World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

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World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

Starting a mile above sea level in Colorado's state capital Denver, our train, the Rocky Mountaineer makes its way through wild west country to Moab in the state of Utah. On the way we mine for gold, just as the first 'fifty-niners' did in the mid-19th century. At almost 12,000 ...

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Season 4
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Traveling in a train made up of 18 vintage coaches, this is an epic ten-day expedition. Starting from one of the world's most remote cities, Walvis Bay in Namibia, we roll 1500 miles through the Kalahari Desert to Pretoria, South Africa's executive capital. On the way we hunt Waterbuck with the San people, Namibia's origin...
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Celebrating Italy, we follow the Neapolitan Line. Travelling west from the gelato shops of the seaside town of Pescara we'll cross Italy, through remote and wild Apennine mountains, down to the hustling city of Naples on the west coast. Years ago, for many Italians, this was a one-way trip, their ultimate destination the U...
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In Porto, we discover how the Royal Families of England and Portugal were bound together in the 13th century with the marriage of Philippa of Lancaster to King John I of Portugal.
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Pulled by the Royal Scott, one of the finest locomotives ever built, we power through the Peak District in full steam. On our way from Crew to York, we travel over Chat Moss on a line built by Robert Stephenson and once served by the famous rocket.
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From the Mexican border at San Diego, we follow the Californian coast north, to the city of San Luis Obispo, aboard the aptly named Pacific Surfliner. Pulled by a gleaming Siemens Charger locomotive, our rake of five double decked coaches, will take us on a 350-mile trip into the Californian dream. On our way we stop off i...
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Starting in Kyale of Lochalsh, a tiny fishing village on the far west coast of Scotland, our line takes us east right across the Highlands, then south through the whisky country of Speyside to Aberdeen, Scotland's oil capital. Originally built to carry cattle south from the highlands, its main income is now from tourists, ...
A stunning rail journey through the heart of South Island's best scenery starts in Greymouth, renowned for its coal-mining past.
From Tirano in Italy, this route spirals 1000 metres up the Alps, past glaciers and through mountains, until ending at the base of the majestic Matterhorn.
The Cambrian Line starts in Pwllheli and travels 200km, taking in the fairy-tale village of Portmeirion, the seaside resort of Aberdovey and the ancient capital of Machynlleth.
The Dovre line runs from Oslo to the remote northern wonderland of Trondheim, passing through the vast Gudbrandsdal valley and across the awe-inspiring Dovrefjell mountain plateau.
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