The Man in Seat Sixty-One
Brilliant website below for anyone interested in discovering and arranging travel worldwide using trains.
http://www.seat61.com/index.html
What does the site aim to do?
"First of all, it sets out to HELP people who already know they want to travel by train or ferry, but who can't find out about it through normal commercial websites or travel agencies. These days, many people want to cut their carbon footprint or are simply fed up with the hassle of flying. Many of us prefer train travel, and a significant number of people are afraid of flying or medically restricted from doing so. However, information on alternatives to flying can often be difficult if not impossible to find. Second, the site aims to INSPIRE people to do something more rewarding with their lives and their travel opportunities than going to an airport, getting on a soulless globalised airliner and missing all the world has to offer. There's more to travel than the destination. It used to be called a j o u r n e y ..."
Why did he set up the site?
"The problem is this. Travelling by train from London to anywhere in Europe is a far more practical option than most people imagine, in fact it can be easier and less stressful than flying. But finding out about train travel has become frustratingly difficult, if not downright impossible. Although many people would prefer a more civilised, comfortable, interesting, adventurous, romantic, scenic, historic, exciting, less stressful and more environmentally-friendly way to travel, the travel industry only wants to sell you flights, flights, car hire and more flights. The train operators themselves are little help, even Eurostar provides very little useful information on its website for travelling beyond Paris or Brussels, and Italy and Spain (two of my top destinations) aren't mentioned anywhere on their site at all. What was needed was basic 'how to' information for train journeys from the UK to Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Russia and every other country in Europe. And how about reaching Morocco, Tunisia, Ibiza, Corsica, Crete or Malta by combining train & ferry? I thought it was a gap that needed filling, and that I could fill that gap myself..."
http://www.seat61.co...tm#.VFPhBmfWh8E
Edited by mab01uk, 31 October 2014 - 07:34 PM.