What was your most COMFORTABLE Train ride ever ?? what type of train/class,etc & where ?

Question

What was your most COMFORTABLE Train ride ever ?? what type of train/class,etc & where ?

Answer 1

When I was 12, I went solo from my Dad's house to my Mom's house about 400 miles away. It was just after the Diesel Engines became in vogue from the Steam Engines. I set in this giant double seat. There was no one in the other seat. When the Train pulled out it felt exactly like setting in a car on a hill and you released the brakes and coasted off. I was amazed at how smooth it was. That was when the rails were about a few hundred feet long, not the miles long length they are now. So there was some clicking. Very enjoyable trip. :)

Answer 2

Shinkansen between Tokyo and Osaka.  Bullet train, standard/coach class.  Ride's at 300-odd km per hour - and yet you can carry an open cup of hot coffee from the cafe car back to your really clean and roomy seat.

Answer 3

On the Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Federal Railway) about 30 years ago on an express between Düsseldorf and Basel.

The journey took the best part of a day, but the comfort and riding qualities of the rolling stock were excellent. At speeds of around 100mph, the train was rock steady and the seating was obviously designed for comfy long-distance travel.

Answer 4

First class on the TGV from Paris to Marseilles.

When I first started out RR'ing I loved to catch a trip as a rear brakeman with an old engineer named Dean, he was the smoothest guy out there, you could make the whole trip and never feel the slack change.

That was pretty darn comfortable, some of those guys would pound the caboose pretty badly.

Answer 5

Metro Red Line in Los Angeles.  It's great, cheap, and hardly any bums!

Answer 6

I don't think any modern train compares with those from the past for standards of comfort. The modern companies want airline style seating with as many crammed in as possible. In the UK (and I guess in the rest of Western Europe and the US) the most comfortable coaches/cars to ride were built between WWI and WW2. here in the UK I would single out Southern Railway stock - particularly thay made for the Portsmouth electrification. Sitting in those was like sitting in a comfortable armchair at home. The Pullman cars used on Southern routes were great as well - as a lad I had often to go to Brighton from London for my employers and as this would make me late home, I was allowed to pay the Pullman supplement and have my tea on the train. Wonderfully comfortable. Now look at the stock on the Brighton line - nice livery and well designed on the outside but no comfort at all for passengers