Sunny Carlisle

On reaching the end of the Settle – Carlisle railway line at Carlisle, the sun came out providing lovely views … More

Ribblehead

Ribbelhead is the quintessential example of how the Settle – Carlisle Railway was built. Its station is nowhere near a … More

One of the reasons the Settle – Carlisle Railway is now well used is that it makes the most of … More

The Settle to Carlisle train actually starts in Leeds and ought to be called the Leeds to Carlisle train. However, … More

Trains in Italy are relatively good value, specially when compared to the UK. They also have multiple train operating companies, … More

My departure from Sydney was on the Indian Pacific, which fortunately doesn’t change its name when it travels from the … More

True to form, I left Victoria on a train, taking the XPT to Sydney. I had been warned by a … More

After a lovely weekend in beautiful Adelaide, I embarked on another Great Southern Rail journey, albeit slightly shorter to Melbourne. … More

The first segment of our journey was a mere 4 hours to Katherine. As we were leaving Darwin, someone was … More

Why did I go to Darwin if I didn’t plan on spending any time there? Because it’s the starting station … More