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    -   Escorted Train Holidays in Europe / Great value Rail Holidays
Treyn offers sophisticated but affordable rail tours throughout Europe and the UK, from the Highlands of Scotland to the exotic sights of the Mediterranean. Each rail holiday has an individual programme of excursions that has been carefully selected to introduce guests to all of the natural, cultural and historic highlights of the regions in which they visit. Activities and excursions are included on each holiday which include river cruises, concerts and sightseeing tours. Each holiday is also escorted by one of Treyn's professional Tour Managers.

     -   Train journeys

   
UK's leading operator of holidays by rail with over 200 individual tours available across over 40 countries within Europe, Africa, America, Canada, the Far East, Russia, India & Australasia.

Canadian Affair 
Canadian Train Tours [ Independent Tours, Rocky Mountaineer Tours, Via Rail Canada ]

  -   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!
For all avid ski and snowboard nuts, they run a chartered Snow Train service right into the heart of the French Alps. The onboard disco and bar will help you get the party started! Don't want to be restricted to one country during your precious time out? Why not buy an Inter-Rail pass, which will give you extensive travel across up to 29 countries. For everyone familiar with Inter-Rail, this is the official website in the UK.

   -   first stop for train tickets
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.

  Evan Evens Tours   -       -   Sightseeing by Rail
Train Tours to Paris & Edinburgh, Lake District, Liverpool.



  The Man in Seat Sixty-One   -   personal website  ***
Many people are afraid to fly, or (like me) simply prefer a more civilised, comfortable, interesting, adventurous, romantic, historic and exciting way to travel.  Travelling by train from London to Europe is easy, but finding out about it (and how to book it) is remarkably difficult.
  Far East & China Rail Train Tour   -   UK China Specialist
Escort Private Train Holiday Package to China, Korea, East Asia
  Freedomrail  [ based in Blackpool ]   -   the authority on European rail travel
Eurostar, Point to Point Travel, The Bergland Express, Ski Trains, Rail Passes, Disneyland Paris, Short Breaks, Motorail, City Packages, Scandinavian Travel, Events and more.
  Intourist   -   Transsiberian Railway
Famous Russian Cities : Nizhni Novgorod, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Khabarovsk and Vladivostok
  Luxury Trains   -   Booking Agents for Orient Express Trains and The Royal Scotsman
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Europe, British Pullman in the UK, Northern Belle in the UK, Eastern & Oriental Express in the Far East and The Royal Scotsman in Scotland.
  North American Holidays   -   Rail Journeys Canada
Rail & Coach Vacations & Tours,Canada,The Canadian Rockies & Eastern Canada [ The Rocky Mountaineer,  VIA Rail  and  AMTRAK ].
  Orient Express
  Steam in South Africa   -   provided by Northumbria Travel of Bedlington, Northumberland
Shongololo,  Rovos Rail Golf Safari,  Trans Canadian Steam,  Golden Thread,  Ozback Explorer,  Eastern & Oriental,  Winelands Wanderer,  Siberian Railway,  The Blue Train,  Rovos Rail Tours,  Steaming Tasmania
  Train Chartering
Operate private charter Trains and private carriages on scheduled Train services for hire to corporates, agencies and individuals in the UK and world wide.
  Trans-Siberian   -   the Russia Experience   -   Specialists for the Transsiberian Express

Rail Guides / Related books

Rail Atlases at Amazon 

Britain from the Rails: A Window Gazer's Guide
Benedict le Vay (Author)
With the hardback edition selling so quickly, this first paperback edition of Britain from the Rails – the definitive guide to what to see from the train when travelling around Britain – has been fast-tracked due to ever-growing demand. What the critics are saying: 'A quite superb, indeed incomparable, combination of maps, railway trivia, engineering insights and breathtaking landscape features to look out for.' Michael Gove, The Times 'An excellent and unusual guide to Britain by train.' Tom Hall, The Observer Ben le Vay – the Wainwright of the rails – helps you to travel to a world far from the endless queues of airport terminals, abandon cars to motorway jams and revel instead in the gems of Britain's historic railway system.
Paperback: 208 pages; Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides; 1 edition (15 April 2010 ); ISBN-10: 1841623334; ISBN-13: 978-1841623337.

Railways Strangest Journeys  -   Tom Quinn (Author)
Extraordinary but True Stories from over 150 Years of Rail Travel.
A fascinating collection of entertaining stories from as far afield as Europe, Indian and America revealing unusual railway journeys across the centuries, including ghost trains, vanishing passengers and trains fitted with homing pigeons instead of a communication cord! From eccentric lords, who transferred their carriages complete with horses and footmen onto the train, to drivers who stole garden fencing to keep up a good head of steam. Railways Strangest Journeys takes you from the dawn of railway travel when speeds of 15 mph were considered blasphemous and damaging to one's internal organs through the Victorian heyday of Royal Trains and seaside specials, right up to the present day.
Paperback: 329 pages; Publisher: Robson Books Ltd; 1st ed edition (28 Nov 2003); ISBN-10: 1861056796; ISBN-13: 978-1861056795.


Links

  American Orient Express   -   The Official Site of American Orient Express
Ten unique train trips feature the very best that North America has to offer. During your American Orient Express rail cruise you will experience the fascinating history and spectacular scenery of five National Parks on our National Parks of the West tour; the beautiful Spanish colonial settlements and seaside villages on the most beautiful rail route - The Copper Canyon and Colonial Mexico; a rail adventure though tranquil farmlands, Norman Rockwell's Americana and Colonial Quebec on the Autumn in New England & Quebec tour; the endless variety of natural wonders on our Great Transcontinental Rail Journey through 12 different states; a beautiful sojourn through western Canada's most stunning mountain territory aboard the Canadian Rockies program; the four National Parks we visit on our Great Northwest and Rockies journey; a rail expedition spanning Canada's amber fields, trestle bridges, glaciers and prairies on our Grand Trans-Canada Rail Journey; the magnificent coastline and wine country of California on the Pacific Coast Explorer; or re-live the history of Dixie as you travel through eight states on the Antebellum South train holiday. New in 2005, our Rockies & Sierras program includes the Arches, Canyonlands and Yosemite National Parks, the Sierra Nevada Mountains and magnificent Lake Tahoe. Plus, we offer exciting theme tours to enhance your rail vacation — including Murder Mystery, Food & Wine/Culinary, Jazz and the Civil War.
  Eisenbahnmuseum Darmstad-Kranichstein   -   museum
  Die Blockstelle   -   everything about train Photography
  Eastern & Oriental Express   -   luxury train Singapore, Malaysia andd Thailand
The Eastern & Oriental Express is the ultimate centrepiece of a visit to the Far East. A subtle balance of Eastern culture and cuisine and Western comforts means that you can enjoy the best of everything - travelling in style and experiencing the many and mystical wonders of Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.
The style and splendour of the E&O, with its elegant compartments, delicious cuisine and superb service, combined with the adventure of a journey through the heart of Asia, provide a unique travel experience.
On board the Eastern & Oriental Express, the atmosphere harks back to a 'Colonial' age of rattan chairs on the verandah, linen suits and tea dances. The on board cuisine continues the same very high standards already established by the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Europe.
  Rovos   -   luxury train South Africa
Step aboard the wood-panelled coaches - classics remodelled and refurbished to mint condition - and enjoy fine cuisine in five-star luxury as some of the most varied scenery imaginable unfolds beyond the windows. Recapture the romance and atmosphere of a by-gone era, when privileged travellers experienced the magic and mystery of Africa in a relaxed and elegant fashion.
  Royal Scotsman   -   Luxury train in Scotland
To step aboard The Royal Scotsman is to step into a different world. Here luxury, civility and gracious hospitality evoke gentler times; the romantic age of travel when getting there was as much fun as arriving.
The spectacle of Scotland's great wilderness does take the breath away. Seen from the comfort of the train's Observation Car, the contrasts of the changing landscape are magnified a hundredfold, across sweeping glens, past towering peaks and black mirrored lochs.
  Subway Navigator   -   Underground worldwide
Take a ride ont he world's subways [ subway map, itinerary, route finder etc. ]
  The Ghan   -   luxury train in Australia   -   Australia's Great Train Journeys
Boarding The Ghan in Adelaide, with great connections available on the Indian Pacific and The Overland for guests travelling to or from Sydney and Melbourne, experience one of the most fascinating great train journeys of the world. Enjoy 2 nights aboard this great train and marvel at the spectacular Australian landscapes; from the rusty reds of the Red Centre, then north to Katherine and the tropical splendour of Darwin, or south to the countryside and rolling hills surrounding Adelaide.


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