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The Man in Seat 61 | The train travel guide
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The Man in Seat 61 | The train travel guide is a personal blog at seat61.com about culture and productivity. Since 2010, 89 different Hacker News readers have linked it 120 times, most often “The Man in Seat Sixty-One”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Sometimes recommended · 12 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers link it as the go-to guide to train travel, especially international and sleeper routes, with route details, comparisons and photos. Valued as a comprehensive, useful resource.
- Recommended for · 12 comments
- Commenters call it a great, useful resource with detailed train travel information; one calls the writing amazing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A guide to train travel in the UK, Europe & worldwide. Train times, fares, how to buy tickets, tips & advice.
Most-linked posts?
- The Man in Seat Sixty-One18 people · 21 mentions · first linked 2018-07-23
- The Man in Seat 619 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2019-04-14
- /CO2flights.htm6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2019-05-11
- A beginners guide to train travel in the USA4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2017-11-08
- World Train Travel Guide – The Man in Seat Sixty-One3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-06-13
- /motorail-trains.htm3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-06-10
- /CO2flights.htm2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-06-14
- New London to Amsterdam High-Speed Eurostar Train Service in 3h41m2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-02-12
- /sleepers.htm2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-04-02
- /thello-train-from-paris-to-italy.htm2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-04-03
What Hacker News says?
I've never been in an American RV, which I know are huge, but still narrower than a train. The ride on a train is usually much smoother than the best road, and of course you can walk around, use the dining car etc while the train is moving. There are some pictures of various Amtrack train interiors at [1], aimed at tourists. That toilet next to the seat is weird, I think I'd prefer a shared toilet at the end of the…
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on “Waymo now testing its self-driving cars on public roads with no one at the wheel”Submitted The Man in Seat Sixty-One as a story · 738 points
HN discussionThere are also sleeper trains to the highlands. They leave a little earlier, at 21:15, and stop at the stations in the Highlands between 7 and 10 the next day. If you wake up with the early sun, like I did, then the views from the train are wonderful. https://traintimes.org.uk/London/FTW/21:00/today https://www.seat61.com/CaledonianSleepers.htm
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on “Waymo now testing its self-driving cars on public roads with no one at the wheel”Submitted The Man in Seat 61 as a story · 351 points
HN discussionWith a table in front of you [0] and a cafe/bar a minutes' walk away,[1] it's even better. 0. https://www.seat61.com/images/Germany-ICE-2nd2-large.jpg 1. https://www.seat61.com/images/ice4-train-bar-large.jpg
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on “How far can you go by train in 5h?”Submitted The Man in Seat Sixty-One as a story · 67 points
HN discussionQuoting parent comment: > Has helped me travel from Bali to Jakarta, through Thailand, Namibia, and with the TransSib. "TransSib" here is the Trans-Siberian Railway, travelled via the eponymous train. You may know: Siberia is in Russia – as is most of the journey via the railway. And yes, there is support for travel data in Russia: https://www.seat61.com/Russia.htm
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on “The Man in Seat Sixty-One”Submitted World Train Travel Guide – The Man in Seat Sixty-One as a story · 7 points
HN discussionI was just starting to read this page https://www.seat61.com/Canada.htm#Canadian and was thinking, this is a nice resource. Then it kept going, and going, and going with a wonderful set of recommendations, images, descriptions, a nicely edited video etc What a great website!
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on “The Man in Seat Sixty-One”Submitted Who is the man in seat 61? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionDoesn't include Portugal, apparently. Edit: it does ( https://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Lisb... ), just that the country's not listed where I expected it to be. I vastly prefer taking the train from Lisbon to Porto for business, since I can work and prepare during the trip, with the following caveats: - Mobile data coverage along that particular line is spottier than a cheetah, with more gaps t…
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on “The Man in Seat Sixty-One”Submitted The Man in Seat 61: train travel guide for the UK, Europe and worldwide as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://www.seat61.com/Malaysia.htm#London_to_Singapore_over...
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on “The Man in Seat Sixty-One”Submitted The Man in Seat 61 – The train travel guide as a story · 2 points
HN discussionLove this website! The train from Bangkok to the Thai/Cambodian border was one of the most wonderful trips I ever took. I watched movies until late at night at a mall movie theater, slept a few hours in the station, and tok t 5:55 train, watching rice paddies pass by for hours... And there's no way I would have done it without https://www.seat61.com/Cambodia.htm#Siem%20Reap
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on “The Man in Seat Sixty-One”Submitted Seat61 – Train Travel in Europe as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThis site was indispensable for when I traveled throughout Europe. Most useful was the detailed information about reaching Pompeii from Rome https://www.seat61.com/places-of-interest/day-trip-to-pompei... It's easy in retrospect, but finding the Circumvesuviana train is tricky if you don't know what you're doing
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on “The Man in Seat Sixty-One”Submitted New London to Amsterdam High-Speed Eurostar Train Service in 3h41m as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYou probably didn't notice, but he went through and updated each page to work on mobile devices. It's amazing how much effort and love he puts into this site: https://www.seat61.com/mobile-version.htm His concise monthly European rail news is also great: https://www.seat61.com/news.htm
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on “The Man in Seat Sixty-One”Submitted The Man in Seat Sixty-One as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Madr... 3 switches but still doable, overnight direct train was shut down after COVID unfortunately
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on “Where can you go in Europe by train in 8h?”Submitted Nightjet, the New Generation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI'd also recommend seat61.com, which is the best source of info on international train travel. This page is relevant to your interests: https://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Pari...
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on “Where can you go in Europe by train in 8h?”Submitted A Man in Seat Sixty-One – The Train Travel Guide as a story · 1 points
HN discussionObviously: https://www.seat61.com/
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on “Where can you go in Europe by train in 8h?”Submitted A beginners guide to train travel in the USA as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThere is a website I love for seeing how to get almost everywhere in Europe by train: https://www.seat61.com/
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on “Where can you go in Europe by train in 8h?”I've taken the TransSib (or TransMongolian, in this case) from Ulaanbaatar to Moscow. It's pretty much 4 days, just short of 100 hours. No showers, and the restaurant car was so-so; I mostly ate nuts and snacks: the train would stop some 10 minutes or so at stations, and there were kiosks on the platform to stock up. You really need to take some good books or good friends. BTW, "The Man in Seat 61" has lots of info…
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on “Sweden Wants to Revive Europe’s Overnight Trains”The last sleeper trains in Europe: "A sleeper is the most civilised, comfortable, and romantic way to travel... " https://www.seat61.com/sleepers.htm Paris<>Venice sounds tempting.
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on “Sweden Wants to Revive Europe’s Overnight Trains”https://www.seat61.com/thello-train-from-paris-to-italy.htm
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on “Sweden Wants to Revive Europe’s Overnight Trains”
