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Britain by Britrail: Touring Britain by Train 2008 Revised edition [Paperback / softback]

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  • Format: Paperback / softback, 283 pages, height x width: 229x152 mm, features 2 detailed maps
  • Pub. Date: 01-Jan-2008
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
  • ISBN-10: 0762745371
  • ISBN-13: 9780762745371
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  • Format: Paperback / softback, 283 pages, height x width: 229x152 mm, features 2 detailed maps
  • Pub. Date: 01-Jan-2008
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
  • ISBN-10: 0762745371
  • ISBN-13: 9780762745371
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For nearly 30 years, Britain by BritRail has been the best-selling and most respected rail guide to the British train system. This time-tested book provides the most up-to-date information on fares, schedules, and pass options. It is also packed with travel tips, including information on keeping costs down, traveling light, conquering jet lag, and exchanging currency. Learn how to use London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Cardiff as base cities for more than 40 rail trips and day excursions to outlying areas and points of interest in England, Scotland, and Wales, from the medieval city of York to Dover and its famous cliffs.

Readers will become their own tour guides and set their own paces with this book in hand. It is the perfect traveling companion for unhurried, comfortable, and scenic train travel in Britain.
About RailPass.com xiii
In the Beginning 1
How to Use Britain by BritRail
2
Planning a BritRail Trip 5
Travel Economy
7
How to Get There
9
BritRail Passes
10
Travel Tips
14
En Route Tips
16
What to Do about Jet Lag
17
Train Travel Tips
19
Safety Tips
22
Arriving in Britain 25
The Airports
25
Clearing Customs
26
British Currency
27
British Telephones
28
British Traditions
29
The Language Barrier
29
British Pubs
31
British Passenger Trains 33
First Class, Standard Class?
35
Train Schedules
36
Ask the Guard
37
Crossing the English Channel 39
The "Chunnel" and Eurostar Trains
39
Other Channel Crossings to France
45
Crossing the Channel to Other Ports
47
Crossing the Irish Sea 49
Sea Links to Ireland/Northern Ireland
50
England 53
Rail Travel in England
53
London 57
Arriving by Air
58
Arriving by Train
59
Getting around in London
61
London, At Your Service
63
London Limelights
63
Shopping
68
Restaurants and Pubs
68
Day Excursions
69
Train Connections to Other Base Cities from London
70
Bath (see Cardiff)
Birmingham
72
Brighton
75
Bury St. Edmunds
78
Cambridge
81
Canterbury
83
Chester
86
Coventry
89
Dover
91
Folkestone
94
Gloucester
97
Greenwich
99
Hastings
102
Ipswich
105
Isle of Wight
107
King's Lynn
110
Lincoln
113
Liverpool
116
Nottingham
119
Oxford
122
Penzance (see Cardiff)
Plymouth (see Cardiff)
Portsmouth
125
Ramsgate
127
St. Albans
130
Salisbury
133
Sheffield
136
Southampton
138
Stonehenge
141
Stratford-upon-Avon
143
Windsor
146
York
149
Scotland 153
Rail Travel in Scotland
154
Edinburgh 155
Arriving by Air
156
Arriving by Train
156
Getting around in Edinburgh
158
Enticing Edinburgh
159
Day Excursions
163
Train Connections to Other Base Cities from Edinburgh
164
Aberdeen
165
Ayr
168
Dunbar
171
Dundee
173
Dunfermline
176
Inverness
178
Kyle of Lochalsh
181
Linlithgow
183
Montrose
185
Perth
188
St. Andrews
190
Stirling
193
Stranraer
196
Glasgow 198
Arriving by Air
199
Arriving by Train
199
Glasgow Central Station
200
Queen Street Station
200
Glasgow Gazette
201
Glasgow Connections to Day Excursions
203
Train Connections to Other Base Cities from Glasgow
205
Wales 207
Rail Travel in Wales
208
Cardiff 210
Arriving by Air
211
Arriving by Train
211
Getting around in Cardiff
212
Capitalize on Cardiff
212
Train Connections to Other Base Cities from Cardiff
216
Day Excursions
218
Bath
218
Penzance
222
Plymouth
226
Swansea
229
Tenby
232
Appendix
Calling the United Kingdom
235
British Tourist Information Centers
235
Recommended Information Sources
244
Useful Phone Numbers—London
245
Useful Phone Numbers—Edinburgh
246
Useful Phone Numbers—Glasgow
247
Useful Phone Numbers—Cardiff
247
Train-Operating Companies
247
A Selection of One-Way Rail Fares in Britain
250
Passport Information
251
Tips and Trivia
252
Climate
253
2008 Bank and Public Holidays
253
Toll-free Airline Numbers and Web Sites
254
Entertainment Booking Agencies
255
Toll-free Hotel Reservation Numbers
255
Sea Travel Information
256
BritRail Passes
257
Eurail Passes
261
Eurail Select Pass
262
Eurail Regional Passes
264
Eurail Country Passes
271
Rail/Drive Passes
279
Security
283
London Underground Map 284