That’s what slow travel experts Byway are hoping to provide with their new rail routes through Scotland. Train travel is about ‘the joyful experience of journeying’ “Slow travel is not ...

Rail travel is one of the easiest ways to journey across Scotland, with routes all over the mainland. However, as frequent travellers will know, certain routes tend to be busier than others.

More frequent and new rail services could be on the way, as independent operators roll out plans to launch extra trains around the country. Stirling in Scotland and Carmarthen in Wales could be ...

When it comes to carbon emissions, some rail routes ... mostly within Scotland (though we have included a Glasgow to London journey) so we could see how the different routes shape up.

In Scotland, if you want to go between some of the smaller places that aren’t connected to the intercity routes then you’ve got problems. The rail services have diminished since the 1960s and ...

It also goes the opposite way — south from Scotland to London — and this historic route is actually one of the absolute best places to travel by train. That's because this particular train ...

The western rail artery into Scotland was also blocked by flooding – hitting services between Edinburgh and Birmingham, and Glasgow and Manchester Airport. Avanti West Coast told all passengers ...

Most of these routes run daily ... journey is a scenic coastal ride to Palermo or Syracuse. Trains on the West Highland Line in Scotland cross the Victorian-era Glenfinnan Viaduct on their ...

While rail travel is one of the most convenient ways to get around Scotland, certain routes are notoriously more crowded than others. Fresh figures obtained through a Freedom of Information ...