Middle East
Much of the Middle East had once been under the aegis of the British empire and its influence can be seen in the trains there today. They bear hallmarks of British engineering and design. The construction of train stations during those times were usually built around the cantonments of the British army or along water wells dug along camel routes. Telegraph lines usually followed the rail lines to combine both transportation and communications into only one undertaking. The Middle East can usually be reached by taking a train from London going to Istanbul (Turkey) and then take a connecting train that goes to Aleppo in Syria and then on to Damascus (the oldest existing city in the world). From Damascus, one can go to most places in the Middle East by train too such as Saudi Arabia or onwards to Egypt. Or one may opt to go to South Asia instead and travel by train to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan then to the Kashmir and the Himalayas!
train through Turkey…