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 ...

Faria boarded the train with a friend and said she was surprised by how clean it was, especially as she had assumed it might ...

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.

How Indian trains became our accidental democracy ...

Travel to Kerala`s Kumbh Mela (Tirunavaya Mahamagam) made easier! Get temporary train stoppages at Kuttippuram & Vaikom Road.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I like inventing my own new year traditions, much more fun than pious resolutions. Two favourites: close out ...

After choosing armed struggle over a Gandhian non-violent path, one of India's greatest sons, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, ...

For Rajendra Aklekar, who has written books on India’s railway history and heritage, veteran broadcaster Mark Tully was a ...

Paris brought up a lot of emotions for me and it was very unexpected! Here's how I spent my time alone in this beautiful city ...