grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 9 months agoThe Diminishing Romance of Train Travel | The Walrusthewalrus.caexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down19
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minus-squareCanadianCorhen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agowhen i was in the UK, i took a train from london to Glasgow. train was >200kph, and, without exaggeration, as quiet as a library. Arrived 15 minutes before it left, had a beer on it, was in glasgow in no time. Highly recommended.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoas an expat, it can be mixed though. If you rely on it for commuting and travel at rush hour, it’s just a different kind of hell.
when i was in the UK, i took a train from london to Glasgow. train was >200kph, and, without exaggeration, as quiet as a library.
Arrived 15 minutes before it left, had a beer on it, was in glasgow in no time. Highly recommended.
as an expat, it can be mixed though. If you rely on it for commuting and travel at rush hour, it’s just a different kind of hell.