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<p>How to travel, without it costing the earth</p>

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<p>Train travel isn’t always the scenic experience you imagine it to be</p>

Train passenger’s bare feet sparks etiquette debate

<p>The European Sleeper makes the journey between Brussels and Berlin twice a week</p>

What it’s like to catch the Brussels to Berlin sleeper train

<p>The mountains are calling with this new train service to Cortina, northern Italy</p>

The most exciting new train journeys across Europe

<p>The spectacular landscapes of the Grand Canyon</p>

Why it’s worth travelling to the Grand Canyon by rail

<p>The Rocky Mountaineer in Glenwood Springs</p>

What it’s like to ride the US’s newest Rocky Mountaineer train route

<p>Istanbul can be reached by rail overnight from Bulgaria</p>

What it’s like to do the night train from Sofia to Istanbul

<p>Travel by train: see more of Sri Lanka</p>

Want to see the real Sri Lanka? Explore by train

<p>Nightjet operates the largest night train network in Europe </p>

Sleeper train holidays could be cheaper than flying, says new research

<p>European rail travel hasn’t lost its charm </p>

150 years on, European rail timetable is an invitation to adventure

<p>Happy place: Hamburg’s main railway station, busy with passengers during last summer’s €9 unlimited travel promotion </p>

Germany’s unlimited €49-a-month rail pass to launch on 1 May

<p>Shania Twain with Shania Train</p>

Shania Train: new Swiss rail option named after famous country singer

<p>Historic houses on the canal in Amsterdam</p>

New sleeper train will connect Barcelona and Amsterdam

<p>Reaching the mountains by train is easier than you’d think</p>

Eight best ski resorts you can travel to by train from London

<p>Below par: between April 2021 and March 2022, the UK’s busiest station, London Waterloo, saw passenger numbers halve compared with before the pandemic</p>

The railway stations that travellers forgot

<p>Explore the beachy resort town of Binz</p>

How to plan the perfect train trip around Germany

<p>The Interrail pass was created in 1972 for young people </p>

Number of Interrail tickets sold hits record high this year

<p>In the song’s video, Craig David experiences something of an epiphany about the wonders of train travel</p>

Craig David releases song encouraging people to travel by train

<p>Fast track: Okehampton was once on the trans-Devon rail link</p>

Reopening train line in Devon is a start - but rail users expect more

Passengers at Heathrow Airport, London, in March 2020

How safe is it to travel by plane, train or cruise liner?

US train travel resurgence offers Amtrak summer boost

Saving grace: National Express (shown here running a train in Germany) has extended coachcards for UK bus travellers

Fury at government decision not to extend railcard validity

Jean Lassalle apologised for the hold up

French politician blocks train after parking car on level crossing

Commuters at Leeds railway station

Rail firms will be penalised for late and dirty trains, says minister

Virus Outbreak Japan Daily Life

Asia Today: Fewer cases in Melbourne, Korea; Japan travel up

A recently launched train route is making travel between Budapest and Vienna ultra affordable

Rail route connects Budapest to Vienna from just £8