Often, when I travel by train, I am one of very few in a carriage. I know I travel early in the day. I know, serendipitiously, I often get on at the beginning of a route. I rarely travel in peak hour, when trains and buses are loaded to the gunnels. I get scared in crowds, and the pressures inside my head beome intolerable. On a Saturday, if I am late returning from Gosford, and the train has four carriages instead of eight, we are packed in like sardines. To make matters worse, a large proportion of these travellers seem to have travel suitcases with them. Large travel suitcases.
But, primarily, what you see here is how my journeys begin. |
My trains are never that empty.
ReplyDeleteHah! Jim this one WAS standing at Hornsby ready for the massive trip out to Richmond. But just travel outside the peak of a weekend, and this is how it is.
ReplyDeleteooo - i DO like that first shot - really interesting.
ReplyDeleteOh that would suit me JUST fine, an empty carriage all to myself. Twice my husband and I traveled by train in the UK; once first class from Peterborough, East England to London and then a few days later on the Heathrow Express from Paddington Station to the airport. Both were early trips and we had the carriage to ourselves. I loved it. Have a great day. Jo
ReplyDeleteLove the tunnel of the first shot. The mountains trains are good after peak hour and we never have trouble with a seat pretty much at any time of day. As for those big suitcases they are a feature of mountains trains just about any time of day.
ReplyDeleteI remember my very first train trip to the mountains in the late 60s they had a luggage car!
I seem to remember that in the 80s people could still smoke and drink alcohol on the mountains trains.