We asked The Telegraph’s experts to name their 2023 ‘one to watch’. Here’s who, and what, we’ll be talking about in the year ahead. Scroll down to browse the whole series.
Why should we be taking the train in 2023? We all know the pressing environmental arguments about rail versus air travel, so I won’t recite them again here. The awful queues at Heathrow this summer certainly provide an additional incentive, even if a European departure from St Pancras is tricky for anyone not based in south-east England.
But while we Brits grumble and chafe about the never-ending saga of HS2, on/off rail disputes and whether the Elizabeth Line was really worth all the fuss, continental trains look increasingly thrilling and stylish in 2023, with a huge array of sleeper and high-speed services on offer (even if, in truth, they are also prone to occasional delay and disruption).
The guru in all these things is Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com), who is already excited about the potential for train-based wonderment east of France, with new timetables that mean taking the…
