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French countryside, Italian style: why fly from Paris to the Mediterranean coast when you can catch a fast train?

You can take Italy’s ‘red arrow’ fast train even if you’re not in Italy

A business class trip passes in a blur of bucolic French countryside and Italian food and wine.

  • Chrissie McClatchie

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Amsterdam Centraal station’s ornate facade.

A train station that makes flying seem far less convenient

Planes have revolutionised modern travel, but this experience is so efficient and stress-free that it almost makes flying seem archaic.

  • Jenny Hewett
European night trains are having a moment.

European sleeper trains cost more than flying. Are they worth it?

European night trains are having a moment as travellers seek to avoid airport queues, travel more sustainably, carry more baggage and avoid accommodation costs.

  • Brian Johnston
The MAV Corona is a comfortable throwback to an earlier era of train travel.

This overnight train through Eastern Europe is a Cold War thriller

The Corona is a welcome blast from the past, a charming sleeper train with full dining car trundling through the mists of Transylvania.

  • Tim Richards
Train travels with my bestie.

My childhood bestie was a reluctant traveller. Until now

“Which station should I get off at?” she texts en route. “You’re well-versed, not like your anxious non-traveller friend.”

  • Catherine Marshall
Taking the high-speed AVE train between Madrid and Seville.

I took high-speed trains in four countries. We are an embarrassment

Want to know the height of sophistication? It’s standing up while travelling at 300km/h, eating a tostada with jamon iberico, and sipping an icy beer.

  • Ben Groundwater
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Shimonada station, overlooks the calm waters of the Seto Inland Sea.

Forget Tokyo or Kyoto. This humble station is Japan’s most photographed

Not even the frenetic train terminals of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto can match the Instagram appeal of this obscure whistle-stop station in a remote beauty spot.

  • Anthony Dennis
Camera, action – getting the picture in Hanoi’s Train Street.

The new, safe and comfortable way to do Vietnam’s infamous Train Street

The spectacle and buzz of life on the track remains Hanoi’s most alluring attraction, but now there’s a new way to see it.

  • Julie Miller
The traditional ger homes of Mongolia.

The 2250km, more diverse alternative to the Trans-Siberian railway

A journey through Mongolia on a Soviet-era train feels like a step through a time portal.

  • Jamie Lafferty
An artist impression of the Celia Carriage.

Fantasy on wheels: Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin design train carriage

Drama, theatrics and a whole of colour will be onboard this designer-led luxury train.

  • Julietta Jameson