Far by Rail

Follow a feeling

Find your kind of journey.

Some people want a window seat above a glacier. Some want a bed, a nightcap and a different city at breakfast. Start with the feeling, and the route follows.

Start here

Discovery hubs

Edited entry points into the deepest parts of the catalogue: every journey grouped by the choice you are actually making. The browse collections below stay complete.

Journey style

Choose how you want to travel

Unbranded passenger train beside Lake Champlain in autumn on the Adirondack route.

Scenic train journeys

153 journeys

Rail journeys where the landscape is part of the destination.

An Amtrak Acela trainset runs through the Northeast Corridor in daylight.

High-speed train journeys

39 journeys

Fast intercity lines where the train replaces the flight.

Renfe Al Ándalus luxury train photographed in Spain near Cáceres.

Luxury train journeys

34 journeys

Premium rail journeys where the onboard experience matters as much as the route.

Epic journeys

73 journeys

Published epic journeys, gathered for browsing.

Heritage journeys

56 journeys

Published heritage journeys, gathered for browsing.

Engineering journeys

50 journeys

Published engineering journeys, gathered for browsing.

Excursion journeys

44 journeys

Published excursion journeys, gathered for browsing.

Sleeper journeys

40 journeys

Published sleeper journeys, gathered for browsing.

Design journeys

29 journeys

Published design journeys, gathered for browsing.

Steam journeys

24 journeys

Published steam journeys, gathered for browsing.

Culinary journeys

18 journeys

Published culinary journeys, gathered for browsing.

By country

Where the line runs

Country guides where we have a collection, and every other country with published journeys.

By operator

The railways themselves

Operator guides are published where enough of that railway's journeys are covered.

Every collection