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Britain by Britrail: Touring Britain by Train 2005 25th Revised edition [Paperback / softback]

  • Format: Paperback / softback, 286 pages, height x width: 228x153 mm, 18 maps
  • Series: Insiders' Guide S.
  • Pub. Date: 01-Dec-2004
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
  • ISBN-10: 076273437X
  • ISBN-13: 9780762734375
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  • Format: Paperback / softback, 286 pages, height x width: 228x153 mm, 18 maps
  • Series: Insiders' Guide S.
  • Pub. Date: 01-Dec-2004
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
  • ISBN-10: 076273437X
  • ISBN-13: 9780762734375
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A comprehensive guide to traveling England, Scotland, and Wales by train describes more than forty day trips that can be made by train from London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Cardiff and offers tips and up-to-date information on schedules, fares, pass options, and more. Original.

Britain by BritRail has been the best-selling and most respected rail guide to the British train system for twenty-five years. Filled with tips on keeping costs down, traveling light, conquering jet lag, and exchanging currency, this time-tested book provides the most up-to-date information on fares, schedules, and pass options. Learn how to use London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Cardiff as base cities for more than forty rail trips and day excursions to outlying areas and points of interest in England, Scotland, and Wales, from Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon to Robert Burns's cottage in Ayr and Caldey Abbey in Tenby.

Become your own tour guide and set your own pace with this guidebook in hand. It is the perfect traveling companion for unhurried, comfortable, and scenic train travel in Britain.


The most up-to-date information on fares, schedules, and pass options for train travel in England, Scotland, and Wales, including more than forty rail trips and day excursions to outlying areas and points of interest from London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Cardiff.
About RailPass.com xiii
In the Beginning
1(4)
How to Use Britain by BritRail
Planning a BritRail Trip
5(22)
Travel Economy
How to Get There
BritRail Passes
Travel Tips
En Route Tips
What to Do about Jet Lag
Train Travel Tips
Safety Tips
Arriving in Britain
27(8)
The Airports
Clearing Customs
British Currency
British Telephones
British Traditions
The Language Barrier
British Pubs
British Passenger Trains
35(6)
First Class, Standard Class?
Train Schedules
Ask the Guard
Crossing the English Channel
41(10)
The ``Chunnel'' and Eurostar Trains
Other Channel Crossings to France
Crossing the Channel to Other Ports
Crossing the Irish Sea
51(4)
Sea Links to Ireland/Northern Ireland
England
55(110)
Rail Travel in England
London
59(106)
Arriving by Air
Arriving by Train
Getting around in London
London, At Your Service
London Limelights
Shopping
Restaurants and Pubs
Day Excursions
Train Connections to Other Base Cities from London
Bath (see Cardiff)
Birmingham
75(3)
Brighton
78(3)
Bury St. Edmunds
81(3)
Cambridge
84(3)
Canterbury
87(4)
Chester
91(3)
Coventry
94(2)
Dover
96(3)
Folkestone
99(4)
Gloucester
103(2)
Greenwich
105(4)
Hastings
109(2)
Ipswich
111(3)
Isle of Wight
114(3)
King's Lynn
117(3)
Lincoln
120(3)
Liverpool
123(4)
Nottingham
127(3)
Oxford
130(3)
Penzance (see Cardiff)
Plymouth (see Cardiff)
Portsmouth
133(3)
Ramsgate
136(3)
St. Albans
139(3)
Salisbury
142(3)
Sheffield
145(3)
Southampton
148(3)
Stonehenge
151(2)
Stratford-upon-Avon
153(3)
Windsor
156(4)
York
160(5)
Scotland
165(58)
Rail Travel in Scotland
Edinburgh
167(46)
Arriving by Air
Arriving by Train
Getting around in Edinburgh
Enticing Edinburgh
Day Excursions
Train Connections to Other Base Cities from Edinburgh
Aberdeen
178(3)
Ayr
181(3)
Dunbar
184(3)
Dundee
187(2)
Dunfermline
189(3)
Inverness
192(2)
Kyle of Lochalsh
194(2)
Linlithgow
196(3)
Montrose
199(3)
Perth
202(3)
St. Andrews
205(3)
Stirling
208(2)
Stranraer
210(3)
Glasgow
213(10)
Arriving by Air
Arriving by Train
Glasgow Central Station
Queen Street Station
Glasgow Gazette
Glasgow Connections to Day Excursions
Train Connections to Other Base Cities from Glasgow
Wales
223(63)
Rail Travel in Wales
Cardiff
226(60)
Arriving by Air
Arriving by Train
Getting around in Cardiff
Capitalize on Cardiff
Train Connections to Other Base Cities from Cardiff
Day Excursions
Bath
234(4)
Penzance
238(4)
Plymouth
242(4)
Swansea
246(3)
Tenby
249(2)
Appendix
Calling the United Kingdom
251(1)
British Tourist Information Centers
251(8)
Recommended Information Sources
259(1)
Useful Phone Numbers---London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff
260(2)
Train-Operating Companies
262(3)
A Selection of One-Way Rail Fares in Britain
265(1)
Passport Information
266(2)
Tips and Trivia
268(1)
Climate
268(1)
2005 Bank and Public Holidays
269(1)
Toll-Free Airline Numbers and Web Sites
269(1)
Entertainment Booking Agencies
270(1)
Toll-Free Hotel Reservations Numbers
270(1)
Sea Travel Information
271(1)
BritRail Passes
271(3)
Eurail Passes
274(1)
Country and Regional Passes
275(7)
Rail/Drive Passes
282(4)
London Underground Map 286