When you think of international rail travel from the UK, you probably think of the Eurostar, and the burgeoning network of high speed rail connections possible from Lille, Brussels and Paris. The true maturity of the Eurostar has seen vital projects come online, notably the high speed line from St. Pancras station in London to the Channel Tunnel, and on a more prosaic level, the introduction of integrated ticketing that allows you to buy a ticket from Manchester to Marseille in one simple transaction. But what is far too often overlooked are the superb range of train and ferry connections between Britain and Ireland. In the confusion of the privatised railway ...  Read the complete review