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Having travelled 1000s of kilometers around Switzerland by train, these were the most incredible Swiss train journeys which were taken. Get the inside track on how you can also take these fantastic train rides.

This guide shows which company provides the train services on each of the most popular tourist routes in England, Scotland and Wales. You can check whether you can save with discounted Advance tickets, PLUS what key facilities will be available on board from seat reservations to food/drink.

If you want to explore Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, south-east Europe, Spain, The Czech Republic, The Netherlands or Wales by train, then these rail passes and special tickets can be a great way to go where you want, while saving money too!

Featuring pan-European general tips and advice for travelling with bicycles on trains in Europe. PLUS specific guides to taking bikes on trains in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands - including bike ticket booking links and step-by-step guides

These ideas should save you time, money and stress when choosing where to stay on your own bespoke European rail adventure. They'll make the need to transfer between the station and a hotel etc as simple as can be!

Buried within the timetables are these twenty long distance European day trains which only depart once per day. Not only do they provide highly useful direct connections, most of them also take highly scenic routes!

EuroCity express trains are the closest contemporary echoes of a more glamorous, but more limited and elitist, age of European international rail travel. That's because EuroCity trains still weave through multiple countries, conveying their restaurant cars on long and often beautiful railway journeys.

Our guide to Europe's international rail routes includes all of the day and night express trains from 15 countries, plus the local and regional routes in tourist areas.

Our newly updated guide to Europe's international rail routes includes all of the day and night express trains from 15 countries, plus the local and regional routes in tourist areas.

All you need know about travelling on more than 70 European train services, including - what on board facilities and food/drink will be available; whether you can take bikes on a train and what to look out for when taking high speed trains.