I just discovered that you can go from #Munich to #London by #train really really easily:
1. Nightjet 486 departs from Munich at 23:16 (3x / week)
2. Arrives Paris Est at 9:38
3. Take a Eurostar from Paris Nord, they run roughly once per hour
4. Arrive in London 2.5h later, e.g. 13:30
In terms of "active time spent traveling", this is as good as flying (get up early, head to airport, fly, train into London).
It's more expensive though, because capitalism.
Today's historic photo of the day: 41 years ago today, the Southern Aurora from Sydney hauled by GM24 arrives at Spencer Street station, Melbourne, March 19 1984.
The Southern Aurora was Australia's premier passenger #train of the 1960s. Nicknamed the Snora as it was an all-sleeping car train, it was introduced in 1962 when the standard gauge railway to Melbourne opened making it possible to travel without having to change trains at the State border.
Now free for all to read... In February I took the XPT sleeper train from Melbourne to Sydney, and it turned out to be a journey filled with interesting fellow passengers:
Consulta la letra de la canción “Drops Of Jupiter” de Train
#Train #DropsOfJupiter
https://daletra.net/train/letras/drops-of-jupiter.html
Sarah Siddons, the #Metropolitan #Railway's No. 12, pulling a rake of #heritage #coaches on the #London #underground... with a face.
Right heading back from seeing my friend, this time by Glen Waverley line train from Gardiner. This looks like one of the famous level-crossing removals, very different from the last time I was here years ago. Trench job, this one.
At least the good thing about Melbourne's inner-city public transport is there are enough alternatives that you can usually switch quickly to another route if one's affected.
Ha, first time in years I've aimed to catch a train on the Glen Waverley line, and it's just been bustituted due to some kind of truck collision. Switched to Lilydale line instead, can switch to the 72 tram southbound rather than northbound (I'm visiting someone between the two lines).
Letra de la canción “Hey, Soul Sister” de Train
#Train #HeySoulSister
https://daletra.net/train/letras/hey-soul-sister.html
Made a start on ballasting the track…weirdly therapeutic
Ten minutes ago the conductor on our #train asked for a doctor, or any medically trained person, to coach 14. Now they just asked the policeman who's travelling on the train to the same coach.
If she makes another announcement asking for Poirot, then we can forget about getting off this train tonight.
Oh gawd, it's the short #train again. It goes to the airport so of course it will be full of people lugging everything they own 
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y22260/2025-03-17/detailed
There's someone on this #train using what looks from the screen like a #MacbookPro, but it's black! Have I just seen a #hackintosh in the wild? Is this a new model? Or are they just using some sort of remote desktop thing...?
![display in a train to Maastricht where the city 'visé' is written 'vis[][]'](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/185/072/456/374/946/original/1f7a002366ff0120.jpg "display in a train to Maastricht where the city 'visé' is written 'vis[][]'")
