Ride the Rails, a new podcast has launched this month.

Hosted by AndyB a self-confessed rail travel geek from AndyBTravels (www.andybtravels.com), the brains behind DiscoverbyRail (www.discoverbyrail.com), the innovative travel architect service. Podcast series 1 includes 6 weekly episodes.

AndyB founder of the award-winning tour operation Railbookers until he exited the business in 2015, has a life-long love affair with rail travel. He has been travelling the world by train since the early 1980’s, as he describes it since he ‘was a nipper’. Pre-Covid lockdowns AndyB had spent 6 years exploring by rail full time. Having visited more than 170 countries the rail expert has clocked up more miles in rail travel than most people have had hot dinners. As well as travelling on the regular trains, AndyB has been on most of the world’s luxury private trains and highlights includes journeys on the longest and highest railroads.

His current mission is to travel all the rail lines of Europe, an epic adventure that has been interrupted by the global pandemic.

Suffering withdrawal from his nomadic lifestyle, AndyB, who is growing an army of rail-loving followers on his social media accounts has launched the podcast to share his passion for rail travel, advice and introduce listeners to other rail aficionados.

In Ride The Rails Series 1, AndyB will be chatting with Mark Smith, better known as the The Man in Seat61. Mark has been a close industry contact for more than 15 years and fellow travelling companion, with the duo discovering destinations by rail throughout Europe, Asia and North America. The pair will focus on a different topic each week with the spotlight on getting in and out of the UK and travelling around it in series 1.

Podcasts available from 12 noon on the date of publication.