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shermarama) wrote2011-11-03 07:31 am
shermarama) wrote2011-11-03 07:31 am
I'm on the train
This is the third morning of my commute, and for the first time I'll actually be able to comment on it. On the first morning I got to the station with plenty of time but the Fyra was cancelled, and then I'd forgotten the bike lock and had to sit in the noisy end bit of a carriage with my bike, and then yesterday I got the Fyra and a nice comfy chair but my bike had thrown its chain twice on the way to the station so my hands were mucky, and anyway it was misty so I couldn't see anything. And it's dark by the time I'm on the train home.
Anyway the point of the Fyra is that it runs on its own separate tracks so it gets to Rotterdam twenty minutes quicker. It costs extra but I'm willing to pay a supplement that amounts to about two Euros a journey to get an extra twenty minutes in bed of a morning. But though the chairs are indeed comfy, I think the views are worse; the route seems to parallel the motorway more, and spends more time in tunnels, and we're really not in the flower season right now. The acres (sorry, hectares) of glasshouses are kind of impressive, though, and back at the Amsterdam end this morning I saw someone feeding a swan in his dressing gown from his houseboat. As commutes go, it could be worse.
Anyway the point of the Fyra is that it runs on its own separate tracks so it gets to Rotterdam twenty minutes quicker. It costs extra but I'm willing to pay a supplement that amounts to about two Euros a journey to get an extra twenty minutes in bed of a morning. But though the chairs are indeed comfy, I think the views are worse; the route seems to parallel the motorway more, and spends more time in tunnels, and we're really not in the flower season right now. The acres (sorry, hectares) of glasshouses are kind of impressive, though, and back at the Amsterdam end this morning I saw someone feeding a swan in his dressing gown from his houseboat. As commutes go, it could be worse.
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