From sharing a carriage with smugglers in North Korea to chatting with skinheads in the US, this traveller has seen it all on overnight trains. But, a $53 journey in Vietnam was one of the most memorable.
I bet Butterworth sounds a bit familiar. It’s where the Royal Australian Air Force had a base for many years and it’s now a base for the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
Norway´s state-of-the-art luxury train operator, the Norient Express is set to launch in October 2025, offering a unique six-day experience across Norway´s most stunning locations.
This terrifying real-time mystery set on a train hurtling from Glasgow to London takes the nerve-jangling suspense of 24 and Bodyguard and speeds them up.
Line closed at 14th June for upgrades to 25th of August on the Warrnambool line and I decided to ride it to observe for myself the riding quality of the train.
According to The Man in Seat 61 train travel website: “Indonesian trains are cheap, comfortable and air-conditioned. They run on narrow-gauge 3′6″ (106-centimetre) tracks, but are fast and usually punctual”.
