If you love train travel as much as I do, I’m certain that you will enjoy this charming, award-winning film about international train travel. Alan Dransfield had an inspiration for “Trans-Global Express” and here is his story:
“A tapestry of clips woven together during a overland journey from Hull to Valdivosko and back – observing and mapping cultural changes step by step as I strut through the cabins of trains. That’s right – I was going to strap a Gopro to my crotch.
Colours, faces, activities, language, attitudes, fashion and even train designs would represent the geographical locations I was to pass through.
As it turned out, the two years and 25000km of filming was only the beginning of this journey – it took a further seven years to pull it all together into the final film, oh la la!
But here we are – and it just won a bloody film festival =D
It’s like some huge loop has been closed – receiving acknowledgment for my efforts from such an awesome event makes it all worth while.”


Fascinating. What an amazing journey that must have been.