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
