Comments on: Trains

By: Kathy Bragg

Kathy Bragg — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:02:51 +0000

We schlepped our way up to the Isle of Mull via the Caledonian Sleeper to Glasgow. I made the instantly-recognisable mistake of not paying the extra for a berth, and we endured a sleep-free night of uncomfortable restlessness. Despite what the gentleman on the booking line might think, you cannot sleep in the seats.
On the journey home, we had berths, and the whole experience was much more enjoyable. I’d not hesitate to travel on the sleeper again.
It’s enormous though - there wasn’t quite room in my brain for just how long the train was. Seeing it waiting on the platform is quite a sight. I regressed to childhood right there and then, with the big eyes and wide-open mouth.

By: Olly Hodgson

Olly Hodgson — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:41:13 +0000

Mmm, I quite like travelling by train - as long as it goes smoothly… more of them need wifi though

By: Molly E. Holzschlag

Molly E. Holzschlag — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:00:39 +0000

I, too, am enamoured of train travel. But of course, as with any travel, that’s only if it goes smoothly

Another interesting aspect of trains is hearing them whistle at night. It might be one of the lonliest, longing sounds I’ve ever heard. What’s more, when I was a child, we lived in a house that was set about a half an acre from the tracks, and the trains rattling by each night, shaking the house gently, was a source of comfort and continuity to me.

Trains are fundamentally far more romantic than planes, much like the way I think it must have been to have to take a ship across large bodies of waters prior to air travel. It took longer, the adventuresome nature of it was far more inherent. Oh for the days when time was, well, slower

By: simon r jones

simon r jones — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:09:15 +0000

i must admit i love train travel. Living in Cambridge now I don’t have a car (tis a very small town) and I tend to travel around the country by train. I do remember as a kid the South East trains being somewhat old and cranky but its always been a pretty relaxing journey for me by train. While down under at Christmas last year we took a sleeper train from Adelaide to Sydney - that really is the way to travel!