Wolsztyn, Poland remains one of the most famous cities in the world for trainspotters, thanks to its regular commuter train service pulled by steam trains. Jay Martin went to meet the train fanatics.
Trains
Train whistle blowin’
The Wild West of Colorado wasn’t exactly what Amber Jamieson expected. She took a ride on the tourist train that helped to transform a Rocky Mountains town, with McMansions on one side of the tracks and trailers on the other.
Have the Greens gone off the rails?
Senator Bob Brown’s call for a new study on a very fast train between Melbourne-Canberra-Sydney risks provoking some fierce green negativity, since trains are powered by fossil carbon releasing coal fired power stations, writes Ben Sandilands.
Why trains are superior to planes
Thanks to the Eyjafjallajökull shambles, other travellers are starting to learn what Ed Gillespie has known for years: travelling overland is not just good for your eco-geek credentials. It’s also a lovely way to recapture the romance of travel.
Daily Proposition: Jump on the V/Line train today
If you catch the train to Albury, the destination is only part of the journey. Sit back in the 1970-esque brown upholstered seating, chat to grandmas and check out the Rooster Tree. It’s all part of the ride.
Sydney/Melbourne by plane or bust: Airbus vision kills the fast train
The notion of a Very Fast Train for the Melbourne-Sydney corridor has been shot down by new plans from Airbus to fly Very Large Planes between the two cities, because the entire cost, and risk, is funded by the privately owned airlines and airports.
We need new fast trains … fast.
We are all to blame with our pathetic mimicking of the American arrogant entitlement to drive anywhere we want. But fast rail lines, like those seen in Spain, are exactly what Australia’s public transport system needs.
Will Connex lose control of Victoria’s trains?
The company currently running Melbourne’s train network is tipped to lose the contract to Keolis, a French transport group that’s partly owned by SNCF.
Train through Cézanne country
In the vineyards of Aix-in-Provence, captured famously by Cézanne, residents are invoking the name of their most famous citizen to protest against a planned high speed railway through the region.
Will Climate Change bring about the demise of the Great Trains?
The Great Trains are dying
Public Transport is your friend
Some people love their cars…
