Rail journey of the month
Brilliant rail explorations of some of Europe's finest scenery and most interesting culture
Rail route of the month: Nantes to Quimper, France – a Breton classic
In Brittany, modern regional trains with huge windows invite you to soak up the views. Our author’s final piece in her series takes in the line to Finistère
Rail route of the month: from Genoa to Ventimiglia, Italy – a line of cinematic brilliance
Along the coast through Liguria to the French border, our slow travel expert enjoys the mix of tunnels and dramatic coastal views
Rail route of the month: vines on the line from Avignon to Lyon, France
Our slow travel expert takes the train through the Rhône’s wine country, hoping for grand cru views and a glass of Condrieu
Rail route of the month: cheese, chocolate and a magical ride to the Swiss town of Gruyères
The scenery – and delicacies – get better and better for our slow travel expert as she takes a local train through Canton Fribourg to a beautiful medieval village
Rail route of the month: Slavic magic on a gentle trip to Zakopane, Poland
Our slow travel expert discovers the legacy of popes and revolutionaries on a trip south from Kraków to the resort town in the Tatra Mountains
Rail route of the month: a dramatic ‘back door’ into Switzerland through the Italian Alps
Our slow travel expert alights from the express train in Domodossola to discover a rural route through the hills into Switzerland
Rail route of the month: rewilding, polders and Hanseatic beauty by train in the Netherlands
Our slow travel expert visits historic towns and a vast unexpected wilderness on a Dutch rail journey
Rail route of the month: across eastern Germany to the Polish city of Szczecin
Our slow travel expert rides a train through a region of lakes and forests which deserves to be far better known
Rail route of the month: along the Franz Josef railway from Prague to Vienna
Our slow travel expert explores a historic central European rail route served by rural trains operating at a pace that would have been familiar to the Habsburgs
Rail route of the month: Slovenia’s ‘garden of Eden’ from Sežana to Jesenice
Our slow travel expert takes in the undiscovered charms of the Soča valley and Julian Alps … in a country where train tickets have just got cheaper
Rail route of the month: the drama of an Alpine epic from Zurich to Graz
This exhilarating, nine-hour journey trundles through the Swiss and Austrian Alps and soars to more than 1,000 metres above sea level as it crosses the Rhine-Danube watershed
Rail route of the month: the gentle beauty of a ride from Hamburg into Denmark
This cross-border journey through fenlands and small towns is so idyllic our writer breaks up this short trip with overnight stays
Rail route of the month: the Mont-Blanc Express from Switzerland to France
Our slow travel expert takes the off-peak train, discovering along the way that the cross-border ‘express’ train is actually delightfully slow
Rail route of the month: tracking St Olav from Sweden to Norway
Our slow travel expert train-hops coast to coast from Sundsvall to Trondheim, following a pilgrim trail based on the life of the 11th-century king
Rail route of the month: a tram ride along the Belgian coast
Our slow travel expert explores the world’s longest tram route, a cinematic journey through Belgium’s dunescapes and quirky seaside towns
Rail route of the month: in the footsteps of railway pioneers through Austria
Our slow travel expert reflects on a milestone in early railway history as she takes the Railjet from Salzburg to Vienna
Rail route of the month: a steam-hauled climb through Germany’s Harz mountains
Our slow travel expert explores villages and forests on a narrow gauge line that terminates at the top of the Brocken, northern Germany’s highest peak
Rail route of the month: through the Alps to the Adriatic – Vienna to Trieste
Our slow travel expert finds the perfect excursion for winter days when daylight hours are short, leaving the Austrian capital just after dawn and reaching the Adriatic port at dusk
Rail journey of the month: Lisbon to Vigo via Porto, past dunes, rivers and the Atlantic
Our slow travel expert enjoys the cross-border Celta train between Portugal and Spain, and not only because it costs just €5.25
Rail route of the month: the slow train to Skagen, Denmark, where the North Sea meets the Baltic
Our slow-travel expert passes forests, dunes and sea to reach the country’s northernmost railway station
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