AdvertisementInspirationTrain journeys Maximum speed 60km/h: On this train trip it’s the slower, the better Catherine Marshall September 22, 2025 — 3:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Got it Share“No jabberwocking on your phone,” says Rohan Vos, the witty, formidable founder of Africa’s luxury train operator, Rovos Rail. We want you to enjoy the ambience.” Vos does endorse a good old-fashioned “jabberwock” aboard his lovingly restored former South African Railways carriages. The station was built by South African Railways in 1948 and acquired by Rovos Rail half a century later. AdvertisementEven if it tried, the diesel locomotive pulling us to Victoria Falls wouldn’t get a word in edgeways.