The Man in Seat Sixty-One

I stumbled upon this blog when researching the part of my journey two years ago when I was planning to travel from Beijing to Moscow. All I can say about this web site is…wow. It seems that if there is a place that has any semblance of a railroad with passenger railcars, Mark Smith, the Englishman who runs this site as a hobby, has been on it. Obviously, some of the information at times may be slightly outdated, but there is a place for more recent travelers to the destination to post updated information.  The site is loaded with drop-down destination menus, schedules galore, and real and accurate pictures of what the seats and train cars look like. There is also information regarding bus lines for places where trains are not as popular.  If you have the opportunity to travel by rail anywhere in the world (and yes, even the the places where you wish you hadn’t traveled by rail), please consult this website before and during your trip. You won’t regret it!