Great Continental Railway Journeys is now a firmly established series on BBC2, following in the illustrious tracks of its predecessor - Great British Railway Journeys. Both series are fronted by ex-politician Michael Portillo and in this European odyssey he travels around continental Europe, using George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide. Now coming up for its fourth instalment this autumn, Portillo guides the train-travelling fan across Europe...

Here, Michael Kerr has burrowed deep into the Telegraph's archives and collected together the very best writing about railway journeys. There are journeys non-stop from London to Vladivostok, across the Canadian Rockies, the first train across Australia from Darwin to Alice Springs, and more.

Aboard the Orient Express as it heads across Europe towards Constantinople, a relationship develops between Carleton Myatt and Coral Musker, a naive English chorus girl. Around them a web of espionage, murder and lies twist in this spy thriller.

Andrew Martin recreates five of these famous train journeys by travelling abroad their nearest modern day equivalents. Sometimes their names have survived, even if only as a footnote on a timetable leaflet, but what has usually - if not always - disappeared is the extravagance and luxury.

Michael Portillo has now made two series of 'Great British Railway Journeys', which have aired to great acclaim in BBC2's early-evening slot. In each episode Portillo takes a train journey, looking at places along the route, and he uses as his guide 'Bradshaw's Tourist Handbook', a pioneering guidebook for travellers published in 1866.

An essential guide to exploring Britain by train, 'Railway Day Trips' is ideal for anyone planning or looking for inspiration for a rail journey.

Each book in this series examines one mode of transport in order to introduce the reader to how people around the world get from place to place.

The sequel to 'On the Slow Train', Michael Williams takes the reader back to another era, when travel meant more than hurrying from one place to the next. He again demonstrates that there are still places in Britain where we can stop, stare and appreciate the romance of rail travel.

Experience 60 of the world's greatest and most unforgettable train journeys, from classic long-distance trips like Western Canada's Rocky Mountaineer and Darwin to Adelaide's The Ghan, to little-known gems on regular commuting lines. We've always had a soft spot for trains. We know the moment a train pulls out of a station bound for somewhere fantastic is when the adventure truly starts. 'Amazing Train Journeys' is the culmination of asking more than...

Beginning his journey in Boston, where he boarded the subway commuter train, Paul Theroux travelled the length of North and South America, to his destination in Patagonia. In this book he vividly evokes the contrasts of his journey.