The scenery out there is breathtaking, both natural and man-made, and there are many historic sites to explore too. However...
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...although I understand Norway to have excellent train *service,* with good frequency etc, they fall pretty short in some other departments
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This is the NSB Class 73. Great specs, EMU, etc...but dubious aesthetics here if I'm being generous.pic.twitter.com/wrE4vaR5M0
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The Class 71 is very similar, used for rapid service to Oslo Airport. But what's with the AmEx ads? And why do u need stairs to board?pic.twitter.com/J4vLqla9RS
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Low platforms are very common throughout Europe (and the USA), which is baffling to me. Trains are guided vehicles, they always arrive...
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...at a station at a fixed distance from the platform's edge and elevation. So why not make those match? Very odd...
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Here is an older series for local service, the Class 69. C'mon Norway I know you can do better than this!pic.twitter.com/NK0l8CPOVJ
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The Class 70. Kinda cute tbh, I dig it, I dig it....but again with the low platforms! What's so hard about this, I wonder?pic.twitter.com/JsFIdDKQDz
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Class 72. This is built by Ansaldo-Breda, a Dutch company. Cringey aesthetic, no good. No wonder people miss steam trains!pic.twitter.com/BlvBZiPLMk
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Incidentally, Breda made the most recent Green Line streetcars in Boston. Predictably, I prefer the Kintetsu-made ones...pic.twitter.com/GsC8WHaptL
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The most common new EMU in Europe right now appears to be the Stadler FLIRT. Norwegian, Swiss, Czech, Estonian versions shown here.pic.twitter.com/T3wvz989dz
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Again--great specs, but what's up with that design? And low platforms, smdh... Interior shots from Germany, Estonia, Hungary--not cozy...pic.twitter.com/LYYkEPjnuy
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Anyway. If there's a point to this thread, I guess it's that there's more to good rail service than the purely technical side of things.
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Aesthetics are VERY important, and it's perfectly understandable for people to be nostalgic for steam trains.
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there's a film on Netflix featuring Norwegian railways
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