Table of Contents
Introduction
Data Sources
The History of Rail Travel
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- Europe and Japan
- US
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- Figure 1: Key dates in the history of rail travel in the US
Development of and Trends in Rail Tourism
Rail Passes and Rail Tourism
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- Figure 2: Rail passes available to tourists in Australia, the US and Canada
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- Figure 3: Rail Europe UK Inter Rail unit sales, 2001-03
- Figure 4: Types of Inter Rail passes sold by Rail Europe, 2003
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- Figure 5: Speculative figures about the number of Inter Rail passes sold in Europe, 2001-03
- Figure 6: Eurail passes
- Industry insight
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Epic/Classic Rail Journeys
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- Sunset Limited (US)
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- Figure 7: Sunset Ltd passenger numbers, October 2003-September 2004
- Figure 8: Sunset Ltd ticket revenues ($), October 2003-September 2004
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- Figure 9: Amtrak passenger revenues, 2000-03
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- Figure 10: Planned cycle of investment ($million), fiscal years (October-September) 2004-08
- The Canadian
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- Figure 11: Key passenger operating statistics for all via rail services, 1994-2003
- Indian Pacific (Australia)
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- Figure 12: Accommodation options on The Indian Pacific
- The Ghan
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- Figure 13: The Ghan at a glance, June 2004
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- Figure 14: Frequency of The Ghan services
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- Figure 15: Accommodation options on The Ghan
- Industry insight
Luxury Rail Travel
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- Orient-Express
- Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
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- Figure 16: Scheduled departures of The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, March-November, 2005
- British Pullman
- Northern Belle
- Hiram Bingham
- Eastern and Oriental Express
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- Figure 17: Routes operated by the Eastern and Oriental Express, 2005
- Figure 18: Orient-Express hotels, trains and cruises’ trains at a glance
- Figure 19: Ebitda* for Orient-Express Hotels, Trains & Cruises, 2002-03
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- Figure 20: Summary of earnings for Orient-Express Hotels, Trains & Cruises, 2001-03
- Great South Pacific Express
- Industry insight
- Rovos Rail
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- Figure 21: Routes operated by Rovos Rail
- Industry insight
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- Figure 22: Tourist arrivals for the three months April-June from 1999-2004
- Blue Train
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- Figure 23: The Blue Train at a glance
- Industry Insight
- Premier Classe
- Shongololo Express
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- Figure 24: Rail tourism routes operated by the Shongololo Express
- The Royal Scotsman
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- Figure 25: Standard tours on the Royal Scotsman, 2005
- Industry insight
- Future prospects/developments for The Royal Scotsman
- Rocky Mountaineer
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- Figure 26: Passenger numbers on the Rocky Mountaineer, 1990-2004
- Figure 27: Passenger numbers on the Rocky Mountaineer, 1990-2004
- Industry insight
- Future prospects/developments for the Rocky Mountaineer
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- Figure 28: Rail services operated by Rocky Mountaineer Vacations
- Trans-Siberian Express Company (GW Travel Ltd)
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- Figure 29: Timeline of key developments
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- Figure 30: Passengers travelling with the Trans-Siberian Express Company (acutal and forecast), 2004-06
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- Figure 31: Accommodation on the Trans-Siberian (Trans-Siberian Express Company)
- Figure 32: Passenger demographics
Outlook
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