5 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS ISSUE:

1 Good things come to those who wait – Mexico’s Copper Canyon Railway took nearly 90 years to complete; p62

3 Though Australia’s first trans-national rail line was launched in 1917, it wasn’t until 1970 that you could actually travel along it on a single train journey; p100

4 Formentera’s home to posidonia, the planet’s oldest living organism – some of it is thought to be 200,000 years old; p139

2 Some countries have altered their time zone to boost tourism – even the UK has considered it; p77

5 Japan’s karaoke obsession stretches to the rails, with specially themed trains letting you take to the mic; p50