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  2. The Man in Seat Sixty-One - Wikipedia

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    The site is a personal project run by Mark Smith, formerly a manager in the rail industry. [3] The site is called Seat 61 after his preferred seat in First Class on the Eurostar. [3] He began the site as a hobby in 2001, [2] after frustration with the difficulty he perceived in finding how to book rail tickets within Europe. [2]

  3. Timeline of railway history - Wikipedia

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    The railroad company extended its existing rail that ran between Charleston and the Savannah River to the north toward Orangeburg and Columbia. Both rail lines closely paralleled old Native American trails. 1838 – Edmondson railway ticket introduced. 1839 – The first railway in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Italy, opened from Naples to ...

  4. Climate-conscious travelers are jumpstarting Europe’s sleeper ...

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    “Ten years ago, it was only old people and weirdos taking night trains,” Constant, 27, said while riding a train through the Czech Republic. ... Says Mark Smith, whose website Man in Seat 61 ...

  5. Trans Europ Express - Wikipedia

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    The EuroCity network began operating on 31 May 1987, and with effect from that date the last remaining international Trans-Europe Express trains were redesignated or withdrawn, [5] except the Gottardo (reclassified as EuroCity in September 1988), [6] but in name, the TEE designation continued to be used for a few domestic trains operating ...

  6. History of rail transport - Wikipedia

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    The first passenger train in India ran between Bombay (Bori Bunder) and Thane on 16 April 1853. The 14-carriage train was hauled by three steam locomotives: Sahib, Sindh and Sultan. It ran for about 34 kilometers between these two cities carrying 400 people. The line was built and operated by GIPR.

  7. New routes, old coaches: Europe's night trains struggle to ...

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    Sarah and Sonia pile out of a rain-smattered train at Berlin Central Station, surprised they feel so rested after sleeping on Europe's newest night train service, but also over an hour late. They ...

  8. Orient Express - Wikipedia

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    The train traveled the length of continental Europe, with terminal stations in Paris in the northwest and Istanbul in the southeast, and branches extending service to Athens, Brussels, and London. The Orient Express embarked on its initial journey on June 5, 1883, from Paris to Vienna, eventually extending to Istanbul, thus connecting the ...

  9. I've been riding trains across Europe for 15 years. I love it ...

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    I once found a family package for a train from Rome to Venice that included first-class seats, snacks, and drinks for three for $66. I also booked three roundtrip tickets between Austria and ...

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