I had wanted to do a rail tour of Switzerland for many years. We finally got the chance in 2024. Booking After looking round at some options we decided to book with the Swiss Travel Centre. They have a range of different self guided tours on the STC Website and as part of their services … Continue reading Swiss Rail Tour
Last year we spent a couple of weeks on the South Island of New Zealand. As a train enthusiast one part of the holiday which was a must was a trip on the Tranz Alpine train. Kiwi Rail runs a daily return trip across the top of the island from Christchurch on the East Coast, … Continue reading The Tranz Alpine
As the son of a railwayman I have always been interested in trains. In Japan the enthusiasm for trains is at a whole new level. There are conventional trainspotters taking photographs and recording numbers called Tori-tetsu (tori means to take, and tetsu means train) Sharyo-tetsu are fans of train design, who love this one of … Continue reading Nation of Trainspotters
Like most of the people we have talked to we got a Japan Rail Pass for our first visit to Japan. Of course we did a lot of our rail travelling on the Shinkansen which is a great service. I did find that a problem with the bullet trains is a lot of the journey … Continue reading Japan Rail – More Than The Shinkansen
