Ultimate Train Journeys

World

Tim Richards

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Explore Australia
27 October 2021

Travel & holiday; Travel & holiday guides; Eco-tourist guides; Travel maps

Series: Ultimate

Ultimate Train Journeys: World profiles 30 great train trips from every inhabited continent, selected by long-time rail fan and travel writer Tim Richards. Environmental concerns are prompting travellers to consider the surface route – and the best means of transport at ground level is undoubtedly rail.

Tim's curated selection covers the full range of rail options, from the humble commuter train to long-distance night trains with sleeper berths and dining cars, and all journeys are blessed with great scenery. There's the Coast Starlight (Los Angeles to Seattle), the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling) and The Orient Express (London via Paris to Venice), just to name a few. Each chapter includes a detailed itinerary, fast facts, photos and maps.

With space to move and no road traffic to get snarled up in, the real drawcard of train adventures is that they are immersed within a shifting environment, yet not entirely of it. You can witness your surrounds at a steady pace, and properly get to know your travel companions. The old-school ways of travel are fast becoming new again.

By: Tim Richards
Imprint: Explore Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 210mm,
Weight: 890g
ISBN: 9781741177350
ISBN 10: 1741177359
Series: Ultimate
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 27 October 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tim Richards is an award-winning travel writer, specialising in rail travel, who will hop aboard any train at a moment's notice. His work has appeared in newspapers, magazines and websites around the world, and in Lonely Planet's guidebooks. He's the author of Heading South (2021, Fremantle Press), an Australian rail-travel narrative; self-published travel memoir The Kick of Stalin's Cow (2016), about post-communist Poland; and fantasy novel Mind the Gap (2014, HarperCollins). He's a regular contributor to the 'Traveller' lift-out of The Age/Sydney Morning Herald, and of travel articles for Lonely Planet's website. You can see his published work at iwriter.com.au, and he writes regularly about travel at patreon.com/timrichards.

Reviews for Ultimate Train Journeys: World

Long-time rail fan and travel writer Tim Richards has hand-picked 30 great train trips from around the world... from the humble commuter train to long-distance night trains, and everything in-between. * The West Australian * Whether you are a traveller in search of comfort, reliability, excitement or even romance - nothing beats a train. * Traveller * Thirty fabulous journeys, from the short and sweet like The Andean Explorer to the epic Trans-Siberian Express. * The Australian Women's Weekly *