Rail routes & travel

Britain's rail network is modern and efficient. It covers all the main cities as well as smaller regional towns. The network is made up of a few large companies, which run routes from London to stations all over Britain, and smaller companies running routes in regional areas.

To plan your journey across Britain by rail, use the VisitBritain journey planner (visitbritain.transportdirect.info/web2).

To see a map showing our national rail routes, download Britain's national rail map (www.nationalrail.co.uk/system/galleries/download/print_maps/Nat_rail_passenger_operators_2008.pdf) (217KB).

You can find up-to-the-minute information about routes, fares and train times on National Rail (www.nationalrail.co.uk/). For detailed information about particular routes and services you could also try looking on the train operators' websites. 

Here's a list of the rail network's main operators: 

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