Springtime in Mallorca for Railway Enthusiasts
With winter fast approaching, there’s only one thing for it: start planning a sunny springtime sojourn. This six-day tour, created with railway aficionados in mind, travels to…
Reduce Carbon Footprint by Train to Austria
Welcome aboard the Alpen Express: the sleeper ski train with a route that takes you right to the slopes while slashing your journey’s carbon footprint by around 80 per cent…
Trains vs Planes: Carbon Emissions Split in Figures
With the recent Global Climate Strike Week that saw six million people participating in climate crisis protests all over the world, the International Currency Exchange (ICE) has…
Climate Change and Tourism: Plane, Car, Train or Boat?
Travel Begins at 40 looks at the relationship between climate change and tourism by comparing various modes of travelling to your next destination. Asking yourself what’s the greenest way to…
When Flying Scotsman Meets Northern Belle
Mal Tattersall goes steaming back in time on the Nostalgia Express with the Flying Scotsman engine and the Northern Belle luxury train. “For rail enthusiasts this is a very big…
The No-Fly Movement and Flygskam: What Is It?
Johan Smits discusses abandoning flying with No-Fly movements in the UK and Sweden. Have you heard yet of flygskam, Swedish for ‘flight shame’? It’s the No-Fly movement that originated in…
All Aboard the Canadian Snow Train
Snow-capped peaks, frozen lakes and forests of pine in a dusting of white: such are the sights that await those exploring the Rocky Mountains this winter. And for those keen…
Loco2 Rebrands as Rail Europe
International online train ticket booking platform Loco2 will be rebranded Rail Europe from 6 November 2019, leveraging Rail Europe as a single global brand…
Are Solar Powered Trains the Future?
With the mounting debate on climate change and the movement against flights taking off, many people are choosing to travel by train, but are these diesel guzzling – or electrified…
Full Steam Ahead in Germany
October 2020 marks 30 years since East and West Germany were reunited, an historic moment that brought with it access to some of the world’s most remarkable narrow gauge steam…
Llongyfarchiadau to Prince Charles
July 1 marks the 50th anniversary of the investiture of HRH The Prince of Wales at spectacular Caernarfon Castle. Much has changed in the world since, but the beauty of…
Take the Great West Way this Summer
Stretching 125 miles from London and Bristol, the Great West Way, is a touring route devised to enable travellers to visit some of Britain’s great iconic sites and many lesser-known…
