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Reasons Revisited

Full steam ahead: the resurgence of international train travel

Reasons Revisited

Geoff Lloyd

Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Hello! As you wearily stood in a queue for a flight that was four hours delayed, having been hit with a hefty fee for a bag that you swore would fit under the seat, have you ever wondered if there was a better way to travel? Well, you’re not alone! 2022 was a bumper year for international train travel, as people took to the rails to see Europe and beyond. While long-distance train travel is better for the environment, it is often expensive and buying tickets can be fiddly. We speak to rail royalty Mark Smith, better known as the Man in Seat 61, who tells us why this is changing. Journalist and author Monisha Rajesh inspires us with tales of her travels around the world by train and finally we talk to Jody Bauer from Eurail, the company that sells Interrail passes, about its 50th anniversary and why it has revolutionised rail travel around Europe.


Plus: Has Ed hired the assistance of a food stylist?



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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by the Financial Fairness Podcast, which I've recently become a

0:05.1

subscriber to. If you like this, I'm sure you're going to enjoy it. It is excellent conversations

0:11.6

about the issues that affect living standards. I listened to a great one yesterday,

0:16.3

with Chief Executive of the Trustle Trust, Emma Revy, who's working to stop UK hunger and poverty.

0:21.9

And she's incredible obviously. Now of course, people needing to turn to food banks because

0:26.6

of financial hardship is deeply troubling. But it was also really inspiring to hear about how

0:32.8

they meet that need with compassion and also Emma's thoughts on what needs to change.

0:38.4

And that is what is at the heart of every episode and of the Financial Fairness Trust itself,

0:44.9

improving living standards for people on low to middle incomes in the UK. Now like I said,

0:49.8

I'm certain that if you enjoy our podcast, you'll really love it and I'm just looking down

0:54.2

the feed. And they have excellent guests to real heavyweights, like economist Miyata Fanbola,

1:01.2

former chancellor, Alistair Darling, award-winning money journalist Paul Lewis. Basically,

1:06.4

you get to hear some serious brains on why our economy works the way it does and how we can

1:11.6

create a fairer society. Listen and subscribe to Financial Fairness Podcast.

1:25.1

This is reasons to be cheerful with Ed Millivand and Jeff Lloyd.

1:29.5

Well, hello. Well, hello. I wanted to offer you congratulations because you sent me a photograph

1:37.2

of your latest culinary creation and Ed, it looked so good. I would say it looked professional level.

1:46.8

Yes. It did. It was some kind of tofu, asparagus, soy,

1:51.0

that was a shell-ops. That was a picture from the New York Times website.

1:57.0

I know. You see you're saying you screen-grabbed what it should look like from the New York Times.

2:01.2

No, I was just sending you the recipe. It's actually showing.

2:04.7

No, you just sent a photograph. I wasn't pretending that it was my... Well, you weren't

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