The Heritage of India itinerary, offered by the Maharajas Express, is widely considered the pinnacle of luxury train travel in India. Over seven days and six nights, this 1,380+ km journey travels ...

Guided by a century-old Bradshaw’s Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, Michael Portillo embarks on a railway adventure across India and takes in the extraordinary variety of the Indian ...

From colonial history to everyday survival, Amitava Kumar’s The Social Life of Indian Trains shows how railways shape India’s political and social imagination.

My journey on the great railways of India began on October 23, 2012. The trip not only marked my first visit to India, it was also the first time that I had ever travelled on real trains because my ...

How Indian trains became our accidental democracy ...

Nora Fatehi recently embarked on her first Indian rail journey Nora Fatehi recently took her followers on an adventure as she set off on her very first train journey by Indian Railways to Ratnagiri in ...

What it's like to ride the most legendary railways around the world—from the Scottish Highlands to the Peruvian Andes.

Mark Tully, the former BBC broadcaster, was celebrated for his love of Indian railways. A close friend of author Rajendra Aklekar, Tully wrote forewords for Aklekar's books and often discussed railway ...

The rail’s expanding role is not just as a mode of transport, but as a core tourism product and experiential platform.

Train services are seeing a renaissance the world over, with fresh routes, new luxury lines and tour operators increasingly focusing on rail journeys. Here’s the latest for travellers looking to ride ...

A female backpacker detailed her positive experience on an Indian Railways night train, highlighting cleanliness, respectful passengers, and a restful journey.