Rail journeys of the world
Great rail journeys, high-speed lines, sleeper trains and landmark stations in every country.
356 rail journeys · 42 of 197 countries · more on the way
356 rail journeys
Europe
Great rail journeys, sleeper trains and landmark stations across Europe, country by country.
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Asia
Great rail journeys, sleeper trains and landmark stations across Asia, country by country.
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Africa
Great rail journeys, sleeper trains and landmark stations across Africa, country by country.
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North America
Great rail journeys, sleeper trains and landmark stations across North America, country by country.
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South America
Great rail journeys, sleeper trains and landmark stations across South America, country by country.
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Oceania
Great rail journeys, sleeper trains and landmark stations across Oceania, country by country.
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Journeys to take
Nice–Tende, FranceLigne de TendeMountain line climbing the Roya valley via spiral tunnels, known in summer as the Train des Merveilles.
Cork, IrelandKent StationCork's main railway station, dating from 1893, which displays a preserved nineteenth-century steam locomotive.
Genoa – Casella, ItalyGenoa–Casella RailwayNarrow-gauge line climbing from Genoa through the Ligurian Apennine valleys.
St. Wolfgang–Schafberg, AustriaSchafberg RailwaySteep cog railway climbing from the Wolfgangsee to the Schafberg summit, often steam-hauled.
Kyiv – Lviv, UkraineIntercity+ Kyiv–LvivUkrzaliznytsia's fastest daytime service, linking the capital and Lviv in around five hours.
Chișinău – Bucharest, MoldovaPrietenia Night TrainDaily sleeper to Bucharest with Soviet-style carriages, whose wheelsets are changed at Ungheni.
Moscow, RussiaYaroslavsky Railway StationNeo-Russian station by Fyodor Schechtel and starting point of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Tartu, EstoniaTartu Railway StationRestored 19th-century wooden station building, one of the finest historic stations in Estonia.