1. All you need to know about InterRailing - Jenny Holland may be a little older than your average InterRail traveller, but she's keen to spend three weeks exploring Europe by rail and asked our resident rail expert Alan Heywood for advice. This is the complete guide for InterRail virgins

2. Days out by rail - David Knight from Melbourne asked us for advice on a day trip by train from London. Alan offered some suggestions, plus there's more advice from Mark Hodson's article about classic British rail routes

3. Train vs car to France - For the hordes of Brits who flee to France every summer, it's the great debate. Rail expert Alan Heywood advises a reader who says the train to his French property is preferable, but prohibitively expensive

4. Your favourite rail trips - We asked for your stories about train travel - and were bombarded with replies. Here's a selection of the best from Alaska to India

5. InterRailing with teenagers - Helen Evans and her husband want to know if their plan to go InterRailing with their two teenage daughters is inspired or utter madness

6. Italian rail translation - Barbara Ann Mullan couldn't find an English-language website to plan her Italian rail trip. Our expert offers advice on how to get European train times from international websites. Staying in Italy, this advice for Seema Patel on a classic Italian rail trip to Venice, Florence, Naples and Rome should also help

7. London to Beijing by rail - Paul Miller found plenty of information on the journey between Moscow and Beijing, but wanted advice after struggling to find advice for the London to St Petersburg section

8. How to book the Trans-Siberian Railway - Matthew Spalding wants to know how he can get basic information and tickets about the classic rail trip, while Mavis Bourne, who's booking the same adventure asks, Will it be cold on the Trans Siberian Railway?

9. A train across south-west Australia - Pam Delaney wants to travel from Adelaide to Perth across the Nullarbor, and wants to book it in the UK. Another far-flung rail adventure that our experts advised on was Margaret Hutton's request for help planning a trip that takes in St Petersburg, the Northern Light, Istanbul and Crete in one rail trip. Or there's David Tyler's trip to Interlaken, which starts in Exeter, and Tony Elliott's enquiry about taking the train to Bulgaria.

10. 10 classic rail journeys - if those reader adventures aren't whetting your appetite, we challenge you not to be inspired by the adventures of our writers, who have catalogued their experiences from the highest, most far-flung and most scenic railway journeys around the globe. For European rail advice this article, The complete rail guide to Europe, is a must

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