Adrian Bridge

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Journalist, travel writer, huge fan of Berlin - and the Liberal Democrats. Passionate about Europe

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Postcard from Taiwan: the holiday islands on the frontline

2 days ago | ft.com | Adrian Bridge

Strangely for a cluster of islands at the frontline of global geopolitical tension, there is something remarkably calming about a visit...
Explore the Tateyama Kurobe route-Japan’s ultimate mountain journey

2 weeks ago | nationalgeographic.com | Adrian Bridge

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller(UK). For travellers looking to explore the peaks of Japan, it doesn’t get much better than the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, an extraordinary expedition through the country’s Northern Alps in the centre of the main island of Honshu.
Holidays to Japan have never been more popular

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Danielle Demetriou |Ronan O'Connell |Adrian Bridge |Sara Macefield

Our insider expert reveals her ultimate two-week itinerary around the Land of the Rising SunCloud-brushing skyscrapers, flashing neon and seas of salarymen. The rhythmic whisk of matcha in the stillness of a tatami mat tea room. The dancing hands of a sushi chef slicing sashimi on a cypress wood counter. Decadent quantities of world-class powder snow. Steam rising from a hot spring onsen bath. And the list goes on. Japan has long been a timeless haven of colourfully unique experiences.
Underrated Taiwan could be Asia's greatest rail destination

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Adrian Bridge |Sara Macefield |Emma Boyle |David Taylor

With a dazzling high-speed network and various magnificent scenic trains, this overlooked island should be on every enthusiast's bucket listTaiwan has been much in the news of late, and it's safe to say that the prime focus has not been the excellence and surprising variety of the island's scenic train routes. I shall return to the bigger picture, but for now I am soaking in a scene of quite stupendous beauty at the small mountainside railway station of Jhangnaoliao.
How England’s greatest railway line was saved

Feb 19, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Adrian Bridge

Adrian Bridge Travel writer 19 February 2025 8:00am GMT Of all the places to get holed up as Storm Eowyn wreaked havoc over the British Isles last month, I had the good fortune to find myself in the rather lovely holiday home located directly inside the railway station of Horton-in-Ribblesdale in North Yorkshire. I was in that part of the world to rediscover the joys of the Settle-Carlisle line – widely acknowledged to be the most scenic stretch of track in England – which in 2025 is marking...
Move over, Elon: China is building a train that’s faster than a jet

Dec 19, 2024 | theage.com.au | Adrian Bridge

By Adrian Bridge December 20, 2024 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It may not conform to romantic visions of scenic rail travel, but it is the very stuff of science fiction dreams – a new “floating train” being developed in China that is projected to reach speeds of more than 1000 km/h, making it faster than a commercial plane. Melbourne to Sydney for lunch?
A new golden age of luxury train travel is about to begin

Dec 16, 2024 | smh.com.au | Adrian Bridge

By Adrian Bridge December 17, 2024 — 5.08am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This article is part of Traveller’s Holiday Guide to train journeys.See all stories. You wait years for the arrival of a super new luxury train and then along come two. Or three. Oh very well, let’s make that four. Yes, the golden age of rail travel – so often associated with the 1920s – seems to be repeating itself 100 years later.
We’re entering a new golden age of luxury train travel

Nov 15, 2024 | msn.com | Adrian Bridge

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We’re entering a new golden age of luxury train travel

Nov 15, 2024 | msn.com | Adrian Bridge

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We're entering a new golden age of luxury train travel

Nov 15, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Adrian Bridge

The Golden Eagle Silk Road Express is expected to launch next September You wait years for the arrival of a super new luxury train and then along come two. Or three. Oh very well, let’s make that four. Yes, the golden age of rail travel – so often associated with the 1920s – seems to be repeating itself 100 years later. In the coming two years, a dazzling array of new trains and departures will launch that will have lovers of this form of transport (and is there anyone who isn’t?) in...