Another V/Line train trip today. I'm heading to Bendigo to have lunch with my brother. As you do. A bit easier now that the country train fares in Victoria Victoria have been capped at $10.60 per day.
@jamesbannan Just rock up. Same transport card (Myki) as used in Melbourne. Though once you get beyond 2 hours (or so) from Melbourne there are long-distance trains you need to buy a ticket for.
Snacks aboard a TGV Lyria train from Zürich to Paris, photographed by me on this date in 2019. You can't escape those paprika-flavoured chips anywhere in Central Europe!
Yesterday, we went on a day trip to #Oxford by #train. No other means of powered transport was used as we #cycled to and from our local #RailwayStation.
Here is the #countryside zooming past the train window.
@necrosis Yes, I went to Kew Gardens in London not that long ago. Actually, this time, we didn't enter them as we went to a couple of museums instead. More photos coming up.
Today in print in The Sunday Age and Sun-Herald - I write a section about new and upcoming rail experiences in the 'Next Great Journeys' special supplement. Includes trains in Italy, Australia, Norway, Japan and Laos.
Buy a copy in print today; I'll share the online version if/when it appears later.
🚂 Face au changement climatique, le #train est notre meilleur allié. Chez Équinoxe nous défendons ce mode de transport et son financement à travers une taxe européenne sur le kérosène.
Jusqu’aux élections, nous vous présentons deux fois par semaine une de nos mesures phares. C’est aujourd’hui au tour de la deuxième : développer massivement le #ferroviaire et le rendre plus accessible que l’avion.
Afin de pouvoir continuer de nous déplacer et de découvrir le monde dans une #Europe faible émettrice en CO2, nous disposons d'un atout de taille : le #train. Pour cela, nous proposons de développer massivement le #ferroviaire, et de le rendre plus accessible que l'avion.
Le train devrait être une solution plus accessible financièrement que l'avion ou la voiture, avec une offre à la hauteur des besoins (voyageurs et #fret).
Le réseau ferroviaire devrait être moderne, harmonisé entre les 27 États membres, bien maillé, résilient et adapté au changement climatique.
Il devrait être possible de poursuivre son voyage en train grâce à des offres complémentaires de transport en commun et grâce à une bonne intermodalité avec l'usage du #vélo.
La compétitivité entre les modes devrait tenir compte des externalités négatives engendrées par chacun d'entre eux (bruit, émissions, impact sur la biodiversité).
Crazy morning. Had to take a car to amtrak this morning; there was an accident just before we got to the bridge which added ~45 minutes and I almost missed my 🚂 !
I was wearing my SF City FC scarf and my driver was very excited by it. We started chatting ⚽️, luckily he was from Oakland and knew all the shortcuts, so I got to the station about three minutes after the train and boarded it with a couple of minutes to spare!
Train 641 will depart Ottawa from Mondays to Thursdays at 4:19AM, and arrive in Toronto 8:48AM, with express service stops in Brockville, Kingston, Belleville, Cobourg, and Port Hope. Perfect for business commuters that need to make a 9AM meeting in The Big Smoke and a great alternative to the short-haul flight.
Also, Train 644 TRTO -> OTTW will run daily! See full release here:
Another train / bike journey today. Getting the hang of it. I am expecting to get soaked at the other end, but at least I won't have the dreaded search for car parking followed by the even more dreaded parking meter dramas. By bringing my bike I won't need to work out the bus system in a different city or have the irritation of hanging around for ages waiting for one to arrive. It won't suit everyone, but I'm finding that it does suit me. #trains#BikeTooter#NotForEveryoneButWorksForMe
It’s a shame the high speed rail projects were scrapped… those trains take forever, even if they are adding capacity. And don’t get me wrong, any bit helps, but this really doesn’t help near as much as high speed would have.
I love #trains ! & I love #InterRail !! These are impressions from today’s trip to #ripe88 : tea ceremony in the Dutch train, German clouds (with #music notation electricity lines! ), #Polish brunch with additional Indonesian snacks, while reading a book about Native #American language: collectivist culture & animism grammer ! (There is no word for please: food is meant to be shared )
@skinnylatte omg I once tried it home-made, my friend brought it from visiting her mother… taste explosion! I love the bitterness & strangeness of it… but in Holland I have to be satisfied with the store-bought…
Finally got to visit this architecture railroad masterpiece during the day! Construction on the Union Terminal began two months before the Great Depression; not the best timing.
Amtrak now runs one train through here, three times per week.
It's still dark when #Sounder Train 1502 rushes to the platform at Seattle's King Street Station with cab car 304 leading. This Sounder is inbound from Lakewood, Washington with morning commuters. Once this train is emptied, it will quickly return south to Tacoma as Sounder 1503. Meanwhile, #Amtrak Cascades 505 is readied for its run to Eugene, Oregon. #TrainTuesday#Railfan#Railway#Train
