Solo train travel is never a barrier to finding company.

Travelling solo is,ironically,the least lonely way to travel

There is something about travelling as a couple that creates an insulated environment. Travelling solo is a great way to start talking to strangers.

  • Tim Richards
The station resembles the illustrations you used to see depicting cities of the future.

This modern railway hub is a European architectural marvel

Germany’s Berlin Hauptbahnhof is an ultra-modern station,well-equipped with food and services within a sleek multi-level structure.

  • Tim Richards
Queenscliff Station.

Make the most of free trains:10 of the best trips to take from Melbourne

In an era of soaring petrol prices and free rail travel,nothing beats taking the train.

  • Tim Richards
Inside one of the shared couchette compartments

An overnight train between two great European cities saves on a hotel (and flight)

Both a flashback to a glamorous past and a fresh new approach to rail travel,the European Sleeper is a welcome alternative to flying.

  • Tim Richards
The temple complex in Angkor Ban,on the banks of the Mekong River.

The other Angkor:A village that time forgot

As a murderous regime devastated most of Cambodia,one village managed to remain intact.

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Historic St Pancras,saved from demolition.

Britain’s most beautiful train station is an impressive survivor

This busy gateway to Europe is housed within a beautiful building from the golden age of rail travel.

  • Tim Richards
Traditional wooden boats cross the Mekong with Cai Be church in the background.

The spirit of Vietnam bursts into life along the Mekong

During a cruise on the Mekong River,an excursion proves nourishing in more ways than one.

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Mekong Serenity on the river.

A perfect home away from home on the Mekong

Vietnam and Cambodia may be countries bristling with energy,but serenity abounds when you swap the rails for the river.

  • Tim Richards
The MAV Corona is a comfortable throwback to an earlier era of train travel.

This overnight train through Eastern Europe is a Cold War thriller

The Corona is a welcome blast from the past,a charming sleeper train with full dining car trundling through the mists of Transylvania.

  • Tim Richards
Budapest Keleti railway station was built between 1881 and 1884.

This grand old station is the perfect place to begin a train journey

An impressive survivor from the golden age of rail,this European hub has been updated and modernised for 21st-century travel.

  • Tim Richards