Ticket to Ride

Funny and illuminating from Crewe to Korea, Ticket to Ride is a hugely entertaining account of the author’s travels on the rails the world over - chance encounters fly like sparks * Sara Wheeler *Tom’s ticket certainly scores all the best rides: fast rides and slow ones, short trips and long ones. But most important are the names: why would any trainspotter (let alone a gricer) pass up the Reunification Express or, even better the Orient Express, for a mere airplane? * Tony Wheeler *Like mini-odysseys, Chesshyre’s railway journeys are by turns gentle and awesome, and full of surprises * John Gimlette *Trains, dry wit, more trains, evocative descriptions, more trains, fascinating people and more trains - what is there not to like? * Christian Wolmar *Affectionate * Wanderlust Magazine *This is an engaging, enjoyable and warm-hearted book that will appeal as much to general readers as to lovers of trains… Recommended. * Simon Bradley, author of The Railways *Amusing and insightful book * E&T Magazine *Evocative mix of thrill rides and gentle journeys worldwide. Even if locomotives and rolling stock leave you cold, you’ll enjoy the author’s trademark dry humour. * World of Cruising Magazine *

Tom Chesshyre is the author of thirteen travel books. He has travelled more than 40,000 miles around the world for his train books, which have included Slow Trains Around Spain: A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides and Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys. His book writing has also taken him across North Africa after the Arab Spring, round the “dark side” of the Maldives on cargo ships, along the length of the River Thames, around the Lake District on a long hike, and on a journey through “unsung Britain” (for To Hull and Back). He worked on the travel desk of The Times for 21 years and is now freelance, contributing to the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and The New European magazines. He lives in London.