Around the world by rail. Programmes from our archives
What lies behind the international surge of interest in high-speed rail?
"Ladies always wore hats in the dining car..." George Behrende recalls steam travel
The companies bidding to run Britain's privatised railways
The privatisation of British Rail
Will the privatised separation of Britain's rails and track lead to progress or disaster?
Taking a journey on the controversial new railway linking China and Tibet
What ultimately finished off the railway's 'through-service' to Medina?
The railway to Damascus where Christian and Muslim pilgrims converge
The impact in Jordan on the Bedouin, Amman and the desert castle of Qasr Mshatta
Built to transport Muslim pilgrims from Damascus to Medina and made famous by TE Lawrence
The construction of the 600 mile railway line from the Indian Ocean to Lake Victoria
Meet Kirpal Sandhu Singh, the last man in Kenya to drive a steam train
Fiona Ledger meets the people trying to put trains back on track
How the eucaluptus tree has helped put Angola's Benguela Railway back on track
The end of the line for Britain's state owned railways
The train with no wheels that's planned to travel between Hamburg and Berlin at 450kph
The Hanoi Central Station becomes international terminus again
The privatisation revolution sweeping the world's railways
Concerns about the government's proposed rail franchise lengths
The safety of India's railways. Plus news from the Moscow air show
Why have passengers numbers on the Eurasian Railway so dramatically slumped?
Colonialist Cecil Rhodes planned to build a railway across Africa
Ian Maggs and his platform signs, station clocks, armorial crests, and much more besides
"A journey on an Indian train is not just a trip, but an adventure..."
