGV and high speed-rail travel across Europe
Rail Europe is the UK's leading supplier of European Rail tickets. Whether you want to take a short break in Paris or a fortnight in Venice, your train journey by Eurostar , and connection to Europe with the SNCF range of products, are available to book online. Including high-speed rail travel with TGV in France, Thalys to Benelux, Artesia to Italy, Elipsos to Spain & Lyria to take you to Switzerland. You can even take your car with you to the South of France on our French Motorail service!

Swiss Travel System 
Unrestricted travel on the entire rail, bus and boat network of Swiss Travel System, city trams and buses included. 50% discount on many mountain railways, free entry to 450 museums. Youth train passes available

  -  Train tickets to any UK National Rail station
thetrainline is the fully impartial rail ticketing website owned by the Virgin Group, Virgin Rail Group and National Express Group, providing the cheaper way to buy train tickets online. thetrainline provides fast, easy and secure access to timetables, tickets and fares for all National Rail journeys across the UK.

  
Rail Atlases at Amazon 
Europe by Train: The Number One Guide to Budget Travel -  by Katie Wood
Fully revised and updated for 2005, this new edition of Katie Wood's classic budget travel guide which was first published in 1983, contains essential, practical information for those touring Europe by train. Aimed at students and other travellers on a tight budgets, the guide includes train networks and station facilities, the best routes and local transport. What to see, where to eat and where to sleep.
Paperback 752 pages (January 31, 2005); Publisher: Robson Books Ltd
The Thomas Cook Rail Map of Europe 
Map (September 30, 2004); Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing
Paris Lille Brussels: The Bradt Guide to Eurostar Destinations -  by Laurence Phillips
The fast-growing short-break travel market has been fuelled by the "Eurostar experience", making regular trips to the continent a delight. This new Bradt travel guide to Paris, Brussels and Lille by rail is a compact manual to the best each city can offer the short-stay visitor, covering landmark attractions, gourmet restaurants, shopping and many little-explored and even bizarre corners. Additional information is provided on Waterloo station and its surrounding attractions for travellers passing through London. The multitude of tips on making the most of Eurostar services will save the traveller far more than the cover price of this chock-full-of -facts guide and Laurence Phillips' highly personal angle on each city makes for an original and entertaining handbook.
Paperback 320 pages (November 23, 2001); Publisher: BRADT Travel Guides

Train Company / Train Companies

 Anglia Railways
Anglia covers stations and services between London Liverpool Street, Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich as well as local services starting and finishing in Norwich and Ipswich including all stations to Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Sheringham, Felixstowe, Cambridge and Peterborough and services to Harwich International.
 Arriva Trains Northern
Arriva Trains Northern provides urban rail services across the north of England on a network which stretches from the East to West coasts and from the North East to the North Midlands.
 c2c  -  c2c rail is your local railway company  -  part of National Express Group
They start at Shoeburyness and travel through the towns of Southend, Basildon, Upminster and Barking and into London Fenchurch Street on the mainline, whilst the Tilbury loop takes you from Pitsea, through Stanford -le-Hope, Tilbury, Grays, Rainham and Barking where you can carry on to Fenchurch Street. Not forgetting the Ockendon Branch line, where you will find Chafford Hundred for Lakeside Shopping Centre.
 Central Trains
Destinations: Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, Nottingham, Peterborough, Sheffield
 Chiltern Railways
Scheduled passenger services along the M40 corridor between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill and London Marylebone to Aylesbury via Amersham along the London Underground Metropolitan line. In 2002 they extended their operations as far as Kidderminster.
 One Great Eastern
Great Eastern metro covers stations and services between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield, Southend Victoria, Southminster and Upminster via Ilford. Great Eastern also covers services to Colchester, Ipswich, Clacton, Walton-on-Naze, Braintree, Harwich Town and Colchester Town, as well as the Sudbury branch from Marks Tey.
 One West Anglia
West Anglia covers all stations and services between Liverpool Street to Cambridge, Chingford, Enfield Town and Hertford East except Stansted Express services.
 First Great Western  -  High Speed Trains
Connecting London, Bristol, South Wales, the Cotswold & the West of England
 First North Western
First North Western is the biggest train operating company in North West England.
 Gatwick Express
Gatwick Express offers dedicated, high-speed travel between Central London and Gatwick Airport. With a journey time of just 30 minutes from London Victoria to Gatwick (35 minutes on Sundays), there is no faster way between the heart of the city and the airport
 Great North Eastern Railway [ GNER ]
Provides high-speed inter-city train services along Britain's East Coast main line linking England and Scotland along a route of almost 1,000 miles. Their trains call at some of the most important tourism and commercial centres in the UK.
 Heathrow Express Hull Trains
Heathrow Express is the fastest and most convenient way to travel between Heathrow Airport and London Paddington. The service is non-stop with a timetabled journey time of only 15 minutes. Journey time to and from Terminal 4 is 23 minutes. With trains departing every 15 minutes, to and from London Paddington, Heathrow Express beats any other form of transport for ease and efficiency
 Midland Mainline
Operating from Yorkshire via the East Midlands to London St. Pancras, Midland Mainline is dedicated to providing a fast and reliable service for its customers.
 Scotrail
Provides around 95% of passenger train services in Scotland plus the Anglo-Scottish Caledonian Sleepers linking Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William with London.
 South Central Trains
 Brighton Main Line | East Coastway | West Coastway | East & West Coastway | Arun Valley | Wealden Line | Mole Valley Line | Gatwick Main Line | London Bridge to Croydon via Sydenham | London Victoria & London Bridge to Croydon via Norbury | London Victoria & London Bridge to Peckham Rye, Tulse Hill & Crystal Palace
 South West Trains
Routes through Hampshire, Surrey, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Devon, Somerset, Cornwall, East and West Sussex and Greater London, serving a mixture of commuters and longer-distance travellers.
 Stansted Express
Stansted Express is the fastest and most convenient way to and from Stansted Airport, with trains departing every 15 or 30 minutes. And with an average journey time of approximately 45 minutes, Stansted Express is the quickest way to your destination.
 Thames Trains
Linking London, The Thames Valley & the West
 Virgin Trains  -  see  
West Coast Mainline  -  main arterial link between England, Wales and Scotland.
CrossCountry   -  probably the least known of all the inter-city services in the UK, yet it links 115 towns and cities and carries 16 million people a year, from Aberdeen to Penzanze and Brighton to North Wales
 WAGN Rail - West Anglia Great Northern
The Great Northern services between London Kings Cross and Moorgate to Stevenage and Hitchin either direct via Welwyn Garden City or via the Hertford Loop line and then on from Hitchin to Peterborough, Cambridge and the Fenline to Kings Lynn.
 Welsh Highland Railway
 Wessex Trains
Wessex Destinations: Bath, Looe, Newquay, Salisbury, St.Ives, Tamar Valley, Torbay, Weymouth


Europe

 Albania  -  HSH  -  Albanian Railways / Hekurudha e Shqiperise
 Austria  -  OBB  -  Austrian Railways / Österreichische Bundesbahnen
 Belarus  -  Belasussian Railways
 Belgium  -  NMBS  -  Belgian Railways 1 
 Bosnia  
 Bulgaria  -  BDG  -  Bulgarian Railways / Bulgarian State Railways
 Croatia  -  HZnet  -  Croatian Railways
 Czech Republic  -  IDOS  -  Czech Railways  -  IDOS  -  Connections
 Denmark  -  DSB  -  Danish Railways 
 Germany  -  Germain Railways  -  Deutsche Bundesbahn [ DB ]
 Estonia  -  EVR  -  Estonian Railways
 Finland  -  VR Group  -  Finland Railways 
 France  -  SNCF  -  French Railways
 France  -  Holidays with SNCF
 Georgia  -  Georgian Railways
 Great Britain  -  See UK
 Greece  -  OSE  -  Hellenic Railways Organization - Timetables & Prices
 Greece  -  Proastiakos 
 Hungary  -  MAV  -  Hungarian Railways
 Hungary  -  GYSEV
Passenger transport between Győr (Hungary) and Ebenfurth (Austria) and since 1st December 2001 the traffic on the line Sopron-Szombathely. In addition to this we operate the lines of the Neusiedler Seebahn AG (Lake Neusiedl Railway Co.) between Fertőszentmiklós (Hungary) and Neusisedl am See (Austria).
 Ireland  -  Irish Rail
 Israel  -  Israelian Airways
 Italia  -  Ferrovie dello stato  -  Italian Railways 
 Letland  -  LDZ  -  Latvian Railways
 Lithuania  -  Litrail  -  Lithuanian Railways
Lietuvos geleinkeliai' is the only railway transport operator and carries out freight and passenger service.
 Luxembourg  -  CFL -  Railways Luxembourg
 Macedonian Railways  -  ДОБРЕДОЈДОВТЕ
Transportation by rail is over one hundred years old. In 1873 the first tracks were laid from Salonika via Skopje to Mitrovica and since then rail traffic has constantly been expanding.
 Moldavia  -  Railways of Moldava  -  Moldavian railways
 Netherlands  -  Dutch Railways  -  NS Hispeed 
 Norway  -  NSB  -  Norwegian Railways
 Poland  -  PKP - Polskie Koleje Panstwowe  -  Polish Railways
 Portugal  -  CP  -  Portuguese Railways
 Portugal  -  Fertagus  -  Travessia do Tejo
 Romania  -  Informatico Feroviare  -  Romaian Railways
 Russia  -  Express 2 / Moscow Railway
Timetable, Ticket Price, Train Information, Route
 Russia  -  Poezda.net  -  CIS railway timetable
Russian Railways Guidebook - additional information about Russian railways, type of cars, seats, directions, hints about traveling, railway maps, Russian railway transport rules and operation instructions
 Scotland  -  ScotRail
 Slovenia  -  Slovenian Railways  -  Slovenske železnice
 Slovakia  -  Slovak Railways
 Spain  -  RENFE  -  Spanish Railways
 Sweden  -  Samtrafiken  -  Swedish Railways
 Switzerland  -  SBB [ German language ]  -  Swiss Railways
 Turkey  -  Turkish State Airways
 Ukrain  -  UZ  -  Ukrainian Railways


Africa

 Morocco 
Office National des Chemin de Fer - Horaires, Tarifs et Services

Asia

 Bangladesh Railway
Provides services to places of interest such as Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Mymensingh, Bogra, Rajshahi, Dinajpur starting from Dhaka.
 India  -  Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
 India  -  Indian Railways  -  Online Passenger Reservation Site Providing Availability etc..
 Japan  -  Japan Railways Group
Web site provided by the New York Office of Japan Railways. Located at the heart of Manhattan, the office represents all the member companies of the JR Group. Although based in North America, The founderrs of the website hope our it can help travelers from all over the world preparing for rail travel in Japan.
 Korea  -  Korail.com   -  Korean Railways  -  Korea railroad ticket for foreigners
 Pakistan  -  Pakrail  -  Pakistan Railways
 Philippines  -  Philippine National Railways [ PNR ]
 Taiwan  -  Taiwan Railway

Australia

 Australia  -  QR  -  Queensland Traveltrain / Citytrain



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