Environmentally friendly,spacious,and often delivering you to the centre of your destination with ease,any train journey is an adventure in itself.
By the time the train from Rome is ready for boarding there are hundreds of people pushing to get on. It's hot,chaotic and jam-packed.
While customs and immigration make Eurostar less convenient than in the past,it's still the best way to get from the middle of Paris to the middle of London.
As express trains go,the one that runs between two of Switzerland's best-known tourist towns is the world's worst. But I don't care.
No delays and no risk of lost luggage are just some reasons to try this form of slow travel.
Prepare to be overwhelmed. This entire experience is going to be unlike any you have had in a train station. The sheer size;the breadth;the unfathomable efficiency.
It takes less than two hours to travel from Luang Prabang to Vientiane by rail for about $40. By road,that same journey would take six or seven hours.
Taking an overnight train in Europe can save you time and money on accommodation costs. It's a more enjoyable and scenic way to travel and it's better for the environment. What's not to love?
Hunt around,prod and poke every corner of the travelling world,and see if you can come up with a better way to get from A to B than a train in Japan.
It's now possible to travel from Singapore to Luang Prabang,Laos,by train - thanks to China's controversial'Belt and Road'project.
You don't need a car to explore Victoria's West Gippsland.