Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Resumes Service
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Bergen Railway
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Society of IRT Clients: ‘We Love the Belmond Grand Hibernian!’
https://www.irtsociety.com/blog/society-of-irt-clients-we-love-the-belmond-grand-hibernian/Belmond Grand Hibernian Train Manager Wolfgang Eipeldauer and crew member Mark O’Doherty pose outside Ireland’s first luxury train. Mark prepares to serve drinks to passengers returning from a “shore excursion.” IRT Photo by…
2018 VSOE Dates Posted; Wait List for Annual Istanbul Galas
https://www.irtsociety.com/blog/vsoe-releases-tentative-dates-for-annual-istanbul-gala-trips/Get your name on the wait list for sought-after spots on the 2018 Venice Simplon-Orient-Express’ annual Istanbul extravaganzas. (This year’s Paris-Istanbul trip is sold out; space still exists for the Sept. 1-6 Istanbul-Venice trip.…
Sun Setting on the Sunlander
https://www.irtsociety.com/blog/sun-setting-on-the-sunlander/Lounge car of The Sunlander in 1978 It is so, so discouraging one day to get a fantastic report on a train and just about two days later, to get a report that…
Want to visit the best of Central Europe?
https://www.irtsociety.com/blog/want-to-visit-the-best-of-central-europe/The little dancers pose at the Krakow Royal Palace I arrived in Dresden in snowfall, having a remarkable conversation with a fellow traveler on the ICE. I came to scout Dresden for our…
U.S. High-Speed Rail Plan Subject of Diane Rehm Show
https://www.irtsociety.com/blog/u-s-high-speed-rail-plan-subject-of-diane-rehm-show/Maiden Madrid-Barcelona run of Spain's AVE, Feb. 20, 2008. Photo: Manu Fernandez, AP What a great start to the new year –– a focus on trains in the national media. National Public Radio’s…
Magical Technical Tour: German High-Speed Rail
https://www.irtsociety.com/blog/magical-technical-tour-german-high-speed-rail/Germany’s 220 mph ICE-3 “This September’s German high-speed rail tour includes factory tours, the main station in Berlin and the airport station in Frankfurt,” said Rick Harnish today in an email. Harnish is…
N. Spain Luxury Train Sets Schedule, Deals for 2012
https://www.irtsociety.com/blog/n-spain-train-wrapped-in-luxury-sets-schedule-deals-for-2012/Steward gazes from Gran Lujo lounge picture window El Transcantábrico Gran Lujo – which means deluxe – was scheduled to take center stage last Saturday as the world’s newest luxury train. Its maiden…
IRT Secures Space on Japan’s Hard-to-Get Kyushu Seven Stars
https://www.irtsociety.com/blog/irt-secures-space-on-japans-hard-to-get-kyushu-seven-stars/Want to ride the world’s most exclusive train? You’re in luck. The Society of International Railway Travelers® has secured prime space on the Cruise Train Seven Stars in Kyushu, a luxury train so…
