Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Trains and subways

On the road, well the railroad again. We are getting the drill down. Charlotte did a great job of advanced reservations but then you gotta figure it out. So you know the train number...wait for it to be posted on a huge billboard listing, at times, maybe 40 trains coming and going in the next hour. Then you know the platform. But where on the platform?



The visual display of information is so well done. Each train has all of its cars listed horizontally. The red line represents the middle of the platform. Numbers/letters represent (like E and F above) positions away from the middle. So you find your car, then figure the area where it will stop, and wait at that point on the platform. And on the car, you find the seat number. And sit down. And, in most cases, begin to review the menu.


Not quite that organized on the subways...let's say in Prague...but still it is easy, regardless of language, to figure out the right direction...especially when you get a couple of words "mest" (town), "stare" (old) down and know how to get to "old town." But watch out for vertigo on some of the deeper stations.



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Location:Czech Republic