The UK's impressive rail network...

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Originally Posted by RavenNight

I love swiss public transport, it's not just some stereotypical thing, it's actually all true! In the whole fortnight spent travelling round on it we only had one minor hiccup, the train was 2 mins late and the driver actually made an announcement apologising!

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I have had the odd problem in Zurich, some delays up to 10 minutes, but so rarely that they don't count. When I last was in Britain I took 4 trains and the tube and all of them were either cancelled or apallingly late. It's a sad state of affairs, but I actually prefer the trains in Iran.

all 3 of my trains were delayed this morning, only the one that starts at my station ran on time.

(i like that train though, it's a good sleeping train. I get a seat and nod off for 40 mins, I actually don't notice the carriage filling up :D)

A nightmare indeed mate :(

How the rail website can change the status of trains within an hour of a half to utter misinformation is shocking.
Long story short: Went and grabbed another helmet and took Lee up to Stafford where the trains were still running.

I have never heard someone giggle so much while on the back of a bike. I didn\'t even think it would be possible to hear it @60mph, both with helmets on. Lee proved me wrong :D

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Originally Posted by RavenNight

I love swiss public transport, it's not just some stereotypical thing, it's actually all true! In the whole fortnight spent travelling round on it we only had one minor hiccup, the train was 2 mins late and the driver actually made an announcement apologising!

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When my dad was there a couple of years ago, an old man at a train station said to him, "If the train is late then it is not a swiss train or it is not a swiss watch". Very clean and well maintained apparently :)

I had a text from a mate earlier moaning about his train from Derby being knackered. I managed to get from my house to the office in Madrid quicker than he got from Derby to London.

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Originally Posted by steve threlfall

When my dad was there a couple of years ago, an old man at a train station said to him, "If the train is late then it is not a swiss train or it is not a swiss watch". Very clean and well maintained apparently :)

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I actually got to the point where I would set my alarm for 8:12, because I could get out of bed, shower, dress and walk to the station in time to catch the 8:43 as it pulled in. It was late maybe three of four times in a year, and never by more than 10 minutes. My Swiss colleagues started to refuse to travel with me, because of my bad luck.

I should also mention the Zurich Haupt bahnhof is home to the amazing Rail City, an underground shopping centre of over 200 shops and other businesses. It is open on Sundays too.

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Originally Posted by Agent

A nightmare indeed mate :(

How the rail website can change the status of trains within an hour of a half to utter misinformation is shocking.
Long story short: Went and grabbed another helmet and took Lee up to Stafford where the trains were still running.

I have never heard someone giggle so much while on the back of a bike. I didn't even think it would be possible to hear it @60mph, both with helmets on. Lee proved me wrong :D

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I'm still giggling mate and the smile is still spead wide across my face.

Anyway - just checked the distance and low and behold it's not exactly that far according to google ;

87.0 mi – about 1 hour 41 mins travelling time :)