Britain by Britrail: Touring Britain by Train

by LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski

'Britain by Britrail 2008' provides the most up-to-date information on timetabling, concessions and much more. It is packed with tips for keeping costs down, travelling light, advance booking, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076273888X
• ISBN13: 9780762738885
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Our UK travel dog-eared reference!

This was brand-new when we traveled to the UK. It's well used, outlined paragraphs in pink and slightly dog-eared now. We referred to it on almost a daily basis for 45 days and about 20 days before we departed for The Isles. For the novice UK traveler, it's a travel "bible". Informative, blunt and very readable.

British Rail Guide

This is a great guide that my family has utilized (previous editions) on two vacations to London to plan day rail trips to Cambridge, Hampton Court, Greenwich, Windsor and Portsmouth. Gives rail information along with sightseeing information on about 30-40 cities in the UK. Also, gives guidance on rail passes and train schedules/timetable. Keep in mind in London there are eight stations which service various outlying towns/cities ( versus two in Manhattan )- the book has alot of good information on the logistics of the London rail system that fans out across Britain. It also covers Scotland and Wales.

train travel in Britain

This book covers rail and ferry connections. There is a detailed map of the rail system in Great Britain, making it very easy for me to plan rail travel to different cities in Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales). The ferry routes from Great Britain to Ireland and the islands of Scotland are also shown. The book describes many cities with points of interest, restaurants, market places, and general information. The different kinds of Britrail passes are described with schedules for connecting ferries and trains. The are sample rail fares between cities, and an Appendix which lists things like public holidays, passport information, and connections to Eurail. The book starts with arriving in Great Britain, what to expect, how to connect from airports to train systems. I plan to take this book with me on my trip in the fall. This is my first trip and I picked a great book to use!

A useful book on rail travel in Britain

Britain by Britrail 1999 seems to me to be a welcome addition to the field of travel books. As we all know, the train has all but disappeared from the travel scene in the USA; in the United Kingdom, however, the train is alive and well. In using this book, you come away with the impression that not only is the train a viable alternative to other forms of intra-Britain travel, but it the preferred way to go in most instances.Following an introductory chapter giving lots of valuable information on train travel in Britain, the rest of the book is divided into chapters by country by "base city". For each base city reachable by nonstop flights from the USA, the book provides some very useful information about the airport of arrival, including the location and hours of things like the banks or foreign exchange counters, baggage storage facilities, and most importantly, the different means of transportation between the airport and the center of town (time, cost, etc.) In point of fact, the entire cost of the book can well be amortised by using public transit, rail link, or shuttle service rather than taxis. The heart of the book is found in the sections about rail travel, and the rail stations which the tourist is likely to use. If one is the type of traveler who needs very precise and specific directions to find things, this book does it all for you. Detailed information for each station is provided, including the location of the tourist office (if there is one), the currency exchange facilities, the location of baggage lockers and/or baggage check room, where to have one's Britrail pass validated, etc.Furthermore, the author suggests, for each base city, a brief description of the major places to be visited, as well as a certain number of one-day sidetrips to points of interest easily reachable by train from the base city. Finally, the book provides train schedules for trains between different base cities. While these are, of course, subject to change over time, they do provide useful information for the traveler, in particular the length of any given trip (in hours and minutes).A useful book for anyone planning a trip to Britain.

Got to big and too heavy.

I truly enjoyed and constantly used the 16th edition, 1996-97. I used it constantly, and it never let me down. The discriptions of areas to see were lucid and enjoyable. Never missed a train, and only bought the newer edition in case the time tables had changed. Now I shall have to compare time tables, and if the same, or almost the same, I shall take the old tried and true edition back to Britain with me. This newer edition would give me a hernia if I have to carry it about with me.