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This is impressive. I poked around and for the (few) routes I'm aware of it has excellent information. I can see using this for future planning/dreaming. I've

by ydant 3y ago

This is impressive. I poked around and for the (few) routes I'm aware of it has excellent information. I can see using this for future planning/dreaming. I've found train travel sites can be fairly hard for non-locals to find / navigate through and you get waylaid by third parties that aren't as good for the actual booking as the less SEO optimized first-party carrier sites. Ends up being frustrating. I appreciate this site just gives you the facts rather than trying to do everything. Everything about this is tastefully "old school". So much information density, and none of life story fluff most train travel blogs throw in. I appreciate the advertising through fairly non-intrusive banners/links embedded in the pages (seriously, coming back in the HTML and not injected by JavaScript - who does that anymore?) that bypasses the adblocker. I was curious enough by the ones I saw that I disabled my adblocker to see if that was it - unfortunately there are also Google ads on top, but at least not cranked up to ridiculous levels. I've "pinned" it in Kagi so now it comes up when I'm searching for train travel in the future.

ghaff 3y ago
I've used it quite a bit on a number of trips as I'd much rather travel by train within Europe than deal with airports. Train travel in Europe is pretty good but can also be a bit arcane if you're not familiar with the ins and outs of the country in question; this applies double if you're traveling around multiple countries. As you say, it's often not even clear where you should be doing your bookings.
- deeel 3y ago
  Definitely. But Seat 61 is absolutely the best source for at least trying to make it easy. The site has saved me hundreds of hours of research.
jcul 3y ago
It's an amazing resource. I used it a lot when I was younger and traveled more. That was years ago, I wonder if it has been kept up to date. No small task, especially for one man, which is the impression I get.
ricardobayes 3y ago
I loved the writing style of old travel books and this really brings that back.

by ydant 3y ago

ghaff 3y ago

I've used it quite a bit on a number of trips as I'd much rather travel by train within Europe than deal with airports. Train travel in Europe is pretty good but can also be a bit arcane if you're not familiar with the ins and outs of the country in question; this applies double if you're traveling around multiple countries. As you say, it's often not even clear where you should be doing your bookings.

deeel 3y ago
Definitely. But Seat 61 is absolutely the best source for at least trying to make it easy. The site has saved me hundreds of hours of research.

jcul 3y ago

It's an amazing resource. I used it a lot when I was younger and traveled more. That was years ago, I wonder if it has been kept up to date. No small task, especially for one man, which is the impression I get.

ricardobayes 3y ago

I loved the writing style of old travel books and this really brings that back.