This wasn't the highlight of my rail tour around Europe - there were too many great cities en route. But anyone who has romanticised about a European Grand Tour, or envied Albert Finney's hair ...

Stephen and Viv Redding, of Race Across the World fame, tick off a bucket-list item as they take Great Rail Journeys’ Rhine river cruise. Follow along with their journey Travelling along the great ...

Britain has hundreds of attractive rural railway lines offering scenic delights, and access to great walks or picturesque villages and towns. It has more tourist railways than any other country ...

Who is Great Rail Journeys? From the mountain tops of Switzerland on the Glacier Express, to the Himalayan foothills on Shimla’s Toy Train, Great Rail Journeys offers small-group escorted tours on ...

A recent study from student travel company Rustic Pathways named Europe's most beautiful train journeys. The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express took the top spot, with Swiss and British routes highly ...

The UK currently has some of the highest rail ticket prices in Europe - something critics have blamed on privatisation. But ...

Of 27 rail operators analysed, Avanti and Great Western Railway ... nearly double the price of other European operators offering long-distance high-speed journeys of a similar length.

Great Western Railway fares are two-and-a ... found to be nearly double the price of other European operators offering long-distance high-speed journeys of a similar length. These elevated fares ...

Passengers queue to check in for the Eurostar international rail service at St Pancras ... kilometer when compared to similar length journeys on the European mainland. "We are confident that ...