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Question: Is it possible to travel by train outside of england? to france or holland or ireland or scotland or somethin?

(Posted by: Nick B on 2010-03-09 20:23:00)

Posted by: jdan9 on 2010-03-10, 03:12:17

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all part of the same country, and there are no borders. You can travel directly through between England, Scotland and Wales, there are many many many many many through trains - e.g. London - Cardiff, London - Swansea, London - Carmarthen, Bristol - South Wales, Birmingham - Cardiff, Birmingham - Aberystwyth/ Pwllhelli, London - Holyhead, Manchester/ Merseyside - North Wales, London - Edinburgh, London - Glasgow, London - The Highlands, Bristol/ Reading - Birmingham - Scotland, and many many more too. Northern Ireland has railways, as does Ireland, and there is a train service between Belfast in the North and Dublin in the Republic. There are trains from big cities such as London and Birmingham that run to Holyhead to connect with boats across the Irish sea to Ireland, and you can buy through rail tickets between stations in the UK and Ireland which include travel on the boat. Last but not least, there is the Eurostar service from London St Pancras to Paris and Brussels through the Channel Tunnel. You can buy through tickets for Eurostar trains from most major stations in the UK. You can get pretty much anywhere in Europe by changing in Paris or Brussels.

Posted by: Agent on 2010-03-09, 23:14:33

Well, Scotland isn't a separate country, as such, it's part of the UK. So we can definitely get the train there. I'm not sure about Ireland. As for Europe, you can get a train called the Eurostar, which will take you under the Channel to France and Belgium. From there, you can transfer to other trains across Europe.

Posted by: carina on 2010-03-09, 23:26:25

It's possible to travel all over by train ... we've got the Eurostar linking us to Europe and from there to the rest of the world ... in fact it's possible to travel by train from London all the way over Europe, Russia, China and down to Vietnam ... if you want to be inspired browse this website seat61.com/

Posted by: RR on 2010-03-10, 00:33:39

England, Scotland and Wales are all part of Great Britain and UK. You travel seamlessly between them by train. There are no obvious borders. We are linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel. You can catch a Eurostar train to go through it to various European destinations.