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It’s got a drab brown cover stained with greasy fingermarks, and the faded gold leaf of the title is barely legible. The tiny print inside is so small you need to squint to decipher some of the text. There’s no blurb extolling the celebrity of its author, nor any snippets from rave reviews by the […]

Close your eyes and imagine yourself on the perfect railway journey of your dreams. It is lunchtime and we are travelling through some of England’s loveliest countryside in a commodious carriage where the armchairs are soft and the wide windows offer gorgeous views – in this case over the ‘blue remembered hills’ of A. E. […]

The Deerstalker Express, London Euston to the West Highlands In the unglamorous world of Britain’s privatised railways, there is one train that still recaptures the thrill of travel to romantic and lonely places. The 21.05pm sleeper to Fort William will transport you within hours to some of the most spectacular scenery in Europe. You go […]

Turn up the heating. Snuggle under the duvet. The thought of turning up at the station for that miserable commute back to work after the long Christmas and New Year holiday is grim at the best of times. You have to fight to get a seat in an overcrowded carriage where people are packed like […]

The thought of going back to the railway station for that miserable commute to work after the long Christmas and New Year ­holiday is grim at the best of times. You have to fight to get a seat in an overcrowded carriage where people are packed like sardines. The staff are rude. The information is […]