Having had a day exploring Geneva and a small part of the Swiss railway network, my day in Switzerland was drawing to a close. Starting the journey home with another trip on a loco-hauled InterRegio service from Brig, I travelled the one stop to the Geneva Airport terminus and headed back upstairs to reach the Airport itself.
Having spent the morning and early part of the afternoon exploring the city of Geneva, the weather had turned and my own decision paralysis led me to falling back on a safe bet, the railway! With Geneva being at the western end of the Swiss rail network, the city is served by a mix of both ‘InterCity’ and ‘InterRegio’ services and I decided a run along Lac Léman and back to compare them both was required.
Having arrived at Geneva on an easyJet flight from Luton, and having made sure I didn’t accidently exit the airport into France, my first task was to head into the city itself. With the airport’s underground railway station being the terminus of a number of Switzerland’s intercity railway service, it was easy to catch a train for the short journey into town.
With a gap in my schedule and the wanderlust growing stronger since my last trip abroad, a Wednesday in mid-October saw me arriving at Luton Airport bright and early ready to take a flight to Europe. This trip would take me to a country I’ve visited before, but a new brand new city, Geneva in Switzerland!
Having had a few days in Glasgow for work it was time to head home. After my disastrous journey north via the West Coast Mainline, I had decided to travel home via my more traditional route of LNER and the East Coast Mainline (ECML) but with a slight difference as I was getting the only direct train from Glasgow to Peterborough.
Another trip to Scotland provided the opportunity to tick off a couple more stations on the East Coast Mainline (ECML) with another episode of Exploring the East Coast. With England completed back in the last episode, episode 13, the number of stations left to complete is dwindling. This episode will cover both Dunbar and, at the time of visit, the ECML’s newest station at Reston.
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