Let the madness begin!
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But do a quick stop in Pisa. The tower is not being done justice by pictures, you have to absolutely see it for yourself.
Now that you are in one it, the deal is to tell everyone with a mass-tourism tilt that Lucca isn’t worth seeing and the time for the detour is better spent in the queue for the Uffizi or something.
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Now that you are in one it, the deal is to tell everyone with a mass-tourism tilt that Lucca isn’t worth seeing and the time for the detour is better spent in the queue for the Uffizi or something.
Waiting in Pistoia for a train to do it all again – crossing the mountains, that is. This time on the OG line from Bologna to Florence which has loops and things.
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Waiting in Pistoia for a train to do it all again – crossing the mountains, that is. This time on the OG line from Bologna to Florence which has loops and things.
Kinda lucky it works out with barely any wait. The timetable on the Tuscan side has room for improvement.
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Kinda lucky it works out with barely any wait. The timetable on the Tuscan side has room for improvement.
At least up here in the north, the west side of Apennine is steep requiring all the engineering while the east side rises more gradually. So, the first hour up from Pistoia to Porretta Terma is quite spectacular while the second part is a fairly normal mountain railway.
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At least up here in the north, the west side of Apennine is steep requiring all the engineering while the east side rises more gradually. So, the first hour up from Pistoia to Porretta Terma is quite spectacular while the second part is a fairly normal mountain railway.
Bologna has not just a binario 1 tronco, it has loads on both sides, so there are Piazzale Ouest and Piazzale Est. If your train starts from the latter, you get a free workout. It is far, far away, past the big bridge in the picture and then some more.
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Bologna has not just a binario 1 tronco, it has loads on both sides, so there are Piazzale Ouest and Piazzale Est. If your train starts from the latter, you get a free workout. It is far, far away, past the big bridge in the picture and then some more.
The train to Prato leaves from binario 2 est – because I’m doing the mountains again, now on the Direttissima, the second of the three lines connecting Bologna and Florence. I promised you madness, didn’t I?
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The train to Prato leaves from binario 2 est – because I’m doing the mountains again, now on the Direttissima, the second of the three lines connecting Bologna and Florence. I promised you madness, didn’t I?
Because I am not paying for any reservations until we’ve reached the end of Puglia – did I mention that rule yet? – I’m not going to do the third line which is only used by high-speed trains. Also, it is mostly tunnels and a bit boring.
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Because I am not paying for any reservations until we’ve reached the end of Puglia – did I mention that rule yet? – I’m not going to do the third line which is only used by high-speed trains. Also, it is mostly tunnels and a bit boring.
Yes, all of that is the station name. Why are you asking?
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Yes, all of that is the station name. Why are you asking?
Firenze Santa Maria Novella. Come here for your fix of station architecture and skip the monstrosity that is Milano Centrale.
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Yes, all of that is the station name. Why are you asking?
@partim it's on Wikipedia even!
(It's a bit like Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch but we put spaces between the words.)