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Scenic train trips that you would recommend

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    #62
    sheepondrugs
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭sheepondrugs


    Munich to Venice via Brenner Pass is amazing. Takes about 6 hours. Last hour into Venice is flat apart from that incredible mountain views all the way.



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    #63
    KevRossi
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    Munich to Venice by a direct train through the Brenner is stunning alright, especially the Innsbruck-Brenner section.

    Far more scenic would be to leave Munich at 08.16, change in Villach, Jesenice and Nova Gorica and you'll arrive in Venice around 20.00. Incredible journey all round. The Austrian train should have a reataurant car. If you're in First Class then there's waiter service to your table.



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    #64
    Charles Babbage
    Registered Users Posts: 5,464 ✭✭✭Charles Babbage


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121936753#Comment_121936753

    Nova Gorica would involve a taxi to Gorizia Centrale. You can walk also, its about 50 minutes.



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    #65
    Duke of Schomberg
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭Duke of Schomberg


    Caledonian Sleeper from London to Fort William, combine it with Carlisle to Skipton on the Settle-Carlisle line as part of the return leg.



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    #66
    KevRossi
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121936778#Comment_121936778

    Bus was €1 or €1.50 last time I took it. Goes directly from one station to the other. A slight inconvenience for a great journey.



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    #67
    Hibernicis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭Hibernicis


    https://www.theguardian.com/travel/series/rail-journey-of-the-month

    Guardian have been running a "Rail journey of the month" series of articles for the last two years. All European so far as I remember. Makes interesting reading and a pleasent way to day-dream away a few spare hours.



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    #68
    Kalimah
    Registered Users Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭Kalimah


    We did the Coastal Pacific and Transalpine in New Zealand last week. I think the Transalpine was the more spectacular. My first time in New Zealand. Amazing place!



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    #69
    Charles Babbage
    Registered Users Posts: 5,464 ✭✭✭Charles Babbage


    Always good to check the weather though. When I was on an Interrail back in the day I thought that it would be nice to travel from Austria to Switzerland through Innsbruck. This was in the autumn, when fog is not unknown in Ireland and apparently there also as when I arrived in Innsbruck I could scarcely see the platform, never mind the Alps.



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    #70
    Hibernicis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭Hibernicis


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122064525#Comment_122064525

    Delighted to hear that you enjoyed it and hope the flights were too gruelling.

    Have you stated saving for the return trip to experience The Northern Explorer ?



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    #71
    Kalimah
    Registered Users Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭Kalimah


    Flights weren’t too bad at all- travelling to San Francisco today for a few days before heading home. Northern Explorer on our next trip I hope!



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