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"The Swedes have a word for it:
tågskryt. It means literally ‘train
bragging’, and it’s a growing trend among travellers who boast about their
long-distance rail journeys. It’s not surprising: in these climate-conscious
days, why wouldn’t you be proud to travel by train?
After all, as independent UK transport expert Christian Wolmar explains:
“Railways probably use around 1% of CO₂ emissions per passenger compared with
aviation, and about a tenth of the amount you’d use in a car.”
There are many more benefits to long-distance rail travel, he adds. “If you
take a sleeper train, you can probably save [money on] a night in a hotel. And
it means you arrive refreshed and ready to start the day, rather than trekking
all the way into the city centre from the airport after your flight.”
There’s no better time to start planning a long-distance train holiday, says
Wolmar, with Europe’s rail network undergoing something of a revival. “Some
sleeper services have started operating again, and there’s been an improvement
in rolling stock.” He also cites Switzerland’s long-term tunnel-building
project: “Enabling trains to go through tunnels rather than up and down
mountains speeds things up no end.”
Other features of the rail renaissance include plans to open up new routes
between the UK (London St Pancras) and Germany and Switzerland, and – in a
gesture of Baltic solidarity in tough times – a new train line is linking the
capitals of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
