The train journey from London to Catania in Sicily takes 28½ hours, which sounds wearisome. But split it into four sections, with two consecutive overnight trains, and it becomes an epic journey, a ...

Q What’s the best way to get end-to-end rail tickets to travel to and from destinations in Europe (Sicily in this case) from a single source? Andy H A If you are starting in London, then Trainline is ...

Sicily is an island south of mainland Italy. There is no bridge connecting the two landmasses. The Strait of Messina divides the island and the peninsula known as the “toe of the boot.” Surprisingly, ...

The crucial moment in one of the world's most peculiar train rides comes when the sleeper from Palermo grinds into Messina each evening and, after a series of jolts and groans, eases into the bowels ...

Italian rescuers recovered eight bodies, including the driver, from the mangled wreckage of an express train which was derailed in Sicily, officials said yesterday. The cause of the accident, which ...