How many countries have you visited? Used a train in?

[whole diary]

[WSW Frome]

On the original list: 18 visits and 15 with train usage. I can add quite a few more countries where prompted.

[Bob_Blakey]

17 & 13

[JayMac]

Eight countries and one crown dependency.

England
Wales
Scotland
Republic of Ireland
France
Germany
Belgium
Italy

Isle of Man

[PhilWakely]

Not taken from the opening list, but just brainstorming...... (* denotes travel by train)

England *
Scotland *
Wales *
France *
Germany *
Switzerland *
Austria
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Spain
Norway
Iceland
Luxemburg
Canada *
United States *
Australia *
New Zealand *
Russia *
Mongolia *
China *

Isle of Man *
Alderney *
Jersey

So, 21 countries and 3 Crown Dependencies visited, with train travel in 13 countries and 2 Crown Dependencies

[ellendune]

Visited 8:              United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Germany
Travelled by rail 7: United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Germany

[rogerpatenall]

21of those listed visited, 15, travelled by train which rises to 18 if you include metro systems.

And if you go back to the period 1995 to 2010 when I retired, I visited a further 32 countries ( I think, and excluding Scotland, Wales, NI and dependencies). The smallest and most remote being Niue, ( No wonder that I retired with three million BA^» (British Airways - about) miles, and still have a couple of hundred thousand, which I doubt I will use now.)

[LiskeardRich]

Following up my previous post with more detail.

England *
Wales *
France
Germany
Belgium
Luxembourg
Spain *
Greece
Italy *
Hungary *

I’ve used the * to indicate having used a train in those places.

In the next 5 weeks I will visit the following all with rail travel planned
Poland
Slovakia
Switzerland.

[eightonedee]

To start another set of comparison lists - how many countries have you been to where you cannot travel on a train? I think I have "done" three - Iceland, Cyprus and Vatican City.

[GBM]

In the Merchant Navy for a few years only, but on product carriers, so in and out of many countries and ports.
Only travelled by train in France and Switzerland.
My claim to fame was train from Penzance to London, and London to Wick (and return six weeks later).
Subsequently flew to Scotland thereafter.
Plus the long since discontinued non sleeper overnight Newcastle to Penzance.

[PrestburyRoad]

To start another set of comparison lists - how many countries have you been to where you cannot travel on a train? I think I have "done" three - Iceland, Cyprus and Vatican City.

I too have visited three trainless countries: Iceland, Cyprus and Greenland.  And I can recommend visiting Greenland on a cruise - the scenery is outstanding.

[Chris from Nailsea]

5 and 1.  (Unless I can also claim Wales and Scotland as 'other countries') 

5: South Africa, France, Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar (although that's also a bit tenuous). 

1: France.

In view of other claims here, I'm now going to revise / update / increase my own tally:

8 and 4.

8: Wales, Scotland, Jersey, South Africa, France, Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar (although that's still a bit tenuous, according to the Spanish). 

4: Wales, Scotland, Jersey and France.

CfN. 

[Andy]

Visited: 13
UK^▸ (United Kingdom), Portugal, France, Canada, Turkey, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, USA, Greece, Netherlands, Spain, Germany.

Used a train in: 10
UK, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Italy, USA, Greece, Netherlands, Spain, Germany.