1. All
you need to know about InterRailing - Jenny Holland may be a little
older than your average InterRail traveller, but she's keen to spend three
weeks exploring Europe by rail and asked our resident rail expert Alan
Heywood for advice. This is the complete guide for InterRail virgins
2. Days
out by rail - David Knight from Melbourne asked us for advice on a
day trip by train from London. Alan offered some suggestions, plus there's
more advice from Mark Hodson's article about classic
British rail routes
3. Train
vs car to France - For the hordes of Brits who flee to France every
summer, it's the great debate. Rail expert Alan Heywood advises a reader who
says the train to his French property is preferable, but prohibitively
expensive
4. Your
favourite rail trips - We asked for your stories about train travel
- and were bombarded with replies. Here's a selection of the best from
Alaska to India
5. InterRailing
with teenagers - Helen Evans and her husband want to know if their
plan to go InterRailing with their two teenage daughters is inspired or
utter madness
6. Italian
rail translation - Barbara Ann Mullan couldn't find an
English-language website to plan her Italian rail trip. Our expert offers
advice on how to get European train times from international websites.
Staying in Italy, this advice for Seema Patel on a classic
Italian rail trip to Venice, Florence, Naples and Rome should also
help
7. London
to Beijing by rail - Paul Miller found plenty of information on the
journey between Moscow and Beijing, but wanted advice after struggling to
find advice for the London to St Petersburg section
8. How
to book the Trans-Siberian Railway - Matthew Spalding wants to know
how he can get basic information and tickets about the classic rail trip,
while Mavis Bourne, who's booking the same adventure asks, Will
it be cold on the Trans Siberian Railway?
9. A
train across south-west Australia - Pam Delaney wants to travel from
Adelaide to Perth across the Nullarbor, and wants to book it in the UK.
Another far-flung
rail adventure that our experts advised on was Margaret Hutton's
request for help planning a trip that takes in St Petersburg, the Northern
Light, Istanbul and Crete in one rail trip. Or there's David
Tyler's trip to Interlaken, which starts in Exeter, and Tony
Elliott's enquiry about taking
the train to Bulgaria.
10. 10
classic rail journeys - if those reader adventures aren't whetting
your appetite, we challenge you not to be inspired by the adventures of our
writers, who have catalogued their experiences from the highest, most
far-flung and most scenic railway journeys around the globe. For European
rail advice this article, The
complete rail guide to Europe, is a must
Why does The Times and Sunday Times rarely mention www.seat61.com, the definitive guide to rail travel outside of the UK? I have pledged to give up flying and know from experience this is an excellent website and should be mentioned in all relevant articles. Please mention it in future.
Amanda Blythe, Nottingham, UK