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Giulio Michelon3 days ago4 min read

I tried to buy a ticket for an ÖBB train and it was impossible

Design is how it works, and this is not…

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Urjeeta TuleMar 192 min read

Trains these days…

It’s safe to say that these rolling metal coaches not only revolutionized the way we transported but the way we thought and went about our lives in general. Our work, leisure and life accelerates at the rate with which they clank their way through any kind of terrain. Life comes to a grinding…

drowe1624Nov 8, 2015

Here’s What That Post About Taking a Train Across the USA for $213 Doesn’t Tell You

Eric Fadden

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Yeah, I was afraid of this…I took a train from VA to FL about 10 years ago. They rerouted us and it took much longer, the toilets backed up and stunk to high heaven for 15 hours! I swore then I’d never ride a train again but I was lured by that other article. Thanks for reminding me what a nightmare train travel can be.

Simon WilsonFeb 126 min read

Rail travel: A user experience in buying access to a network

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Lauren ModeryJan 141 min read

Wonderful. Thank you. Wish the U.S. would get its passenger train act together.

chippersteiner

I agree. To make a long story short, and I could be off with some of these details, but this is what I understand Amtrak to be: The government took control of the trains and created Amtrak in the 70s. The government was going to subsidize Amtrak until it became profitable; it never became profitable. Amtrak continues to get trimmed down- less routes…

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Brian WallaceJan 152 min read

How to Travel in a Foreign Land and Not Miss a Thing

Giuseppe SollazzoJan 202 min read

Engagement does not only mean responding

It also means responding promptly, with complete and transparent answers; it means not letting your customer having to extract information in dribs and drabs.