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Bonjour, for part three some mixed pictures from Nice and Aix-en-Provence Gare Nice-Ville A trip from Marseille to Nice takes about 2,5 hours. If you take a TGV or a TER train makes a difference of only a few minutes. I prefered the comfort of the 1st class in a TGV to a TER. The journey...

Bonjour, for part two I have compiled mixed pictures from trips to Aubagne and Avignon. Tram d'Aubagne Depending on which train you take, Aubagne is 15-25min train ride away from Marseille. Since September 2014 a tram running there again. The network consists of one line. A ride end to...

Bonjour, I have spent a week in Marseille to visit the city and do some trips to other cities in southern France. Aside from a lot of sightseeing, I managed to catch some tram and railway pictures. I will start my report in Marseille. After arriving in Marseille I bought a 72h tram-bus-metro...

Bonjour, during my trip to Lyon I did a stopover in Dijon. The last time I went to Dijon was 20 years ago as part of an exchange program in school. So the time was ripe to go back to take look at the city and the tram network in particular. Tramway de Dijon The network consist of 2...

Bonjour, I spent a few days in Lyon. Apart from a lot of sightseeing, I managed to catch some rail-related impressions. Let's start with the Métro. The network consists of four line. Lines A, B and D use rubber tires, linie C uses toothed rack rail for a steep section Métro C A few...

Ciao, during my Rome trip I went to Naples for a day, because its only about an hour away by train. Booked about two weeks in advance, Trenitalia offered my fares of 29€ each way in first class. Purpose of the trip was to take a look at the metro. Several stations of line 1 and 6 are...

Ciao, a trip to Rome gave the chance to take a look at the new Metro Line C Metro C The line went into service end of last year. Right now it has no connection to the networks other two line and does not extend to downton Rome. The connection will follow in subsequent extensions in the...

Bonjour, a few week before Christmas I spend a few day in Reims in the Champagne Tram The tram network consists of two lines (A&B) which share most of the route. The trams are pretty colourful At terminal "Neufchâtel" red meets purple Impressions from an evening at station...

Hi, my home town has friendship with a town in worth-west France. I used this years exchange over Pentecost for same tram-spotting in Nantes and look at Rennes rubber-tired Métro, Nantes Nantes was one of the first Frensh cities to re-introduce the tram. Since the 80s the network has...

Hi, a few month back, I spent a weekend in Mulhouse/Alsace. Purpose of the trip was to take a look at the refurbished an extended railway museum "Cité du train". The last time that I went there, was years ago. Added bonus: In the mean time, Mulhouse got a tram network. Equipped with a...

Buongiorno, I went to Rome for a few days in January. Among a lot of sight seeing of old stones (Forum Romanum, Palatine Hill, Colloseum, Caracalla Bath), churches (St. Peter's Basilica, Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls) and art (Musei Vativani) I...

Hello, a business trip to Antwerp gave me to possibility to do some train spotting. Antwerpen Centraal The architecture of Antwerpen Centraal station is pretty impressive. On the outside it reminds everybody of the golden age of rail On the inside, it combines grand architecture...

Bonjour, the Élysée Treaty that started the reconciliation between Germany and France celebrated it 50th anniversary this year. Frensh railway SNCF and German railway Deutsch Bahn offered special tickets to celebrate anniversary: Paris round trip for 50 Euros. I took the chance for a trip to...

New Yorks Grand_Central_Terminal turned 100 years this week. Several US media outlets reported on the birthday. A little compilation of text and audio reports: 100 Years of Grandeur: The Birth of Grand Central Terminal (NY Times)...

Hello, finally, the last part of my US trip pictures (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). In part 1 I started with pictures from NY/NJ, this part will conclude the trip in NJ/NY again. Hoboken, NJ Hoboken Terminal is a major station in the network of NJ Transit. Several but, rail and light rail line...

Hello as contrast to the impressions from NY (Part 1, Part 2) a compilation if some pictures from New England and Washington D.C. Together with a friend, I spent a few days with my brother, then we started on a tour of New England by car. We went up to coast to Acadia National Park in...

Hello, as Part 1 focused mostly on the commute, now some picture of the NY Subway (plus some more stuff ;-)). New York Subway In NY I used the subway a lot to get around (I stressed my weekly passes a lot). Away from Manhattan huge parts of the network a above ground. A Manhattan bound 7 line...

Hello, I am from Germany and like to show you some pictures from several trips to the US (I hope my English is not too bad ;-)) My brother went to work in the US for two years. I went over there several times to visit him. On one trip I became a commuter an rode the train into NY for two...