Train Journeys

Moveable feast ... flower offering at Varanasi.

India

Passage through India

Clover Stroud offers the inside track on the country's finest rail journeys

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Australia

Rolling north in homage

The transcontinental rail journey to Darwin doubles as an emotional Anzac tribute for John Borthwick.

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Wide, open space ... an ostrich roams on a wildlife reserve.

South Africa

Highveld unveiled

Greg Baum passes desert and vineyards, wilderness and shanty towns on a train from Cape Town to Johannesburg.

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French actress Edwige Feuillere

Railway trips to dine for

Ah, the romance of long-distance train travel ... Ute Junker shares her experiences of carriages and cabbages.

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Casting a spell ... villagers on the lake at Ganvie.

Benin

A chants encounter

Aboard a privately-owned train, Flora King explores a bewitching African nation from south to north.

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Africa

The Great Rift, by rail

Alison Stewart boards the luxurious Pride of Africa for an epic train journey from Dar es Salaam to Cape Town.

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Enjoying the passing scenery from a State compartment, Eastern and Oriental Express train. Thailand

Thailand

On a roll in luxe-class

Ute Junker discovers adventure and indulgence go hand in hand on an epic journey by train from Bangkok to northern Thailand.

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Day trips from Madrid are easy thanks to Spain's high-speed AVE train network.

Europe

Best of Spain by train

Jeanine Barone uses Madrid's excellent rail network to explore eight of the nation's most impressive sights.

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