Coaches vs Trains

Griff · Post by **Griff** » 01 Jun 2007 16:03

Parkey wrote:My point with this thread was that someone I know seems to have gotten it into their head that travelling by coach is a reasonable alternative on a journey served well by rail. I take the view that coaches simply cannot hope to compare with trains, and that anyone who takes on in preference must be either a) in a different universe to the rest of us, or b) horribly misinformed as to the facts of how the two compare to one other.

Or of course..they dislike trains. Some people just dont feel comfortable or safe on a train and will prefer other means of transportation. Or they get train sickness..i assume it must exist if you can have car and ship and plane..

Parkey · Post by **Parkey** » 01 Jun 2007 16:29

jpmaster wrote:Or they get train sickness..i assume it must exist if you can have car and ship and plane..

Of course it exists. The good ol' APT got bad write ups from the press after a demonstration ride because all the journalists on board were concentrating very very hard on the train's motion. Surprise surprise it made them nauseous. There was also alcohol involved...

I hear if you work at it you can get the same effect off a Pendolino.

It's hard to imagine someone being train-sick but not coach-sick though. Trains are a much smoother ride.

Ameecher · Post by **Ameecher** » 01 Jun 2007 17:06

If someone gets "train sick" they are probably going to get "coach sick" too thus ruling out that argument

stupidestfool · Post by **stupidestfool** » 05 Jun 2007 14:34

In theory it can be easier to get train sick, if the train ride is particularly smooth. Generally, it's better if your body is aware you're moving, providing you're looking out of the window that is...

andel · Post by **andel** » 05 Jun 2007 17:06

I get wheelchair sickness...

stupidestfool · Post by **stupidestfool** » 05 Jun 2007 23:23

andel wrote:I get wheelchair sickness...

That must be difficult to 'Andel...

Shoot me, shoot me now...

Parkey · Post by **Parkey** » 08 Jun 2007 14:19

I get airsickness, but only when I'm the pilot.

Always feel ill on a coach if I try to read. Never felt ill on a train.

ostlandr · Post by **ostlandr** » 08 Jun 2007 23:58

I got seasick once- but I was hanging upside down in the forehatch of a 25' sloop, trying to get the *@#$% spinnaker belowdecks and the storm jib rigged as six-foot waves were breaking over the bow. Was okay once I was right side up and could see the horizon.

Parkey wrote:I get airsickness, but only when I'm the pilot.

Always feel ill on a coach if I try to read. Never felt ill on a train.

Parkey · Post by **Parkey** » 09 Jun 2007 10:24

Being quite prone to seasickness myself I feel well qualified to say that the advantage of being nauseous on a ship is that one can always go and "hug the rail" for a bit. It's an incredibly clean way to be ill and afterward you instantly feel better.

Being ill all over the inside of a car/coach/train/glider is less pleasant.

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