Amtrak trolls Southwest Airlines: Your bags are still free here

#FreeBaggage #CustomerService #TrainTravel #Amtrak #AirlineComparison

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Amtrak trolls Southwest Airlines: Your bags are still free here

Amtrak's needling comes in the wake of the airline's decision to drop is free checked bags policy

^{Kevin Williams (Quartz)}

Zürisee

#photography #Zurich #lake #TrainTravel #mood

My dramatic arrival in #RochesterNY earlier this week. I stepped off this #Amtrak train, carried my luggage across a snowy park, and captured the train crossing High Falls, before getting dinner at Genesee Brew House as recommended by y'all.

#traintravel #america #waterfall #railfan

Worst train companies to be named and shamed

#TransparencyInTravel #NamedAndShamedCompanies #WorstTrainCompanies #TrainTravel #PassengerRights

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Worst train companies to be named and shamed

Millions of passengers will be able to see cancellation and delay data in train stations

^{Sean Dilley (BBC News)}

Here's the tl;dr post for people who can't be bothered reading the excited witterings of a child in a halwa shop: siegeavecvue.eu/2025/03/05/mor…

We'll always have Tangier.

#Morocco #TrainTravel #ONCF #SiegeAvecVue #MaqeadMaeManzar

Intercity Express

near Düsseldorf, Germany, April 2019

#traintravel #doubleexposure #landscape #cityscape #motionblur #landscapephotography #düsseldorf #nrw #nordrheinwestfalen #trainwindow #urbanphotography #urban #abstractlandscape #abstractphoto #abstractart #germany #experimentalphotography #zeissjenalens #tessar50mmf28 #vebur #leafshutter #eosm3

Double exposure with a Zeiss Jena Tessar 2,8/50mm in Pentacon Vebur shutter, adapted to a EOS M3.

🇫🇷 Double #TrainTrackTuesday avec une ancienne locomotive série 218 chez l'opérateur AixRail et la Moselle dans la brume dans les environs de Treis-Karden.

🇬🇧 A double #TrainTrackTuesday with this old locomotive class 218 now working for the private operator AixRail and the Mosel valley in the fog near Treis-Karden.

#railways #railwayphotography #Eisenbahn #Eisenbahnbilder #Spoorwegen #CheminsDeFer #traintravel

For those who are still interested, I've put another two days up at siegeavecvue.eu/tag/morocco-20…

#Morocco #TrainTravel #travelogue #Tangier

PM Trudeau just announced that a 3-hour high speed rail between Toronto and Quebec City is to begin!

This should have been built 20 years ago, still, depending on the fare price, it could be a real game-changer in terms of reducing car and jet emissions.

Let's hope they decide to stretch it all the way to Halifax.

cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-a…

#Train #TrainTravel #HighSpeedRail #Toronto #QuebecCity #Travel #Canada

Although I can hardly skate, our intended "romantic weekend" with my friend Doubí ended up skating across the largest lake in Czechia - 25 km on Lipno reservoir from one railway to another.

Ačkoliv skoro neumím bruslit, skončil náš zamýšlený „romanticky víkend“ s Doubí doslova přebruslením největšího českého jezera - vodní nádrže Lipno napříč. 25 km od železnice k železnici.

#traintravel #vlakemnahory #lipno #brusle #skates #neverdateyoungergirl

Adventurous cat hops on the train to London for 18 mile journey

#TrainTravel #Londontrip #Weybridge #AdventurousCat #LongDistanceJourney

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Surrey: Adventurous cat takes train into London from Weybridge

Tilly's owner says she has also gone to a school and a pub in Weybridge in the past.

^{Sam Dixon-French (BBC News)}

Impressions from Helsinki Central Station. The whole station is full of Stadler FLIRT trains (at least 20) with the wide gauge, allowing 2+3 seating arrangement. The old analog clocks on the platforms are stuck at 12 o'clock. Also: why is there horse manure on a train platform?!

#finland #helsinki #BahnBubble #traintravel

I'm riding Amtrak from Chicago to DC. Breakfast on the rails. This biscuit is legit. Try getting this for $20 on an airplane!

#Amtrak #TrainTravel

#giessen #gießen #bahnhof #bahnhofGießen #bahnreisen #HistorischeArchitektur #hessen #mittelhessen #traintravel #geschichte
#history #fotografie #photography #stadtfotografie #cityphotography #neoromantic #wahrzeichen #landmark #germany #deutschland #kulturerleben #gießenstation

Gießens historischer Bahnhof: Mehr als nur ein Verkehrsknotenpunkt

#giessen #gießen #bahnhof #bahnhofGießen #bahnreisen #HistorischeArchitektur #hessen #mittelhessen #traintravel #geschichte #history
#fotografie #photography #stadtfotografie #cityphotography #neoromantic #wahrzeichen #landmark #germany #deutschland #kulturerleben #gießenstation #trainstation

Gießens historischer Bahnhof: Mehr als nur ein Verkehrsknotenpunkt

Only one day to go!
Tyshawn Sorey Trio in Hamburg!
Very much looking forward to it.

#music #jazz #hamburg #tyshawnsorey #tyshawnsoreytrio #piano #pianotrio #Elbphilharmonie #train #TrainTravel

As of today, there's a direct train from Amsterdam to London again!

See this helpful page with so many tips for how to book tickets, what the experience is like, and how to get most out of your travel:

seat61.com/trains-and-routes/l…

#Train #Amsterdam #London #Travel #TrainTravel #Treinleven #SustainableTravel #Transportation #TheManInSeat61 #Eurostar #Europe

All The Trains I Rode In China

#ChinaTrains #MassachusettsBasedSubsidiary #MBTA #CR450RollingStock #TrainTravel

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All The Trains I Rode In China | Defector

VARIOUS EASTERN LOCALES, China — Relative velocity’s a hell of a thing. It’s impossible to conceptualize how fast 300 kilometers per hour is until you’re on a train that fast.

^defector.com

Disabled assistance cards provided by East Midlands Railway.
Arrived in the post today.
Free at eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/form…

Edit: it seems they now also offer wristbands including an #autistic awareness one

How much use they'll be remains to be seen!

#disabled #disability #railway #TrainTravel #railways

The consensus of the cafe car on today's westbound "Lake Shore Limited" is that Drake Maye is the real deal but Jerod Mayo is not, travel on Thanksgiving is going to suck because of the rain, we're lucky the Butternut Fire did not actually destroy Butternut, the Democrats have no credibility because they make nice with Republicans, and pretzel buns are superior to multigrain.

Pittsfield is next in about 35 minutes.

#Amtrak #ILoveNewEngland #Berkshires #Thanksgiving2024 #TrainTravel #Patriots

fancy a bit of mental arithmetic while waiting?
I find it amusing how the display of relative #delay (e.g., + 5 min) becomes meaningless when the delay surpasses a certain threshold.
(Disclaimer: train delays this long are the exception in Austria; this one was related to the flooding in Sept.)

#photography #Kopfrechnen #MentalArithmetic #TrainTravel #fun

Jamaica Sunset • Jamaica, New York, USA
Olympus OM-D EM-1 MKIII • October 2024

October always has the best sunsets at this train station…

#Photography #DigitalCamera #ColorPhotography #Photo
#Olympus #MicroFourThirds #OlympusPhotography

#USA #UnitedStates #NewYork #NYC #Queens #LongIsland #Jamaica
#Sunset #Sunsets #TrainToot #LIRR #MTA #Trains #TrainTravel #Railways #Railway #Orange

What do you mean may‽

It SHOULD go to Central London! If it doesn't, shutting down the Elizabeth Line *will* close HS2.

Build the whole dang thing in full, eastern leg and even send it to Scotland. We've been debating this for over 100 years. Just build teh darn thing! It's overall a good thing for the country, economy and envionmnet!

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crm284…

#hs2 #rail #ukrail #trains #TrainTravel #highspeed2 #highspeedrail #environment

Troubled HS2 may now run to central London, minister says

The Transport Secretary says it would make "no sense" to have the line terminate in west London.

^{Charlotte Edwards (BBC News)}