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Europeans, do you take the train to travel to other countries? (upload.wikimedia.org)
submitted 5 months ago by Servais@dormi.zone to c/yurop@lemm.ee
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[–] Bldck 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just got back from a two week train trip across Europe. Overall, found it very easy and accessible to move around.

Here’s the general itinerary:

  1. London to Brussels
  2. Brussels to Prague (night train)
  3. Prague to Vienna
  4. Vienna to Zurich (night train)
  5. Zurich to Bern
  6. Bern to Lyon
  7. Lyon to Nîmes
  8. Nîmes to Barcelona

The only train problem on the trip was our night train to Prague. The carriage was 28-30° C and very uncomfortable. Especially for a 16 hour trip.

The inconsistency of scheduling, signage and trip information was a challenge. Especially when you add in the language barriers.

My ranking of the train systems:

  1. Switzerland (obviously)
  2. Austria
  3. France
  4. Spain
  5. Czechia
[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I wanted to downvote you for not stopping in Geneva but then you rated SBB/CFF at the obvious number one.

But more seriously, for your next trip you should try the Italian high speed lines (Trenitalia Frecciarossa or Italo AGV). They are amazing and probably the best high speed network and trains on the continent.

[–] Bldck 2 points 5 months ago

Did change trains in Geneva. So I was there for 14 minutes 🙂

Visited Geneva for a longer time in 2018.

I wanted to get into Italy but it didn’t quite work for our schedule. Hopefully next time

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago

happy Swiss noises