Kind of a Bad Flyer - 3/23/06

[DHLawrence]

At least if you wind up on a Virgin Train, anyway.

Unless you're in one of those seats that isn't lined up with a window

I've heard good things about GNER too, especially after they overhauled their trains; any thoughts?

[Gizensha]

At least if you wind up on a Virgin Train, anyway.

Unless you're in one of those seats that isn't lined up with a window

I've heard good things about GNER too, especially after they overhauled their trains; any thoughts?

GNER?

[DHLawrence]

GNER?

The guys running on the east coast.

[Lissou]

I guess it's normal, as I can't drive, and you can't take a bus from a city to another, only inside a city.

Really? There's no French coach service?

Not that I know of... Although I think we did take one for a class trip, but I think they're only for groups, you can't take one if you're alone, because it's not a regular service.
I might be wrong of course.

[DesertFoxCat]

I've been on two kinds of trains:


1. A novelty old train thing at a museum

2. The Washington, D.C. metro. That thing scares the lamp shades out of me.

[Gizensha]

I've been on two kinds of trains:


1. A novelty old train thing at a museum

2. The Washington, D.C. metro. That thing scares the lamp shades out of me.

Unless US metro links are substantially different from UK ones, I thought that metros were technically considered a type of tram that went on railway lines for parts of their journy. Of course, I might be reversing that.

[DHLawrence]

In the case of Washington DC, Metro is the name of their underground service. It's also used for the underground in Montreal.

[IceDragon]

2. The Washington, D.C. metro. That thing scares the lamp shades out of me.

There is nothing scary about the D.C. Metro.

[Gizensha]

In the case of Washington DC, Metro is the name of their underground service. It's also used for the underground in Montreal.

Oh. You mean tube service then

[DHLawrence]

Oh. You mean tube service then

Exactly.

Weird--London calls it the Tube, Newcastle calls it the Metro, and Glasgow calls it the Subway.

[Gizensha]

Oh. You mean tube service then

Exactly.

Weird--London calls it the Tube, Newcastle calls it the Metro, and Glasgow calls it the Subway.

Not neccessarially... Newcastle might have a Manchester style Metro. In Manchester, the Metro is a special type of... Not sure if it's a train or a tram, but it can run on both train and tram tracks. So it's either a very convienient in-city train, or a very fast tram service. Not sure which.

I thought the only towns in the UK with a tube/subway service was London, Sheffield and Glasgow, however, so...

Do we have anyone from Newcastle here? I know we've got someone from Leeds...

[DHLawrence]

Huh. My father was an infant evacuee in Leeds during the War. Used to live in northeast London before his house got a direct hit.

[DesertFoxCat]

There is nothing scary about the D.C. Metro.

What about the passengers at rush hour?

[IceDragon]

There is nothing scary about the D.C. Metro.

What about the passengers at rush hour?

One of the perks about blending into the crowd, people who might want to mug you won't notice you.

[Muninn]

There is nothing scary about the D.C. Metro.

What about the passengers at rush hour?

One of the perks about blending into the crowd, people who might want to mug you won't notice you.

And if they just pick someone from the crowd at random...