Scotland: from coast to coast Route Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh Which side should I sit? The right initially, then switch to left Distance 83 miles (133km) Time 2hrs 40mins Frequency 4 trains a day (2 on Sundays) Ticket £32 single Operator ScotRail There is only one rail route in Britain offering views of both the west and east coasts from a regular local train, and that’s the line from Invernes...
Scotland: from coast to coast Route Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh Which side should I sit? The right initially, then switch to left Distance 83 miles (133km) Time 2hrs 40mins Frequency 4 trains a day (2 on Sundays) Ticket £32 single Operator ScotRail There is only one rail route in Britain offering views of both the west and east coasts from a regular local train, and that’s the line from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. For the east coast, look out for Cromarty Firth away to the right as the train approaches Dingwall, about half an hour after leaving Inverness. Later, you have good views of west coast sea lochs as the train runs down to the Atlantic coast at Kyle. And in between you’ll find alliterative desolation aplenty as it pauses at Achnashellach, Achnasheen, Achanalt and Attadale. The last 20 minutes down to Kyle bring a magic panorama of coast, headlands and islands. The sun sparkles on Loch Carron with glorious views north to the wild Applecross peninsula. Seals shuffle for safety as we approach Duncraig and all too soon we are pulling into Kyle of Lochalsh. Ireland: from Dublin to Wicklow View image in fullscreen A remarkable piece of engineering’: the railway cuts under Bray Head in Ireland. Photograph: Vitalli/Alamy Route Dublin Connolly to Arklow Which side? Sit on the left Distance 50 miles Time 1hr 45mins Frequency 6 trains a day (3 on Sat and Sun) Ticket €8.85 single Operator Irish Rail Londoners may be surprised to read that Dublin had commuter trains earlier than the UK capital. Ireland’s first railway ran from Westland Row to Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), a stretch of track that is now the prelude to a fine route that extends right down to Wexford and Rosslare in the south-east corner of Ireland. The spectacular coastal section just south of Dún Laoghaire is a remarkable piece of engineering as the railway cuts under Bray Head. It was designed by none other than Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and in many ways resembles his celebrated coastal railway at D...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 22: General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.) speaks onstage during the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on September 22, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Annual Summit) Riccardo Savi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Iran appears to be in the process of "blinking" over the Strait of Hor...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 22: General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.) speaks onstage during the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on September 22, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Annual Summit) Riccardo Savi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Iran appears to be in the process of "blinking" over the Strait of Hormuz, according to ex-CIA director David Petraeus. Speaking to CNBC's Lisa Kim at the UBS Asian Investment Conference, Petraeus, chairman of the KKR Global Institute, said that an initial successful peace deal with Tehran would see the Strait opened without any conditions. Iran also must not be able to control traffic, charge tolls through it, or make threats of future closure, and "it appears that that may be in the offing," he added. This comes come after U.S. President Donald Trump said over the weekend that talks to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz are proceeding, but urged his negotiating team not to rush into a deal. Peace talks face a key hurdle in Tehran's insistence on keeping an enriched uranium stockpile within the country and levying tolls for passage via the Strait. Petraeus, a retired U.S. general who had combat commands in both Iraq and Afghanistan, said if Iran is allowed to have some control over the critical waterway, Iran may be "strategically strengthened" despite being militarily weakened from U.S. and Israeli strikes. "Their whole navy is largely sunk, except for fast boats, their missile capacity has been substantially reduced, headquarters, military facilities, no air force, and so forth," he said. However, Iran still could threaten to shut the Strait by either mining the waterway or by using drones, missiles and fast boats to hit commercial shipping, and they can prevent the strait from being restored to its pre-war state. While the Strait is an important part of the deal in the region, Petraeus said that other issues need to be ...
The mission is the latest in China's ambitious space program to send humans to the moon by 2030. It comes amid an accelerating race with the US, which is looking to achieve a crewed lunar landing by 2028.
The mission is the latest in China's ambitious space program to send humans to the moon by 2030. It comes amid an accelerating race with the US, which is looking to achieve a crewed lunar landing by 2028.