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Richard Smith
@richardavsmith
He/Him. Either sharing an unreasonably long thread from a rail trip or posting into the void about transport/politics. 'raves' on bsky | richardavsmith@mas.to
Jul 8 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
My number is VO0534.

VO0 took about 40 minutes to advance by 10.

This office closes in an hour.

I need to make InterRail reservations for the two trains I *cannot* do online.

Compulsory reservations are an awful system made worse by @Renfe being a mess of a company. Image What's a particular joke is that obviously a lot of people simply give up most numbers yeild no one.

And the room has multiple ticket machines, going unused because they cannot do many basic things.

And every booking requires so much info from customers that it takes 5-10 mins.
Apr 20 • 39 tweets • 20 min read
Right, let's do this: going to a retirement for a train I've ridden maybe a half dozen times before!

(Well, when in SF. Accidentally. At the right time.)

#EclipseByRail

Image I'm at the very end of my #EclipseByRail trip. While I've still got a lot of earlier days to update (tech issues and data thwarted me doing it live!), this is a mini thread while I'm in SF and this @SFBART event is going on.
Oct 13, 2023 • 49 tweets • 38 min read
23* Train Operating Companies (TOCs).

One All Line Rover.

One day. (Yesterday, to be precise.)

And not much of a plan.

Let's (try to) ride #AllTheTOCs.

*Don't worry, I'll get to this. Image So, before we begin, some quick caveats:
1) 23 TOCs on the All Line Rover, so excludes Eurostar and HEx (mostly operated by GWR anyway)
2) GTR and WMT are each a single TOC
3) My goal was to ride every TOC at least one stop, but...well, wait and see.
4) Times are actual not sched
Apr 20, 2022 • 83 tweets • 46 min read
It's Day 7 of my #SouthernRailways trip, and I'm heading from Lisbon 🇵🇹 to Seville 🇪🇸.

I've really enjoyed my time in Portugal, I need to come here more often. You can find the other days of my trip here:
Apr 19, 2022 • 22 tweets • 14 min read
I spent Day 6 of my #SouthernRailways trip in and around Lisbon, so here's some highlights. A very windy crossing.
Apr 18, 2022 • 119 tweets • 70 min read
I'm heading to Portugal, for the first time travelling there from London without flying.

It's Day 5, and it's time for a new operator on this #SouthernRailways trip: CP (Comboios de Portugal), the national railway company of Portugal. Image You can find the other days of my trip here:
Aug 21, 2019 • 320 tweets • >60 min read
Here we go again. #startoftheline #summeroftrains2019 #es9150 You can find my journeys by train in Europe earlier this year here. #springoftrains