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I like that New Zeland trains feature in the same category as ones in Myanmar. Over here in New Zealand we have gone to quite a lot of effort to make a system this bad.
hah! Sorry if it came across that way, obviously those are two very different categories of train -- they do fall under equally scenic IMO but that's where the similarities end.
>Paris to Nice in 5h37 from €25: See the Paris to Nice page... The impressive TGV Duplex trains from Paris to Nice take just 5h36 centre to centre with fares from €25. A flight takes 4 disjointed and stressful hours of train, airport, flight, airport & bus, as well as pumping up to 10 times the CO2 emissions into the upper atmosphere. As an experience, there's no comparison... Absolutely right. The site also forgets…
From my recent experience TGV's are not that cheap any more.
Also, book early for better train prices.
>Paris to Nice in 5h37 from €25: See the Paris to Nice page... The impressive TGV Duplex trains from Paris to Nice take just 5h36 centre to centre with fares from €25. A flight takes 4 disjointed and stressful hours of train, airport, flight, airport & bus, as well as pumping up to 10 times the CO2 emissions into the upper atmosphere. As an experience, there's no comparison... Absolutely right. The site also forgets…
From my recent experience TGV's are not that cheap any more.
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I thought the site doesn't support Russia?
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> Has helped me travel from Bali to Jakarta, through Thailand, Namibia, and with the TransSib.
"TransSib" here is the Trans-Siberian Railway, travelled via the eponymous train. You may know: Siberia is in Russia – as is most of the journey via the railway.
And yes, there is support for travel data in Russia: https://www.seat61.com/Russia.htm
I love this site: it’s such a nice reminder of the information-rich sites of the early 2000s, and it’s been extremely useful in planning journeys over the years.
See also: https://www.fieggen.com/ which I use every time I buy a new pair of shoes.
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The strange part is that I'm Indian and I would never think of traveling to Gaya because of where it's located (the state of Bihar has a poor reputation).
Gaya train station was far and away the most intense experience I had in the 2 months I spent traveling through the north. Well, breaking my hip falling off a scooter trying to avoid a massive black bull cow running at me in Rishikesh was the most intense experience of my existence to-date, but the Gaya station was seriously hard core on the normal traveler's experience level. On the return from Bodh Gaya the midnigh…
Doesn't include Portugal, apparently. Edit: it does ( https://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Lisb... ), just that the country's not listed where I expected it to be. I vastly prefer taking the train from Lisbon to Porto for business, since I can work and prepare during the trip, with the following caveats: - Mobile data coverage along that particular line is spottier than a cheetah, with more gaps th…
But then again I found looking out the window and/or chatting to my travel companion far more entertaining than using my mobile phone!
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In the best case train is like being driven in a Limo on a free interstate
The normal case is far better than that. Smoother, faster, you can’t get up and stretch your legs, walk to a shop (or have the shop come to you in many cases), plug in your laptop, no bouncing up and down, no car sickness when you’re reading
It depends how sensitive you are. I get nauseous when reading even on relatively smooth inter-city trains.