Six of the world’s most amazing railway journeys

[caravanman]

Six of the world’s most amazing railway journeys?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/ztk9cmn

Have you travelled on any of these. Myself, I have only taken the "West Highland Line", actually just a few weeks ago. Surprised the Zephyr did not feature, any other train rides that you feel should be there in the top 6, and which would you drop from the BBC list?

 

[Bostontoallpoints]

I have traveled on the Shinkansen several times for work. It's fast, efficient and the view of Mount Fuji is impressive. However I would take any other train on this list over the Shinkansen. My trip on Amtrak's Southwest Chief had much better scenery and was memorial. The Caledonian Sleeper train I took from Iverness, Scotland to London is another must do. Heck, even the Acela from Boston to Washington D.C. which passes through all the major cites of the Northeast has more interesting scenery. Shinkansen is fast though.

 

[jis]

However one will see more of the scenery in daylight if you took a daytime Inverness - London service.

As far as interesting scenery goes, the old pre-Shinkansen Tokkaido Line is quite interesting too. But in Japan I would tend to head towards Akita or to Hokkaido for scenery.