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Next Stop, Wonder: Most Astonishing Train Routes in the World

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There's something nostalgic and romantic about train travel, you can rest in a car or a restaurant, looking at beautiful scenery and astonishing views. 

Trains are known to be the most friendly, comfortable and relaxing of any form of long-distance travel. New high-speed lines continue to open up across the world as they are almost always considered better than air travel.

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The Reunification Express includes modern air-conditioned sleeping cars that take passengers on a two-day journey from Hanoi to Saigon, Vietnam.
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The California Zephyr Superliner gives its passengers spectacular views of America’s West through the flatlands of Nebraska, Denver and the Colorado River canyons, the Utah desert and the snow-capped Sierra Nevada.
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The Baikal–Amur Mainline is a railway line in Russia amazing its passengers with wonderous sights while traversing Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East.
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A train run by Perurail travels across the high altitude Altiplano heading through the Andes Mountains to Puno and Lake Titicaca.
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The train between Dorud and Andimeshk in Iran is among the most stunning rides in the world with beautiful rainfalls and rivers along the way.
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The Qinghai-Tibet high-speed train starts its journey in Xining, the capital city of Qinghai Province and goes to Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
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The overnight Caledonian Sleeper from London to Fort William in the Scottish Highlands is also known as the Deerstalker Express and is considered to be a very romantic train ride.
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The 310-mile Oslo to Bergen railway is the highest major rail route in northern Europe with spectacular views.
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Christchurch Train Station, Christchurch, New Zealand.
The TranzAlpine travels from Christchurch to the northwest through the fertile fields of the Canterbury Plains alongside the Waimakariri River.
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The Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority, popularly known as TAZARA, is a railway connecting the Southern Africa Regional transport network to the eastern African seaport of Dar es Salaam, offering both freight and passenger transportation services between and within Tanzania and Zambia.
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