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Roll around the world in style with these new train trips for 2025, writes Rhodri Andrews


DESTINATIONS NEW ROUTES | RAIL HOLIDAYS


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GoldenPass Express, Switzerland


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he romance of rail travel is hard to resist: the slow simmer of a destination as passengers journey past windswept coastlines, vertiginous mountains and tiny villages,


enjoying it all from their carriage window. Appetite shows no signs of abating, with Mintel’s 2024 UK


Holidays by Rail Market Report finding three-quarters of travellers agree that “travelling by train makes the journey feel like part of the holiday experience”. With demand on the rise, these are some of the best new train journeys your clients could be hopping aboard.


SOAK UP SWITZERLAND The scenic Swiss towns of Montreux and Interlaken are worthy destinations, but the real joy is in the three-hour train ride that connects them. “The GoldenPass Express can now travel all the way from Montreux to Interlaken without the need to change,


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