Format:
Book
Author:
Lambert, Anthony J., author.
Title:
The 50 greatest train journeys of the world / Anthony Lambert.
Publisher, Date:
London : Icon Books, 2015.
©2016
Description:
251 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Summary:
Acclaimed travel writer Anthony Lambert presents his selection of train journeys with real character, sublime scenery, a sense of history, a well-appointed train, or even the opportunity to enjoy a meal with proper napery, silver and glass. Some journeys are well-known, such as the Glacier or Orient Expresses, which combine glamour, outstanding cuisine and service and colourful history. Others less so: the train from Inverness to -Wick and Thurso traverses some of the wildest country in Britain; or the coast-to-coast journey through the chestnut- and pine-clad mountains of Corsica, crossing one of Gustave Eiffel's glorious viaducts of gossamer steel. From the modest line through North Yorkshire's Esk Valley to the Trans-Siberian; from a narrow-gauge web of lines in the Harz Mountains to the train that crosses Australia's barren Nullarbor Plain in a dead-straight 478km, Lambert's is an unmissable selection for any lover of travel, that is as delightful as the destination.
Series:
50 greatest.
Subjects:
Railroads -- Miscellanea.
Railroad travel -- Guidebooks.
Genre:
Guidebooks.
Notes:
"In association with Timpson" --Added title page.
Contents:
United Kingdom -- Mainland Europe -- Africa -- Asia -- Australasia -- The Americas.
ISBN:
9781785780653 paperback
1785780654
9781785780882 Book People edition
1785780883
Other Number:
987419616
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3653280
Call Number:
385
Course Reserves:
0
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