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Moonlight express : around the world by night train / Monisha Rajesh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rajesh, Monisha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rajesh, Monisha.
- Railroad travel.
- Voyages around the world.
- Genre:
- Travel writing.
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 326 pages, [16] unnumbered plates : color photographs, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.
- Summary:
- "From the author of the smash-hit Around the World in 80 Trains comes a new globetrotting journey - this time celebrating the peculiar magic and mayhem of the night train. The wonder of the night train: headlamps ablaze, passengers boarding after sunset and leaving before sunrise, slipping in and out of compartments unseen. For Monisha Rajesh, the singular thrill of sleeper trains inspired a new journey around the world - one filled with moonlit landscapes, cosy compartments and quirky companions. From Austria's Nightjet to Scotland's Caledonian Sleeper and Finland's Santa Claus Express, Rajesh invites us on a multi-year adventure aboard the world's most wondrous awe-inspiring trains. Along the way she samples reindeer stew on the night-train to Norway, sips on pisco sours while riding the Belmond Andean Explorer to the shores of Lake Titicaca - and considers a game of cricket down a carriage on the Shalimar Express. A decade ago night trains were giving way to budget airlines and high-speed rail. But as people search for slower and more environmentally friendly ways to travel, night trains are in the midst of a renaissance. By turns romantic and hilarious, Moonlight Express brings us along for the ride - and drops us back at the platform before sunrise"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- The nightjet from Paris to Vienna
- The Dacia
- Bucharest to Sofia
- The Sofia-Istabul Express
- The Ankara Express
- The Doğu Express
- The Norland night train
- The Caledonian Sleeper
- The Royal Scotsman
- The Intercity Notte
- The Good Night Train
- The train to the Midnight Sun
- The Shalimar Express
- The Silver Meteor
- The Santa Claus Express
- The nightjet from Vienna to Hamburg
- The Andean explorer
- The night train to Paris.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Rajesh, Monisha. Moonlight express.
- ISBN:
- 1526644126
- 9781526644121
- 9781526644183
- 1526644185
- OCLC:
- 1501821928
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000241262
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