Comments on: Hooray for trains http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/ a potpourri of mirth and madness Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: JGJones http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-513 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:17:38 +0000 http://mdzlog.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-513 Ahh…I live in Leeds, but work in London – however thanks to National Express East Coast, I’m able to leave home at a normal time, work on the train with the free wifi (yes free…you don’t pay for it) and arrive in the office having done 2 and half hours work.

Mind you the internet’s not very fast on a busy train, but I’m not complaining for a free service.

]]> By: Revik http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-502 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:13:41 +0000 http://mdzlog.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-502 Ha-ha :) Try to travel from Moscow to Vladivistok by train – 2 weeks without wifi, power and shower :)))

]]> By: janne http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-501 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:34:26 +0000 http://mdzlog.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-501 Osaka-Tokyo has one high-speed train leaving every ten minutes or so. Less trafficked lines and off-peak times has the rate drop to once every twenty minutes. Don’t even need to “catch the train” – just show up at the station and take the next one up.

]]> By: mdz http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-499 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:32:08 +0000 http://mdzlog.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-499 National Express East Coast, and Grand Central Rail (both UK)

]]> By: Mackenzie http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-498 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:33:11 +0000 http://mdzlog.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-498 Ah, yes, European trains…multiple train options per day, outlets, tables…

American trains:
One train on each route per day. Maybe. Sometimes fewer than that. If I want to go to the city where my parents live, my only option is a train at 4:30pm. Coming back, my only option is a train at 5:45am. Power? One pair of outlets…per car. Wifi? What? We don’t even get cell phone reception! But yes, the legroom is great.

]]> By: Pierre http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-497 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:13:38 +0000 http://mdzlog.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/hooray-for-trains/#comment-497 Which company ?

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