Do you have a train lover in your family? Or are you a fan of the railways? Having married a railway man and come to love travelling the world by train, I understand how important it is to buy them the right gift!
This gift guide focuses on the top books on trains that I know all train lovers will love (try saying that 5 times rapidly!), including the history of train books, best railroad books, steam train books and other great books about trains.
There is also a selection of books about travelling by train, including some which focus on great train journeys in Europe, such as the Flam Railway or across Switzerland, or for the more adventurous, some of those fantastic bucket list rail journeys across the world. A lot of inspiration for those of us who dream of doing most of those trips!
Amazing Train Journeys (Amazing Journeys)
Love trains? Love train travel? This book will inspire any train-loving traveller to plan that next iconic trip.
Detailing 60 of the world’s most memorable train journeys, including maps, photographs, timetables and most importantly, the various ticket options, this book will determine travel plans for years!
Time Out Great Train Journeys of the World (Time Out Guides)
Covering 40 of the greatest train journeys in the world this will provide hours of inspiration for your next rail adventure. A perfect gift for the train travel lover!
Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure
This is my dream trip and sure to inspire any train travel lover – how about circumnavigating the globe by train!
Around India in 80 Trains
In 1991, Monisha Rajesh’s family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home. Two years later, fed up with soap-eating rats, severed human heads and the creepy colonel across the road, they returned to England with a bitter taste in their mouths.
Two decades on, she turns to a map of the Indian Railways and takes a page out of Jules Verne’s classic tale, embarking on an adventure around India in 80 trains, covering 40,000 km – the circumference of the Earth. She hopes that 80 train journeys up, down and across India will lift the veil on a country that has become a stranger to her.
Trains: The World’s Most Scenic Routes
A book about the world’s most scenic train routes featuring in-depth descriptions and hi-def photography.
From Asia to Australia to North America, Trains features some of the most iconic routes the world has known.
Learn about historic and modern train routes that travel through large tracks of untamed land.
Rails Around the World: Two Centuries of Trains and Locomotives
In this visually glorious chronological history, prolific railroad historian and photographer Brian Solomon curates a selection of the world’s most significant trains and locomotives over the last two centuries.
Hop aboard to see trains and locomotives at work in scenic locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
Adventures of a Railway Nomad: How Our Journeys Guide Us Home
A great read for those of us who would love to hop on a train and travel as long as we want! The author does just that visiting 13 European countries by train and documenting her adventures along the way!
The Journey: The Fine Art of Traveling by Train
A lovely coffee table book which will take you on a journey on some of the most beautiful train journeys around the world.
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All Aboard: The Complete North American Train Travel Guide
A comprehensive guide to planning train travel in North America including scenery guides, tips and more. This is an essential for anyone planning to travel North America by railroad!
The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World
The definitive bucket list for the train traveler is contained in this book which looks at the 50 greatest train journeys across the world.
Some are well known such as the Orient Express but there are also some lesser known rail routes included!
Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World
For the armchair traveler or those nostalgic for the romance and drama of travel in a world before cars and airplanes took over this book is a celebration of train lines that can no longer exist.
Ticket to ride – around the world in 49 unusual train journeys
Already completed some of the 20 most beautiful train journeys in the world? This book will give you some inspiration for future travel by taking us on some of the most unusual train journeys around the world!
A History of the World in 500 Railway Journeys
Travel by train to some of the world’s most remote and remarkable destinations and let this book be your guide to their history.
Books on trains and train travel
I am sure you will have found some fantastic books on trains for yourself or as a gift for someone who loves trains and train travel.
I have lots of tips about train travel too which may be of interest including how to catch the Eurostar from London to Paris, tips for traveling by overnight sleeper train as well as a comprehensive guide to traveling the UK by train.