Posts under ‘Trains’

Welcome to SoloFriendly.com, a blog for solo travelers! If you like what you see, I hope you’ll subscribe to my RSS feed and/or fan me on Facebook. Thanks for visiting!Ever since I first read Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, I’ve thought a long train journey–the kind that takes several days, where you [...]

I have been keeping a pretty close eye on weather-related travel news this week as I prepare to head to New Orleans on Friday, and obviously, the news this week has been misery heaped upon misery for travelers delayed by perpetual storms across the country.  Obviously, there’s not much anyone can do when Mother Nature [...]

Jane Engle wrote this article in the L.A. Times travel section recently offering five suggestions on ways solos can travel within a budget.  It’s all good advice, some of which I’ve covered here before.  Although, having taken a train once to Delaware, I can tell you if you want to “snooze in your seat”, I [...]

There’s a very interesting interview in the 7/20/08 Newsweek with the CEO of Amtrak, Alex Kummant, talking about the expansion of rail service in the U.S. as a result of high oil prices. I have long been a proponent of expanding the rail infrastructure in this country and increasing rail service in high-traffic [...]

Well, this is disheartening. Caitlin Fitzsimmons at Roaming Tales reports that First Great Western rail company has abolished its shared sleeper compartments and plans to charge a singles supplement for solo travelers who use them. As is typical when a company takes away a service that people want and need, First Great Western tries [...]