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New England is your friend for this. https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2020-07/2020-02-commuter-rail-map-v34.pdf I can see: Andover Reading Gloucester Beverly Belmont Lincoln Shirley Mansfield Newmarket Braintree Bridgewater Halifax Kingston Plymouth Ipswich And several that don't...

Thankyou! I've been looking for that for ages!

How are the electrical supplies to the tram and railway lines around there? You wouldn't want a dodgy transformer, again and again...

You're quite right, it was Podbaba.

There's a whole thread in this! Wasn't Dresden (although again, I do remember the station there), and I'm pretty certain it wasn't Germany. It wasn't the city's main station (and I don't recall if we even stopped). Am racking my brains!

Wasn't Berlin (as much as I enjoy travelling through Berlin). What was notable was that the elevated line was through a (covered?) station where the bulk of lines weren't elevated. A bit like Paris-Austerlitz, but with heavy rail.

And if we like strange, isolated little platforms, what about Copenhagen H's platform 26? It was originally conceived as a rush hour relief platform for the busy station, with (IIRC) diesel trains heading off to Nykobing Sjaelland going from here. The idea was simple enough - create a platform...

And while we're on Prague, there's also the "Western Platform" at Holesovice - quite some distance from the main station, and serving trains heading from Dejvice into Hl. N. (although that line is currently closed for engineering at the moment). It's quite a forlorn little station, particularly...

Heh, reminds me of a visit to Ljubljana, in the late 90s. We'd arrived by train from Koper, and were headed to a campsite over the river. As it happened, there was a train about to leave in that direction, so we got a ticket and hopped on, rather than trying to figure out the bus system. We...

Helsingør, in Denmark is one I've always enjoyed. Formerly a train-ferry terminal, before the Øresund fixed link was opened, but still a busy ferry terminal. You can see where the tracks went off to the quay - though this is now a cycle park. It's an imposing station, a castle-like red-brick...

Sealdah station in Kolkata is an odd one. Almost all the long-distance trains serve Howrah station, on the other side of the river, but Sealdah is the hub for regional services (and some longer ones like the Darjeeling Mail) and one of the world's busiest. It's fairly typical of a secondary...

Not at all! I love that kind of kitsch futurism. It's not just the nose either - the windows, the interiors... If we're going classic, though, what about the lovely old French X4500s now over in Romania?

Surely a mention for the Nankai 50000 Series?

Definitely Japan. The Yamanote Line jingles, in particular, are really engaging. [oh, just saw that same video was posted above - great minds!] I also rather like the Indian ones, which are often simply Windows alert noises. It makes you do a quick double-take each time.

You can also experience the Danish IC4s if you fancy. There's nothing like a constant rattle all the way from Copenhagen H to Aarhus H!

Which is interesting, as the attitude of the Oresundsregion (Copenhagen + Malmo & Surrounds) is much more aligned to creating a cross-border conurbation, seemingly undeterred by the fact there's a great big stretch of water in the way (Denmark has never been worried about such things :)) A lot...

In the past, Eurostar's advice has generally been "fine, but can you let us know" - particularly for Ebbsfleet/Ashford entries (which I realise is a different question).

I see that S-Bahn line S1 has also been curtailed to Basel SBB, with the France-bound section running as a TER service from Bale-Voyagurs. How does that work for Basel St Johann station? And what about TGV services that run through?

I don't think the Copenhagen-Oslo service will return, as DFDS run a city centre to city centre direct ferry service, which is very popular. If you add Copenhagen-Gothenburg-Halden-Oslo legs together, it'd be about a 7h run (admittedly combining several existing services). Malmo C is...

And the return of those lovely customs inspection queues at Dover. How I don't miss them. (Although you did get the great entertainment of people getting caught smuggling gigantic amounts of wine. I remember seeing a 2CV having dozens of bottles pulled out of it, secreted all around the car...