As the construction of a high-speed line ushers in a new era for travel between Poland and Estonia, our writer takes the slow train and explores cities that are new to him
My kids are holidaying without me – and I’m worried they’ll repeat my foreign faux pas
Zoe Williams
As my nonchalant offspring head to France, I have tried to instil in them a hard-learned lesson about hunger, buffet cars and theft, says Zoe Williams
The train in Spain: seeing Andalucía by rail
My superpower? Turning a lovely afternoon into a nerve-shredding orgy of panic
Adrian Chiles
Across Turkey by train: riding the Mesopotamia Express
June 2024
Our epic family adventure hiking through Greece’s Vikos gorge
A rail trip across Europe to the spectacular Zagori region of Greece is the perfect bonding experience for the writer and her 11-year-old son
Rail journey of the month
Rail route of the month: Nantes to Quimper, France – a Breton classic
In Brittany, modern regional trains with huge windows invite you to soak up the views. Our author’s final piece in her series takes in the line to Finistère
A moment that changed me
A moment that changed me: I walked into the party, shy and anxious. I walked out a whole new woman
Paris can wait: how we dodged the summer crowds by Interrailing to Europe’s smaller towns
‘It’s very wild. I’ve seen wolves’: a hike through the forests and ghost villages of secret Galicia
May 2024
Rail journey of the month
Rail route of the month: from Genoa to Ventimiglia, Italy – a line of cinematic brilliance
Why travelling on Eurostar from the UK is about to become much trickier
Welshness is essential to the Aberystwyth experience: why I love ‘Aber’
Virgin plots rail return with proposal to run West Coast routes
Eurostar reverses wheelchair policy that left user stranded, after Observer campaign
Why clubbers are raving about Germany’s cross-country Techno Train
April 2024
‘You can walk virtually everywhere in England by using the train’: the man connecting rail-based walks
My four-day rail and ferry adventure from the UK to Albania
Rail journey of the month
Rail route of the month: vines on the line from Avignon to Lyon, France
Car-free UK
A car-free trip to the Forest of Dean: a moss-cloaked corner of ancient England
