Apr 24th, 2013 at 1:00PM: If you're a traveler, then you're a Kayaker. Not a paddler, but a devotee of Kayak.com, the airline (and hotel and rental car) search engine that makes booking the lowest fares a breeze. If you're a traveler, then you've also probably cursed the fact that a similar site doesn't exist for bus and rail travel.
We can now count our blessings, thanks to Wanderu. According to Thrillist, this ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Wanderu's Site Lets You Research And Book Bus And Rail Travel
Apr 24th, 2013 at 1:00PM: If you're a traveler, then you're a Kayaker. Not a paddler, but a devotee of Kayak.com, the airline (and hotel and rental car) search engine that makes booking the lowest fares a breeze. If you're a traveler, then you've also probably cursed the fact that a similar site doesn't exist for bus and rail travel.
We can now count our blessings, thanks to Wanderu. According to Thrillist, this ...Eurostar Revamps Services In A Bid To Lure Fliers
Apr 16th, 2013 at 1:00PM:
Long-distance train travel is making a comeback with Eurostar announcing plans to expand its services. The high-speed train, which primarily serves London, Brussels and Paris, has its sights set on new destinations across the European continent.
Eurostar says its entire system is undergoing an overhaul – from the booking process, to the routes, to the trains themselves. The company's ...600 People Evacuated After Explosives Found On Taiwanese Train
Apr 12th, 2013 at 1:30PM: Planes are often the first thing to come to mind when we think of terrorist attacks, but this morning in Taiwan a bomb hidden in a train bathroom nearly detonated.
Passengers reported smelling gas on a high-speed train Zuoying to Taipei. Upon further investigation, a piece of luggage emitting white smoke with five liters of gasoline and an activated timer trigger device was found. More than 600 ...How To Drive In India (And Not Die)
Apr 4th, 2013 at 9:00AM:
India's vast geography is a canvas for adventure, but such a big country invariably poses transportation difficulties. The solution to long distance travel in India has generally fallen under the purview of the country's iconic railway network. In spite of delays and crowds, the train is the best way to see India.
Some might notice India's ever-expanding road network and be tempted to hop ...World War II Bomb Closes Berlin Rail Station
Apr 3rd, 2013 at 3:00PM:
Berlin commuters got an unwelcome reminder of their city's wartime past today when a bomb from World War II was discovered near the city's main railway station.
The Hauptbahnhof was closed for several hours as bomb disposal experts dealt with the device, the BBC reports. Flights to and from Tegel airport were diverted.
The device was a 220-pound Soviet bomb and was discovered at a building ...Report: Amtrak's Growing But Bleeding Money On Long Trips
Mar 14th, 2013 at 3:00PM:
Vice President Biden is hardly alone on the rails these days. When the sequester sparked the return of Amtrak Joe (as a senator, Biden famously made about 8,000 trips between Delaware to D.C. on the train), it coincided with a report from the Brookings Institution that says Amtrak ridership is up 55 percent in the last 15 years.
The report from the venerable left-leaning think tank ...Photo Of The Day: Southern Cross Station
Mar 3rd, 2013 at 5:00PM:
Train stations around the world all have their own personality. Often, they are great works of architecture. This photo from pkorsmok gives a different view of the lines and design of Southern Cross Station in Melbourne, Australia, capturing a quiet moment in a station that serves over 40,000 passengers a day.
Makes you want to get on a train, doesn't it?
Have your own great travel ...Video: Man Vs. Metro
Feb 26th, 2013 at 2:00PM:
Ever been on a subway train so slow you thought you could walk there faster? A man in Paris decided to see if he could run from one metro station to the next, catching the same train he just got off. With a camera strapped to his head and friends documenting his race from the street and the train, the anonymous Frenchman tries to run between the Cluny-La Sorbonne and Odéon stations. The ...
France Launches New Low Cost, High-Speed Train Service
Feb 21st, 2013 at 12:00PM:
Low cost isn't just for the skies anymore. This week, French rail service SNCF launched its new low cost service Ouigo, a no-frills option for the traveler that wants a more moderately priced ticket but wants to take advantage of the high-speed service that France is known for. The new train service will link Paris and Lyon to Marseille and Montpellier on the southern coast of France.
...Welcome To Hell: Chinese Lunar New Year Travel Madness
Feb 11th, 2013 at 10:00AM: Looking for a nice, quiet place for a late winter holiday this week? Then why not celebrate the Lunar New Year in China, along with a billion plus new friends, many of whom will hit the road to see family members during the chunyun or spring festival travel season that runs from about 15 days before Lunar New Year's Day, which falls on February 10 this year, for 40 days.
Chinese New Year is the ...Photo Of The Day: St. Pancras
Nov 30th, 2012 at 5:00PM:
It's five years this month since the Eurostar began its run from the renovated St. Pancras train station. The station remains a tour-de-force of a hub. This may be the only train station in the UK that feels truly European, and not only because it connects to the European train grid. St. Pancras is densely useable and grand, with a real buzz – like a train station of yesteryear, the sort ...Train In Vain: Four Days With A Pair Of Uzbek Prostitutes, Final Part
Oct 12th, 2012 at 10:00AM: Read parts one, two, three and four of this story.
I said a tentative goodbye to Marina, not knowing whether she wanted to lose me or not. I didn't have the mental capacity to deal with the chaos and uncertainty of a new place, so I was pleased when Marina said we should share a taxi into town. But before we could leave the station, two soldiers at the exit tried to shake me down.
Marina ...Train In Vain: Four Days With A Pair Of Uzbek Prostitutes, Part Four
Oct 11th, 2012 at 10:00AM: Read parts one, two and three of this story.
Day Four
I woke up in a sweat and was told by Marina that we had crossed into Turkmenistan, a country I had no transit visa for. The compartment was a white-hot crucible of heat that was exacerbated by the fact that none of the windows would open.
The train stopped at a dusty little outpost and the conductor, Ermat, already drunk at 10 a.m., ...Train In Vain: Four Days With A Pair of Uzbek Prostitutes, Part Three
Oct 10th, 2012 at 10:00AM: Read part one and two of this story.
Day Three
On my third morning on board an increasingly hellish train ride, I found a fully intact piece of excrement resting on the train's only toilet seat I could get to. It seemed not to have been an accident; in fact, the feces looked as though it was carefully placed there by some very malicious, or very inaccurate person. I marched down towards car ...Video: Grand Central To Stamford Time-Lapse
Sep 30th, 2012 at 9:00AM: Trains running from Grand Central Station in Manhattan to Stamford, Connecticut, can take a ride on the New Haven line, which sometimes stop at smaller stations in Westchester County before reaching Stamford. Other trains are express, with Stamford being the first stop but probably not quite as quick as we see in this time-lapse video on Metro-North from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan to ...
Kiwi Cool: Saving Money While Traveling In New Zealand
Sep 10th, 2012 at 11:00AM:
Last month, I spent three weeks traveling through New Zealand, focusing mainly on the cities and culture. After living in Istanbul for two years, it wasn't the culture shock, the jet lag, or the seasonal switch that was hard to adjust to, it was the prices. While I knew New Zealand wasn't cheap (though their dollar is slightly weaker than ours), I was unprepared for the sticker shock. Dinner and ...Video Of The Day: Rail Company Spreads Happiness Through Japan
Jul 9th, 2012 at 7:00PM:
To announce the launch of a new rail line, the Kyushu Rail Company loaded one of its bullet trains with cameras and sent it speeding through Japan. Onlookers came out in droves to catch sight of the train, which linked Japan's southernmost island to the mainland for the first time. They dressed in a rainbow of colors and waved, danced and smiled as the train went by (the Power Rangers even ...
Video: New Zealand Train Plows Heavy Snow From Tracks
Jun 8th, 2012 at 3:00PM: While those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are basking in the warmth of summer, our friends on New Zealand's South Island have been dealing with record low temperatures and heavy snowfalls.
Earlier this week, a blizzard hit the Christchurch area, closing schools and businesses while blanketing the region in deep snow. It was so deep, in fact, that in order to open the railroad line through ...
VIA Rail Canada Debuts Mouthwatering New Train Menu
May 5th, 2012 at 12:00PM: On most rail systems in the U.S. and Europe, chips and cookies count as "train cuisine." But Canada's VIA Rail system is kicking it up a notch (boom!) with a new gourmet train menu on its legendary trans-continental Canadian route between Toronto and Vancouver.
The menu will include 78 brand-new dishes, which will be made to order with fresh ingredients and prepared on board by VIA Rail chefs. ...Travels In Myanmar: Under A Night Sky
Apr 5th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
I had no idea what to expect that morning in Yangon. Inside the city's once grand but now decrepit train station, a few lonely bulbs fought weakly against the dark. Across the arrivals hall was the silhouette of my transport, an intimidating iron locomotive. I moved hesitantly towards this slumbering rusty giant, past anonymous passengers squatting on the cracked cement floor, huddled in ...
