United Kingdom

United Kingdom → Belgium → Netherlands · Epic

Eurostar: London to Amsterdam

Three countries and the Channel Tunnel before lunch

5h 04m · Eurostar

• Epic
• High-speed

Photo: Rob Dammers · CC BY 4.0

United Kingdom · Sleeper

Britannic Explorer

Britain reimagined as a modern luxury sleeper journey.

72h · Belmond

• Sleeper
• Luxury
• Culinary

Photo: Geof Sheppard · CC BY-SA 4.0

United Kingdom → France · Engineering

Eurostar: London to Paris

Under the Channel, city centre to city centre in 2h16m

2h 16m · Eurostar

• Engineering
• High-speed

Photo: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Royal Scotsman

A private Highland country house that happens to move by rail.

72h · Belmond

• Scenic
• Sleeper
• Luxury

Photo: Peter Moore / Geograph via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

United Kingdom · Heritage

Bluebell Railway

Eleven miles of classic British heritage steam.

40m · Bluebell Railway

• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: Peter Trimming from Croydon, England · CC BY 2.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Borders Railway

From Edinburgh into the rolling Scottish Borders in about an hour.

1h 01m · ScotRail

• Scenic

AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

United Kingdom · Sleeper

Caledonian Sleeper Highlander

Go to sleep in London and wake in the Highlands.

11h 30m · Caledonian Sleeper

• Sleeper
• Epic

Photo: Colin MacInnes / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Dartmouth Steam Railway

Steam beside Tor Bay and the River Dart.

25m · Dartmouth Steam Railway

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Far North Line

Britain’s long railway into the peatlands and North Sea coast.

4h 15m · ScotRail

• Scenic
• Epic

Photo: Peter Moore / Geograph via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Ffestiniog Railway

Historic narrow gauge climbing from sea level into slate country.

1h 15m · Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: SchmalspurDVZO · CC BY-SA 4.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Kyle Line

Lochs, mountains and moorland from Inverness to the west coast.

2h 40m · ScotRail

• Scenic

Photo: Phil Richards / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

North Norfolk Railway

Heritage trains between pine woods and the Norfolk coast.

25m · North Norfolk Railway

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: The Basingstoker · CC BY-SA 2.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Steam across the moors from market town to coast.

1h 50m · North Yorkshire Moors Railway

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: Bill Henderson / Geograph via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

A miniature steam railway from the Cumbrian coast into the fells.

40m · Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Settle–Carlisle Line

Victorian railway engineering across the Yorkshire Dales.

1h 40m · Northern

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Engineering

Photo: Smiley.toerist / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Snowdon Mountain Railway

Rack railway to the roof of Wales.

3h 30m · Snowdon Mountain Railway

• Scenic
• Engineering
• Excursion

Photo: Porius1 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

The Jacobite

Steam over Glenfinnan to the fishing port of Mallaig.

2h 16m · West Coast Railways

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: Daniel Kraft / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Welsh Highland Railway

Twenty-five miles of steam beneath Yr Wyddfa.

2h 10m · Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: Alan Wilson · CC BY-SA 2.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

West Highland Line

A five-and-a-half-hour journey from Glasgow into the Scottish Highlands, across Rannoch Moor and over Glenfinnan Viaduct to the fishing port of Mallaig.

5h 30m · ScotRail

• Scenic

Photo: Tony Hisgett / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0