Train travel - good things

Petagno · 2019-02-14T12:40:17.271Z

I travelled the Indian-Pacific 4,500km from Sydney to Perth back in the 00s, which is a great trip. Obviously the centre of Australia has a fairly large dose of nothing, which makes the journey extra hypnotic.

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Indian Pacific

The Indian Pacific is an Australian passenger rail service that operates between Sydney, on the Pacific Ocean, and Perth, on the Indian Ocean. It is one of the few truly transcontinental trains in the world. The train first ran in February 1970 after the completion of gauge conversion projects in South and Western Australia. The train's route includes the world's longest straight stretch of railway track, a 478-kilometre (297 mi) stretch of the Trans-Australian Railway over the Nullarbor Plai...

Best stop was at Cook, population 2. It used to a be a fully populated town, complete with hospital and airstrip but is now a nicely eerie ghost town. The train basically just stops to fill up on water and for passengers to stretch their legs. You can literally just walk into abandoned houses/businesses like you were in Silent Hill. Don’t want to miss the train leaving however as you are in the middle of the desert and there are only three per week…

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Cook, South Australia

Cook is a railway station and crossing loop located in the Australian state of South Australia on the Trans-Australian Railway in the locality of Nullarbor about 826 kilometres (513 mi) west by rail of Port Augusta and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of the Eyre Highway via an unsealed road. Cook was created in 1917 when the railway was built and is named after the sixth Prime Minister of Australia, Joseph Cook. The town depended on the Tea and Sugar Train for the delivery of supplies, an...

safebruv · 2019-02-14T12:40:45.679Z

Thank god.

£271 return

Gnometorious · 2019-02-14T13:13:43.895Z

Plz tell me more

eltham · 2019-02-14T14:19:11.975Z

Got the train from Reading to Hong Kong once. It was pretty amazing.

Epimer · 2019-02-14T14:21:08.957Z

Change at Paddington?

sarahispi · 2019-02-14T14:26:31.323Z

eltham · 2019-02-14T14:46:42.911Z

Waterloo actually

japes · 2019-02-14T14:51:18.995Z

that title is very misleading

Petagno · 2019-02-14T15:02:44.317Z

Only just realised that this is the perfect thread in which to post one of the top tracks from my most favourite album of the month…

anon35496508 · 2019-02-14T15:05:04.853Z

When I was a kid I had a young person’s railcard which allowed me to upgrade myself and two friends to first class for very little extra. It was always fun to see the guard come in to first class and see us scruffy leather jacketed herberts, thinking he’s got a score for his card. The disappointment in his face when he saw our tickets and realised that we were all legal and above board was a sight to see.

ericVI · 2019-02-14T15:21:54.927Z

Getting a coffee and a sarnie and then reading a book
the rare occasions when people respect the quiet carriage

ericVI · 2019-02-14T16:32:26.920Z

Do YOU respect the quiet carriage?

nods silently
NO I FUCKING DONT MATE
I think i do but my shite headphones spill my shit tunes without me realising

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laelfy · 2019-02-14T16:34:31.270Z

I’m on a train right now, it’s very cold and the man next to me likes the sound of his own voice but the scenery is very pretty

colinzealuk · 2019-02-14T16:40:59.748Z

Do you like the sound of his voice?

laelfy · 2019-02-14T16:41:17.312Z

No I do not

anon44377095 · 2019-02-14T17:55:15.071Z

Oh man that’s so good. I want to go on a train and listen to it.

brightlight · 2019-02-14T18:12:05.441Z

I also treasure these memories…and the dirty looks you got from Business Types. Yes I have paid £5 to be here and I am getting as much free stuff as possible.

thewarn · 2019-02-14T18:18:21.907Z

Very excited about listening to trans europe express when on the eurostar next week

Petagno · 2019-02-14T18:36:09.651Z

Petagno:

Catching the train all the way down (ok, technically Eurostar then Metro then SNCF) to The Alps on Wednesday with my six year old to go skiing. Should be good

Our return journey for ^this is premium all the way (was £10 extra each, which is a no brainer for 6 hours of train time). Looking forward to some sniffy looks. “Yes, she may well only be six years old but she’ll still have another glass of red thank you very much…”

colinfilth · 2019-02-14T19:47:25.798Z

When a posh person show you their reservation ticket for the seat you know you have a reservation for and you get to point out to them that their reservation is for tomorrow.