Ultimate Train Journeys: World

Long-time rail fan and travel writer Tim Richards has hand-picked 30 great train trips from around the world… from the humble commuter train to long-distance night trains, and everything in-between. * The West Australian *Whether you are a traveller in search of comfort, reliability, excitement or even romance - nothing beats a train. * Traveller *Thirty fabulous journeys, from the short and sweet like The Andean Explorer to the epic Trans-Siberian Express. * The Australian Women’s Weekly *

Tim Richards is a freelance travel writer based in Melbourne, Australia. His writing has appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and websites, and in Lonely Planet’s guidebooks. In 2014 his debut novel, Mind the Gap, a fast-paced fantasy thriller, was published as an ebook by HarperCollins. In 2017 he self-published The Kick of Stalin’s Cow, a travel memoir exploring post-communist Poland. In 2021 Fremantle Press published Heading South, a travel memoir in which Tim travels by train from Far North Queensland to Western Australia.