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Great rail journeys

From the luxury of the Orient Express in Italy, to the wilds of the Rockies on board the 97-hour Canadian — a series of features that celebrate the joys of train travel

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Boarding now: a brand new Orient Express
La Dolce Vita Orient Express is the first new iteration of the world’s most famous train in more than 40 years. Maria Shollenbarger gets an exclusive preview
Great rail journeys: the train that binds Canada together
Slowly rolling across prairies and mountains from Toronto to Vancouver, the 97-hour Canadian is the longest passenger train outside Russia
Great rail journeys: last call for the slow train across Tanzania
Construction of a new electrified line means the days of the 33-hour Kigoma Deluxe are numbered. Ride it while you can, says Sophy Roberts
Great rail journeys: Amtrak’s new 47-hour Chicago-Miami sleeper
The season-scrambling Floridian takes passengers direct from the snows of Illinois to Florida’s palm-lined beaches
Slow train to Penang: the return of the Eastern & Oriental Express
After a four-year hiatus the lavish hotel-train is back, on a new route through the jungles of Malaysia
My trans-European rail adventure
Can the train really rival the plane for a journey across the continent? Henry Mance travels from London to Budapest to find out