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Topic: comparisons with the USA and Germany (Read 1867 times)
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rober
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Hi there, I'm a recent arrival to the UK, and in a fit of boredom a few months ago, decided to put together a few facts comparing rail travel for the places in which I've lived & worked. Since the site is kind of buried in my yahoo-geocities page, and because I'd be very interested in hearing what my more seasoned UK-neighbors have to say about it, I thought I'd post the URL to this forum: http://uk.geocities.com/jule_und_rop@btinternet.com/rail-comparison.htmlI've commuted in metro-NYC and Berlin, and now live in Cambridge. In a nutshell, I'm amazed at how much more expensive (yet less dependable/comfortable) the rail system is in the UK-- particularly for commuters. But to be honest there's still a lot I have to learn about the UK. So if anyone out there has the time/motivation, please let me know if the info on the above website is accurate and/or could be improved. It's a bit dated, based on ticket prices I gathered over a long-ish period mostly during summer 2006. best, rober (dinkelfresser-rail[at]yahoo.com; or BT address in the URL above) |
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Graham Ellis
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Hi, and welcome Rober. It just so happens that I travelled from the UK yesterday and too Amtrak down from Newark to Washington DC ... and I was seated on that train making a comparison myself. My daughter in law has described my trip report, e-posted to her a few minutes ago, as "the trip from hell" which it certainly was not ... so I'm not putting it up in its normal place, but rather via an obscure link as I don't want to come across too negative. I'll have a quick look at your site when I finish this post .... but it will have to be quick as I'm off for lunch with Lisa's family who live in these parts! [edit to add] My goodness - you have done a lot of research there. Good work. Can't say I'm surprised at the pricing conclusions ... |
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« Last Edit: August 11, 2007, 01:25:00 PM by Graham Ellis »
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