[lace-chat] trains and buses in the UK

2005-06-23 Thread Helen
http://www.eurail.com/ As far as I'm aware, there's two different sorts - one is for something like 10 days travel within 1 month and the other is an unlimited travel ticket. You can't buy this ticket in Europe (I think). If anyone from outside of the UK and Ireland is interested in this thr

[lace-chat] Trains

2003-10-23 Thread Annette Gill
<> It's certainly well signed and the maps are clear. When I visited Moscow in 1989, their Metro system had borrowed the idea of giving each line its own colour. Unfortunately, unlike the tube in London, where the colours are used consistently on all signage to help you see which line you're on

[lace-chat] trains

2003-10-20 Thread Janice Blair
Joyce wrote: Probably the Americans would, too -- but we have no trains at all, so the British version looks pretty good. That might be true of where you are in Indiana but my favorite mode of transport into the city of Chicago is by train. The express takes about 45 minutes and the stopping

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2003-10-18 Thread Martha Krieg
Probably the Americans would, too -- but we have no trains at all, so the British version looks pretty good. This isn't quite true. My husband took the train from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Denver, Colorado, this summer, then from Denver up to Seattle. They aren't commonly used, booking the trips

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2003-10-18 Thread Joy Beeson
Moved to Chat because I'm responding to an aside: At 08:33 PM 10/17/03 +0100, Annette Gill wrote: >Ilske, I couldn't help smiling at this! We don't think our trains are nice >and quick - we hate them! I remember meeting an American couple at the >Royal Opera House one evening, many years ago,