The romantic way to travel?

Using the train was once such a romantic way to travel. You could sit and watch the world flash by while getting from A to B. If you were lucky enough to afford it, waiting staff would serve you meals to make your journey a lot more romantic and comfortable.

This is a very different image to that of train travel today. Packed carriages full of people desperate to get to where they want to be with music blasting or their heads in a book not paying attention to the beautiful countryside.

In a time when we are being told to be more green and be careful when it comes to our carbon footprint, train travel is a very expensive alternative - even with my 16-25 railcard the majority of my student loan is given away to train companies as I travel between Preston and Newcastle.

With reports of the UK having higher fares than most of Europe, it is about time that they are apparently about to be rebalanced. I just wonder how much this bloke thought he would have to pay for him and his horse to get to his destination....