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“How far can I go on just local trains” is a fun game to play here in Japan. I’m not sure my body could handle the bus version here, unless the roads of England are very straight and smooth!
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In Russia it was at some point possible to go from St. Petersburg (Atlantic coast) to Vladivostok (Pacific coast) using only regional trains ('electrichkas'). With some skill, paying for the ride could be avoided entirely, but it would take ~28 days. Whereas a proper sleeper train does that in "just" 7 days.
NYC and Philly are so close that they could almost be considered the same metropolitan area, so it’s not very impressive!
Edit: also Baltimore and Washington, but those are even closer.
To everyone looking for the answer: It was Morecambe, UK -- after 21hrs and 24mins.
This is a really cool idea, but I would have much preferred to learn about it as a blog post or YouTube video.
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“How far can I go on just local trains” is a fun game to play here in Japan. I’m not sure my body could handle the bus version here, unless the roads of England are very straight and smooth!
In Russia it was at some point possible to go from St. Petersburg (Atlantic coast) to Vladivostok (Pacific coast) using only regional trains ('electrichkas'). With some skill, paying for the ride could be avoided entirely, but it would take ~28 days. Whereas a proper sleeper train does that in "just" 7 days.
That’s impressive. AFAIK in the US, the only two major cities you can get between on regional trains (i.e., without using the national train operator Amtrak) is New York and Philadelphia (New Jersey Transit from NY to Trenton, then SEPTA from Trenton to Philly). NYC and Philly are so close that they could almost be considered the same metropolitan area, so it’s not very impressive! Edit: also Baltimore and Washington…
Indeed, supporting this: there are some people who live in Philly and commute to New York. (Using Amtrak, not the local trains.)
I'm in Canada and I can't think of any meaningful distance you could cover in this way. Maybe Toronto-Barrie. Our cities are all so far apart, they are mostly isolated hubs and spokes.
Curious in the US, would there be any regions where you could get anywhere by this method?
- Starts is London, where I lived for 18 years.
- Goes through Kibworth Beauchamp which is about a mile from where I live now (Beauchamp is pronounced like ‘Beecham’ btw)
- Then to Derby, where I was born and grew up
- Then through Belper, where my first job was
Felt slightly surreal!
“How far can I go on just local trains” is a fun game to play here in Japan. I’m not sure my body could handle the bus version here, unless the roads of England are very straight and smooth!
Hahahahaha nope.
(English country lanes are great for cycling. They are not ideal for buses. I write as someone who has spent too much time on the very winding S3 Charlbury-Woodstock service in Oxfordshire.)
“How far can I go on just local trains” is a fun game to play here in Japan. I’m not sure my body could handle the bus version here, unless the roads of England are very straight and smooth!