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Does there come a point in every marriage when you realise you don’t know your spouse very well after all? For me, that moment came not when watching yet another ill-judged birthday present shoved to the back of my husband’s wardrobe, but when I noticed a half-price sale on Interrail …

France could well be the perfect place to track the progress of the main battle over the future of travel: trains versus planes. In May 2021, France positioned itself as the frontrunner in a carbon-cutting train renaissance when its government enacted a ban on domestic flights where the journey could …

Until the late 1960s a railway station had the kind of allure now only found on film sets: clouds of mysterious steam curling around dark scurrying figures in hats, blackened faces, uniforms, loud blasts on whistles, doors slamming, and then a dramatic pause followed by the deep, urgent grunt of …

I’m somewhere south of Paris when it occurs to me that, had I flown, I would be there by now. At the far end of the carriage, I can see the train speedometer touch 300kmph (186mph) then settle at 296, a pace that, before the invention of the jet engine, …

Oslo to Bergen, Norway Take a trip from Oslo to Bergen on Vy, the Norwegian state railway (I was delighted to get a senior’s ticket – a usual Norwegian courtesy), a journey of scenic delight at any time of the year, and stop over at Myrdal. There, buy a return …

Actress Lala Akindoju-Fregene has slammed BBNaija All Stars housemate, Seyi Awolowo, over the unflattering comment he made to his fellow housemates earlier today.   While speaking to male housemates, Seyi said he will train his sons to ‘run a train’ on people’s daughters.  Run a train means when multiple men …

There has been an outrage on social media after BBNaija All Stars housemate, Seyi Awolowo, in a chat with his male housemates, said he will train his sons to “run a train” on people’s daughters.   Run a train means when multiple men take turns to have s$x with a …

At least 15 people have been killed following the accident near Nawabshah, the country’s railways minister says. At least 15 people have been killed after a train travelling from the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi to Abbottabad derailed in the city of Nawabshah in Sindh province, according to the …

Of the half million annual visitors to the Edinburgh International Festival (running from 4-28 August this year), the vast majority don’t leave the city. Which is understandable given the cultural smörgåsbord on offer, and that it takes place in (arguably) the UK’s most attractive city. But it’s also a wasted …

Osun state government has said that the annual free train ride tagged “Imole Train services for the Ileya festival”, will not hold due to a train accident around Abeokuta-Lagos old gauge line.   Kehinde Odediran, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Cooperatives and Empowerment said the accident affected part …