The Man in Seat 61 | The train travel guide
Train travel in the UK, Europe & Worldwide. Train travel is a more rewarding alternative to flying which reduces our contribution to climate change and brings us closer to the countries we visit. This site explains how to travel comfortably & affordably by train or ferry, rediscovering the pleasure, romance & adventure of the journey...
Train seat maps | Seat numbering & layout in European trains
Maybe not yet, but on this page you'll find links to European train seat maps, showing the layout & numbering of seats & berths in specific types of train for the main countries in Europe. Please report any dead links, or if you find a new seat map. Click the …
A guide to French Railway's TGV high-speed trains - The Man in …
A guide to travel by TGV. TGVs or Trains à Grande Vitesse are SNCF's (French Railways) premier high-speed trains, running at up to 320 km/h (199 mph) on a high-speed network linking towns & cities across France. Smooth & quiet even at high speed, it's a relaxing way to travel. Some TGVs are single-deck, many are double-deck TGV Duplex. ...
How to use an InterRail or Eurail pass on Eurostar - The Man in …
Interrail or Eurail = special fare on Eurostar. Eurostar joined the Interrail & Eurail pass schemes in January 2017.. If you have an Interrail or Eurail pass you can use Eurostar between London & Lille, Paris, Brussels, Disneyland, Rotterdam & Amsterdam, but you must pay a special passholder fare. How much is it? London to Lille, Brussels or Paris costs €30 in standard class …
A guide to Italo trains | Times, fares, tickets - The Man in Seat 61
A guide to travel with Italo. NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori) is a private company which started running its Italo high-speed trains on the Milan-Florence-Rome-Naples route in 2012, in competition with State-owned Trenitalia. They now have a …
Rocky Mountaineer train | Routes, prices & travel guide
A guide to the Rocky Mountaineer. In 1990, Canada's national rail operator VIA Rail sold off it's Rockies by daylight scenic train to a private company called Rocky Mountaineer Vacations, who renamed it The Rocky Mountaineer.It's developed into a world-class travel experience operating on 3 different routes through the spectacular Canadian Rockies, with excellent on-board service.
Guide to Motorail trains in Europe | Taking your car by train
A guide to European motorail trains, taking your car by train across Europe. Includes French Motorail from Calais to Nice, Narbonne, Toulouse, Brive & Avignon, Dutch motorail (Auto Slaap Trein) from Holland to Italy & the south of France, German Motorail (DB AutoZug) from Dusseldorf to Italy & Austria, motorail to Turkey & Greece, car ferries to Spain & Scandinavia.
A beginner's guide to train travel in Spain - The Man in Seat 61
The Spanish national train operator is Renfe (pronounced Ren-fay), originally Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles but now a brand name in its own right. Its website is www.renfe.com. Renfe runs Spain's superb high-speed AVEs and other mainline trains, as well as local and suburban trains nationwide.
A guide to French overnight trains | Intercités de Nuit
Using Thetrainline. Go to www.thetrainline.com and run an enquiry with the correct number of passengers selected. Find the overnight train and select the 1st class fare for a 4-berth or 2nd class fare for a 6-berth. Scroll down a bit and select Private compartment under Comfort options. Using SNCF-Connect.
TRAIN TRAVEL IN EUROPE | A beginner's guide - The Man in Seat 61
The European Rail Timetable. The world-famous European Rail Timetable is the train traveller's bible, with route maps and up-to-date timetables for trains, buses and ferries for all European countries, plus trains in Asian Turkey and Russia including the Trans-Siberian railway, ferries to North Africa & the Mediterranean islands.