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Night Train from Cairo & other Ancient Egyptian Ruins
Today’s guest post comes from Katrina Stovold of Tour Absurd, who found that Egypt’s trains were just as ruinous as the country’s more celebrated ancient treasures… Egypt is a land of unimaginable...
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Train Fares, Tickety Splits, Coco Pops & Ketchup
What Kate Andrews' desk looks like on an average day A while back I asked the vexed question of just why it is so hard to find good deals for European train tickets online. It’s a subject which is dear...
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The Northern Belle Day Train Review
No matter how you look at it, there’s something ineffably strange about taking a day trip on the Orient Express. We’re heading to Edinburgh Waverley, our local station, to sit on the Northern Belle...
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Wedding Trains (No, not those ones!)
This is a momentus occasion folks. I’m delighted to finally introduce Mrs Jools’ debut appearance here on Trains on the Brain, in which she enthuses about train and railway-themed weddings, a subject...
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A Day on the Disney Pixar Brave Express
Last Saturday VisitScotland ran their biggest press junket ever, ferrying some 150 international media on a private Scotrail train to Perthshire to promote the Disney Pixar Brave film, hitting our...
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Win an InterRail Pass! & Meet the Tru-Ropeans
Win an InterRail Pass! But first, read this, ah go on, go on, go on… I’m sitting in the somewhat optimistically-named Seaside Parkview Hotel bar in Leipzig after attending InterRail’s 40th birthday...
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Continental Connections
Recently I mused on what it means to be an Interrailer and a ‘True European’, suggesting the two are intrinsically linked. In this guest post, the wonderful Berlin-based travel writers behind Hidden...
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Travelling between North and South Vietnam
Travelling between North and South Vietnam Trains are often the most interesting way to travel across Indochina compared with internal flights and for those visitors who want to enjoy a unique Vietnam...
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Get Ready for InterRail for Grown Ups…
This year InterRail turns 40, as you may remember. I’m pushing the big Hawaii 4-0 myself (and Mrs Jools is already there, hooray, give her a big pink rosette!) so I thought it would be fun to see if...
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Enjoying the Idea of Travel, Making Soundtracks & Annoying Facebook Travel Memes
Forgive me but this post is slightly more esoteric than usual and, yes, a little ranty in places too… Today I want to talk about ‘being in the moment’, while also being conscious of being in the...
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DFDS Seaways Amsterdam Ferry Review
DFDS Seawys Amsterdam Ferry Review Our month on the InterRails begins, predictably enough, with a train. It’s a fairly familiar and prosaic journey for us, since it’s the start of the east coast line...
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Catch the Eastern & Oriental Express to Bangkok
For a break with a real difference, try combining rail and car travel by booking yourself on to one of the epic train journeys that still exist in many parts of the world and picking up cheap car hire...
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Peace of Mind for Older Travellers
The following post was written by Sharmila Bousa and supported by World First Travel Insurance. Sirkeci Station. Image: Chris Hill My parents recently discovered train travel. Okay that’s not strictly...
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Italo Train Review
A few weeks back I tried out the new privately run train service Italo, from Rome to Milan, en route to speak at the excellent Travel Blogger Elevator conference in Genova. Here’s what I made of it....
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The Bamboo Express Train
The following post was supported and written by Selective Asia. The Bamboo Express Anyone with an interest in unusual modes of transport will find the bamboo train network of Cambodia absolutely...
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Linz in a Word
Yeah, puerile I know, but I couldn’t quite resist it. InterRail is all about spontaneity, or so goes the rubrick anyway. But some InterRailers just prefer to have a plan. We generally fall into that...
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Holiday Money Tips When Travelling By Train
The excitement of a journey usuaully starts with the planning. I know most of you enjoy plotting your rail routes but, well you probably don’t muster quite as much excitement about planning your...
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Going Local for Blogmanay
Image: Lloyd Smith Sometimes the best ideas spring from a clever bit of wordplay. A case in point being Blogmanay – such a good brand name they just had to run with the pun! It’s an exciting new...
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Kindling Spirits – On Belonging at Hogmanay
Last week I was invited to take part in the Torchlight Procession, part of the official ceremonies which kick off Hogmanay here in Edinburgh. The event is open to the public too, but it was the first...
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How to stay safe when travelling the UK in style
The following post was supported, written and provided by Questor Insurance. Travel is something we all enjoy doing – no matter what method of transport we choose. Trains are naturally one of our...
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