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Ah, thanks! 😁

Not my experience on the former, it was pretty bad. The latter is many years ago.

I'm not aware of any track in the world where Talgo stock performs well, which is concerning.

S102 rides significantly worse than its contemporaries, and is subject to harsh lateral hunting and noticeable bumps.

It happens to the best of us.

The sacrifices made to achieve level-boarding on (for example) the Talgo Avril is simply not a reasonable price to pay.

The last thing we need is Talgo-style coaches.

I think it's a choice. It doesn't have to be as bad as it is.

Not sure how good I am at driving trains! 😅

Yeah, it really does. The UK has uniquely unpleasant train interiors. ☹️

It was really great!

Noooo! 😃

Standard 11 compartment carriage, travelled many hundreds of hours in them.

But the lack of window to the corridor? That's just not nice... 🤔

People do this all the time... 🙄

Good morning from Kraków Główny, where the PKP Intercity sleeper train arrives 1 minute early.

What a great service! 🥰

First ride on a PKP Intercity sleeper car, I'm riding from Lębork to Kraków in a triple room - this 9.5hr overnight ride cost me just €40, not bad for a comfy bed with friendly staff! 😍

An evening on the trains around the Trójmiasto, awaiting my ride out of here... 🇵🇱

Big thanks to ENT Slovakia for inviting me into the cab on their train as far as Gdańsk Główny, it was an experience I'll remember for a long time! 😍

Looking forward to 2026, where I will definitely try and travel on this train for a nostalgic overnight trip through Europe...

After visiting TRAKO, I stumbled across this very interesting train in Sopot Wyścigi!

This is an ENT (www.ent-rail.com) charter train to Bratislava, using this stunning sleeper car formerly found on the Prague to Moscow route - such a beautiful carriage that I hope to ride one day. 😍

Testing the rail seats of the future at TRAKO 2025 in Gdańsk - there are some very comfortable products here that I can't wait to see on trains around Europe soon... 👀

Really great to try out Sim Factor's professional driver training simulator at TRAKO. It was good fun, and served as a reminder not to let me at the controls of a real locomotive. 😂

A few of the other brand-new and rebuilt locomotives on display at TRAKO Gdańsk. 🇵🇱

The battery-powered Škoda RegioPanter unit for ČD also made an appearance. I'm still yet to travel on a battery-powered train, unfortunately. I should really try and change that... 🤔

Pesa also presented the Gama 3.0 locomotive, with diesel and electric options available - and you can expect to see these on PKPIC passenger services soon.

It's a modern locomotive, and with that comes a modern toilet located right in the middle - not seen that before! 😂

Also here was a new Stadler FLIRT for Trenitalia in North West Italy. This bright red unit is fully electric, and follows its bi-mode counterpart in service since 2019.

Here is the Newag Impuls 2, the 300th example built in fact! 👀

This variant has three doors on each carriage per side and no toilets, making it ideal for rapid commuter operations such as the SKMT here in Gdańsk.

The new Pesa Elf 3 for ŁKA local trains in the city of Łódz. They certainly know how to make an excellent train interior here in Poland, and the exterior design is certainly better than the previous generation. 😅

The latest brand-new compartment cars for PKP Intercity, which have certainly stirred some controversy as of late! 🇵🇱

Despite being very comfortable, I'm really no fan of the lack of window to the corridor, and somewhat uninspiring design... 🤨

The future of #VRmatkalla sleeper trains from Helsinki to Lapland!

This mock-up is being showcased at TRAKO Gdańsk - and let's just say that I can't wait to try this product on the rails. 😍🇫🇮

The Trójmiasto region is connected by the SKM suburban railway, running every few minutes on the Gdynia-Sopot-Gdańsk corridor.

Most services consist of these classic EN57 units, a design dating back to the 1960s, with various levels of internal and external upgrades since! 😅