I was once again alone in a railway compartment headed for a new adventure.

Thus Edward Thomas begins the poem which enables us to join him in his railway compartment at the turn of the century.

This Room No. 47 was no more than a sort of railway compartment on the way to that.

I once shared a railway compartment between Dunkirk and Brussels with two French-speaking businessmen who were obviously old friends or colleagues.

Then, five years later, he was convicted on a similar charge following an incident in a railway compartment and fined a total of 50 shillings (£2.50).

Strangers in a railway compartment can't remark on the passing scenery for fear their language may betray them as enemies.

When you enter a railway compartment, the seats are dusted by him.

Robberies have occurred on trains, so always lock railway compartments on overnight trains.

Along the way, in an effort to maintain their disguise, they shared railway compartments and restaurant tables with actual British officers.

Both women were shrouded from head to foot and travelled in railway compartments with drawn curtains.