I recently visited Washington DC for the first time. I had planned to write a quick piece about the Metro service; however, due to my visit occurring over the Labor Day weekend, it became very difficult to objectively assess the service as, well, the service offered was fairly dire. Planned Disruption Labor Day weekend is quite a major holiday and I flew into Dulles Airport expecting a quick shuttle bus connection to Wiehle-Reston East station where I would change for the Sil

Short haul European flights are often affected by weather in the winter months. On a recent trip, it was essential to arrive in the Swiss Alps on time; therefore, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to experience making the journey by rail and see how easy it is to travel beyond the core high speed network that Eurostar connects to. My journey took me from London to the Swiss town of Verbier. It turns out that it’s not as easy as you may think to arrange, unless you have

We attended Metrorail 2015 and found some encouraging developments to watch out for. Our top 7 highlights were: 1) Thameslink will start operating 4 trains per hour from central London to Luton Airport Parkway from December 2015, offering passengers an rail service which meets their flight schedule. 2) Gatwick Express’ 108 new carriages will be entering service in 2016, to be joined by the 1,140 new Thameslink carriages by 2018. If confirmed, they will all call at the airport

Just before Christmas, Network Rail released a consultation asking for views on a new approach to operating Britain’s National Rail network. Improving Connectivity sets out to: Increase the spread of journeys available to a passenger. Provide better cross country services across regions. Provide a better interchange experience. Maintain fast services to London Reduce the duplication of services. The full report is an interesting read, with a worked example of how the Anglia r