EnglandPreston Railway Station53°45’21” N 2°42’25” W
November 1, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
EnglandRugby Railway Station52°22’44” N 1°14’57” W November 1, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Oh no ! We are sat in Rugby station waiting to go through a 5mph restriction. We have 2 hours on arrival to get onboard the Eurostar so we can afford to lose about 45 mins.
Yippee we just lost halfRead more
EnglandKing's Cross Railway Station51°31’56” N 0°7’34” W
November 1, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Ok so we were only 20 minutes late at Euston.
However all was not well when we got here. I scanned Andrew's ticket and then sailed through security and border controls. I was sort of wondering whereRead more
FranceParis Nord Souterrain Railway Station48°52’55” N 2°21’19” E
November 1, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Gotta throw in a picture of Andy in view of the fact I nearly stranded him in London. Gare du Nord remains one of the great Railway stations of Europe. Now we are travelling.....
FranceLa Chapelle48°53’39” N 2°21’24” E
November 1, 2023 in France ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Paris RER line D sud. 2 stops. You can buy your tickets from the buffet attendant on the Eurostar. She was very helpful as well. The RER trains were compact double deckers which I wasn't expecting.
FranceGare de Lyon48°50’40” N 2°22’35” E
November 1, 2023 in France ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
The Zurich service is every 2 hours and we would have just missed one so there was time for lunch. Cracking Parisian onion soup Gromit !
FranceLinotte47°27’8” N 6°11’9” E
November 1, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Just short of 200 mph. That's how you get from Preston to Zurich in a day.
If you can see the tracker, this app thinks we flew from Paris to Dijon as our elapsed time was so low.
SwitzerlandZurich Main Station47°22’42” N 8°32’21” E
November 1, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
A few things tell me I'm in Zurich. A massive departure board for about an hour's worth of trains, a red Re4/4, and a tram . Well lots of trams everywhere.
SwitzerlandZurich Main Station47°22’41” N 8°32’22” E
November 2, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Off to Chur. Too early to chat.
SwitzerlandChur station46°51’15” N 9°31’47” E
November 2, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
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