GW Travel Luxury Train Tours of Russia/Siberia, China/Tibet, India,
and Canada
 Rail
Travel Center® serves as a North American representative of the world’s
most luxurious tour trains, operated by our British partners at GW Travel,
“Voyages of a Lifetime by Private Train”. GW Travel is the leader in
exclusive, quality private train journeys through Russia, China, India and
Canada.
Operating for more than
16 years of operation, their flagship tour has always been the world-famous 6,000+ mile
Trans-Siberian railway aboard their private “Trans-Siberian Express”. 2007
saw the introduction, on this route, of the new super-deluxe “Golden Eagle
Trans-Siberian Express”. On this remarkable new train, all staterooms
offer single or double occupancy, with most cars providing compartments
with private shower baths! By contrast, the regular Russian trains do not
offer any sleepers with private toilets and, on the regular trains,
passengers share rooms in four or six-berth sleepers. GW Siberia tours travel
all the way from Moscow to Vladivostok (with a side-trip to Mongolia) and
include very extensive enroute sightseeing as such fascinating places as
Irkutsk on Lake Baikal.
 Renowned
for instigating tours to places once thought impossible, the company has
now expanded its offerings to include China, aboard the “Shangri-La
Express”; India using the equipment of ultra-deluxe “Deccan Odyssey”
train; and Canada on the restored 1940s equipment of the Canadian Pacific
Railway.
GW Travel’s China tours feature a cultural jewel: the
Silk Road from Beijing all the way to Moscow, following in the path of
Marco Polo. The 2010 China/Tibet Tour travels from Hong Kong all the way
to Lhasa in Tibet, and includes a Three Gorges river cruise. Rail Travel
Center Vice President/General Manager Carl Fowler was privileged to take a
GW Tibet tour in August 2007, and can answer questions on this amazing
destination. The train journey to Lhasa includes crossing the Tangula
Pass, at 16,640 feet the highest point anywhere in the world reached by a
railway!
GW’s India programs seek to recreate the luxury era of
grand-luxe travel during the Raj. The “Deccan Odyssey” train-set used on
the India tours offers compartments with single or double berths and
private shower baths in every room, plus an elegant lounge car and, in the
dining car, a choice of western or Indian cuisine at all meals. These
trips are marketed as the “Darjeeling or Madras Mail Tours”.
The “Darjeeling Mail” completely crosses the
subcontinent from Mumbai (Bombay) to
Jaipur,
visiting the World
Heritage Site “ghost city” of Fatehpur Sikri, Agra (for the Taj Mahal),
Delhi, Varanasi (situated on the banks of the Ganges), and Calcutta. A
tour highlight is the ascent into the Himalayan Mountains to Darjeeling on
the steam-powered narrow gauge “Toy Train” of the Darjeeling Himalayan
Railway.
It offers a matchless level of comfort combined with an in-depth view of
the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and
West Bengal.
See the Taj Mahal on the "Darjeeling Mail"
The new “Madras Mail” travels southern India from Bombay
to Madras via Goa, Ooty, Cochin, Trivandrum, Madurai and Pondicherry,
before flying from Madras to Delhi. Discover the unknown, unspoiled India
on this remarkable trip!
GW’s Canada trips highlight steam specialty tours using
the Canadian Pacific Railway’s magnificently restored 4-6-4 “Empress”
Hudson steam locomotive through the Canadian Rockies.
Only with GW Travel can you ride through the legendary
Spiral Tunnels or cross the heights of the Crowsnest Pass behind steam.
These are the only steam-powered trips open to the general public over the
CPR’s legendary Rocky Mountain route. For 2010 these trips are scheduled
to coincide with the peak autumn colors!
The Empress 4-6-4 CPR Pacific steam engine at Banff by Ricky
Leong
Providing
customers with the most unique, comfortable and safe adventures possible,
GW Travel strives to ensure the best available on-train services and
off-train tours. Both British and local English-speaking guides accompany
all trips. Tours in Russia, China, Tibet and India include an on-board
British doctor. These tours are truly all-inclusive, as the price includes
train travel, hotels, all sightseeing, luggage handling, escort services,
meals, and even wine and beer with lunch and dinner on most tours.
We have special full-color catalogs outlining the full
details of all GW Travel Tours. These trips are not inexpensive, but the
value for your money is exceptional. GW Travel makes visiting “the ends of
the earth” as comfortable, and informative as possible. When you
call, please advise us if your interest is in Russia/Siberia, China, India
or Canada. All aboard!
Conditions and Booking Information (the fine
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