The holiday season may be the best time to ride the rails on these iconic routes through Germany’s enchanted Black Forest, ...

When most travelers think of breathtaking train journeys, their minds drift to Europe's legendary routes, the Swiss Alps, Scottish Highlands, or Norwegian fjords. But Asia's railways offer scenery so ...

They call it the world’s most beautiful train journey, and it’s easy to understand why. In this video, we travel across Sri Lanka by rail, starting from the misty hills of Kandy and making our way to ...

When he first looked upon the Kashmir Valley, the 17th-century Mughal emperor Jahangir was moved to quote a Sufi poet: “If there is a paradise on Earth, this is it, this is it, this is it.” Nestled in ...

The Gornergrat Bahn offers one of Switzerland’s most scenic rail journeys. Climbing 1,484 meters from Zermatt, it passes stations like Riffelalp and Findelbach before reaching the summit with ...

The new “Lewis and Clark Trail by Rail” itinerary includes riding Amtrak’s Empire Builder train past sights such as Bad Rock Canyon near Columbia Falls, Montana, as passengers make their way west to ...

A Greek-Swiss initiative seeks to reopen the historic Peloponnese Railway to boost tourism and generate income for locals – but is the project really practical? “The train passed through my village. I ...

I took a round trip on the TranzAlpine in New Zealand, one of the world's most scenic rail routes. The landscapes were breathtaking, but the return journey felt repetitive. I'd suggest taking this ...

In a world obsessed with speed and efficiency, the Virginia Scenic Railway in Staunton offers something increasingly rare – a journey where slowing down is precisely the point, and the magnificent ...

Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, A Belmond Train. Travel by rail is more popular than ever right now and nothing says adventure more than one of these epic train journeys. You board these singular ...

CHILLICOTHE — All Aboard the choo choo train as the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway adds more rides along its Nelsonville Depot stop for the fall season. The popular views of the scenic fall foliage has ...

Opheli Garcia Lawler is a journalist with a decade of experience, half of which has been dedicated to covering the way we travel. From interviewing former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to ...