Here are six of the most visually stunning train journeys around the world, each offering a breathtaking blend of scenery, ...

Flowers are placed on rusty railway tracks near old wagons at the Naujoji Vilnia railway station in Vilnius, Lithuania, ...

On 14 June 1941, the Soviet Union deported 10,000 people from Estonia to Siberia, among them over 7,000 women, children and ...

After Leonhard’s death in 1967, the Iditarod, the world’s longest dogsled race, honoured him with bib number 1 until 1980, ...

The Trans-Siberian Railway remains the longest single rail link in the world, spanning nearly 9,300 km. The journey from Moscow to Vladivostok takes up to eight days (depending on the route and ...

The latest Lonely Planet guide, Trans-Siberian Railway, was published in 2018; while it is packed with information, much will inevitably be outdated by the time your friend travels. For the time ...

As England celebrates the 200th anniversary of rail travel, author and train expert Tom Chesshyre reveals his favourite rides across the UK.

One of them went from a place called Hythe in Kent to Dungeness, which is where there's a former nuclear power station. It's tiny, and they have what are called 'narrow gauges'. So it's not the ...

TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY; Many Parts Must Be Rebuilt Because of Hasty Construction. HIGH SPEED NOW IMPOSSIBLE Cost of the System Now Reckoned at $180,250,000 -- Two Weeks from London to Port Arthur.