Post #2848563
2026-02-27 11:42 UTC
@TimWardCam@c.im @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social for a lot of the UK, trains don't make sense for european journeys either, when it can easily take 3 hours just to reach central London & the Eurostar security containment queue
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@patterfloof@meow.social 2026-02-27 16:51
@TimWardCam@c.im @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social though if politics had worked out differently & we could have got night trains from major regional cities, as easy as a local train
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@UkeleleEric@mstdn.social 2026-02-27 16:55
@patterfloof@meow.social @TimWardCam@c.im @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social I agree about the lack of decent long-term advance bookability and timetables. And going via St Pancras is a bit of a headache. Last time I went to France (October), I took the counterintuitive route. From my home (Mansfield), local buses to Chesterfield, train to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, connecting bus to ferry terminal, and overnight ferry to Amsterdam, then train to Amiens (but, even then, illogically, fastest via Paris North). I like overnight travel.