Roma Termini thought: I'm not fussy, but I do think that a waiting room should have at least one chair which you don't have to buy something in order to use.

I'm homeward bound. 🚆8, back to Milan. My train was delayed, but they got me on another, faster one, and I'll be there only 10 minutes late.

Switzerland's gender binary

I have encountered so many variations on unhinged little personal bins in European trains this week, which are neither easy to get rubbish into nor clean

🚆7 (the last one for the way here!) is taking me to Rome itself!

Which meant a return to the most magnificent station

🚆6 went from Tirano (just inside Italy) alongside Lake Como to Milan

So so relaxing.

Don't tempt me

And now, 🚆 5, the train de resistance! The Bernina Express with its panoramic cars

🚆 4: Zürich to Chur. Only a SINGLE decker 😤

🚃 1: Zürich HB to my CAPSULE HOTEL

Train food: saute du porc. Not much of a looker but tasty.

We've recently submitted an organisational response to this, focusing mainly on our staff's experiences supporting women and girls and making the National Cycle Network safer. But this inquiry will be at its best if it's led by experience. Send in your responses!

🚆3: a double-decker TGV to Zürich! As will, I regretfully suspect, become a feature of this thread, I've forgotten to take a picture.

Popped into the restaurant at Gare de Lyon, using it as essentially a very fancy waiting room.

🚆2: a quick RER hop to Gare de Lyon. They're now employing people to stand at the door and stop people getting on before people have got off.