Review
"...the Trailblazer series stands head, shoulders, waist and ankles above the rest. They are particularly strong on mapping...."
--The Sunday Times (UK)
Book Description
India has the most comprehensive railway network in the world, with almost all tourist attractions accessible by rail. For most visitors, travel by train is the preferred means of transportation: the ideal way to see the country.
This handbooks features the following:
>Rail travel for all budgets--how to book tickets, where to buy an Indrail pass, which class to travel
>Rail atlas with gazetteer--all 7326 railways stations in India covered on 80 rail maps
>Railway history
>Special trains--Palace on Wheels, Royal Orient Express, Darjeeling Toy Train, Matheran Hill Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, and Kalka-Shimla Railway
>Timetables
>Getting to India--rail holiday specialists
>Thirty color photographs