Travelling by train / Едем на поезде

                      Travelling by train

Nowadays we cannot imagine our life without travelling. There are a lot of different means of travelling. One of them is travelling by train.

It has it advantages and disadvantages. If you are going to travel by train, you’d better buy tickets beforehand because many people are fond of travelling by train. There are some reasons why people choose railroad.

 Train is the cheap means of travelling. If it is summer outside it will be better to think of your trip before the vocation starts. To understand how true this is, you only have to go to a railway station. There you will see hundreds of people hurrying to catch a train. You’ll waste a lot of time standing near the booking-office trying to buy a ticket.

In Europe modern trains have very comfortable seats in all passenger cars and there are sleeping-cars and dining-cars which make even the longest journey enjoyable. If you are early before the train starts you can leave your suit-cases in the compartment and walk up and down the platform. Some people forget when and from which platform and track their train will be off. They can always ask for the track, platform and train numbers at the railroad station information bureau and also get information about next trains and their schedules. There are express and long-distance trains. If you want to go somewhere and get there as quickly as possible you’d better know that express trains only stop at the largest stations while slow trains stop at all stations. You can get to far countries only by a long-distance train.

Once you are in your compartment you have to ask the conductor to bring in the bedding. During your way on the train you can read newspapers, books, look out of the window, drink the tea, communicate with your neighbours or sleep.

In Ukraine travelling by train is not that convenient like in Europe. Usually sleeping cars are very dirty, and toilets are just frightful.. But I believe soon it would be improved.