by aPF6ybxADw | Jul 26, 2022 | Africa, July 2022
KENYA The Lunatic Express no longer! The Lunatic Express has been replaced by the Madaraka Express! Previously, the old narrow-gauge Lunatic Express was the only way to travel overnight between Nairobi and Mombasa. However, with the help of China, it was replaced by a...
by aPF6ybxADw | Jul 26, 2022 | Japan, July 2022
JAPAN Mount Fuji from the Shinkansen Japan is famous for it’s high-speed bullet trains and a special term has been coined in the Japanese language to describe those who are pleasantly obsessed with rail travel – densha otaku, literally translated “train...
by aPF6ybxADw | Jul 26, 2022 | India, July 2022
INDIA The Maharajas’ Express Welcome aboard the Maharajas’ Express, winner of the “World’s Leading Luxury Train” award at the World Travel Awards for seven consecutive years from 2012 to 2018. The Maharajas’ Express has...
by aPF6ybxADw | Jul 25, 2022 | July 2022, Taiwan
TAIWAN A gourmet moving kitchen The Taiwan Railways Administration has upgraded a scenic train it operates in eastern Taiwan to include fine cuisine in a dining car touted as a “five-star moving restaurant”. The Future Express, a refurbished...
by aPF6ybxADw | Jul 6, 2022 | July 2022, Thailand
Thailand Eastern & Oriental Express Board the luxury train from Bangkok to Singapore with Eastern & Oriental Express. Combine the bustle of the big city with the restorative calm of the countryside. Following a stay in Bangkok, board the green and gold...
by aPF6ybxADw | Jul 6, 2022 | China, July 2022
CHINA Towards Tibet: The Xining – Lhasa Train Stretching from Xining in Qinghai Province, cutting across the barren grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau and mounting the foreboding winter fairyland of the Kunlun Mountains before arriving in Lhasa, the...
