Planes are a process, but trains are a pleasure
Griff Rhys Jones counts the ways he loves train travel, from bath tubs on board to mysterious strangers
12 April 2021 • 12:00pm
The world s most scenic railway routes take in the likes of the Victoria Falls bridge across the Zambezi
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Stride up the platform of Amsterdam Centraal. March through the gothic splendours of St Pancras. Strut into the Chinese-built wonder of Dar es Salaam station, or the fake Moorish palaces of Algiers, made with taste and delicacy by Parisian architects in thrall to the romance of trains. And do wallow in that romance. My first visit to the Gare du Nord? Those platform notices! “Berlin. Warsaw. Moscow.” From this place? Wow. I was only going to the station buffet, but I immediately longed to go on and light out for the territory.
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