Skiing holidays by train: The Snow Express is back on the rails

By NEIL ENGLISH On the up: The train is experiencing a renaissance and more skiers are using rail to reach the ski slopesI have fond memories, as a youngster, of sharing a couchette with my sisters on the night train, thundering through France towards the promise of our beloved family ski holiday in the Alps. Back in those days we either drove to the Alps en famille or the kids took the train