【英国】乘过的交通(一)—火车篇

猫师傅2021

<div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">  自由行最大的优点就是“自由”,想去哪儿、想玩多久、想啥时去都由自己,但得自己解决交通工具。如果你有国际驾照,并对自己的车技有足够自信(英国车辆行驶方向和我们国内是反的),那自驾是上好的选择。可我这样国内都不开车的主,就只能选择公共交通了。英国的公交系统发达、便捷,很适合我这样的游客。本篇就介绍下</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">2019.9</span><span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">、<span lang="EN-US">2020.1</span>两次自由行中乘坐过的交通工具。</span></font></div> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  首先是导航问题。在境外导航软件首选是谷歌(Goole Maps)。这里建议大家,出国最好租用个移动wifi,一个机器能连几个手机。国内手机卡开通国际漫游后,也能上网,一般封顶25块/天。两者信号差不多,但移动wifi性价比高要很多(一拖几)。关键是国内卡即使开通国际漫游,也只能上国内网站,谷歌是用不了的。2020年初那次因疫情延误了2天回国,移动wifi租期到了不能使用,谷歌地图就上不了,好在手机自带的苹果地图还能用。</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">火车</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">。英国是火车的故乡,有着发达的铁路系统。城市与城市之间,或者市中心与郊区之间,乘坐火车是最便捷的。而有些火车站本身历史悠久,也可以算作景点。</span></p> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">伦敦圣潘克拉斯火车站,米德兰线和欧洲之星的起讫点。</span></font></span> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">  毗邻的国王车站。哈利波特从这里穿墙而过前往魔法学院。</font></span> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  帕丁顿站是伦敦重要的交通枢纽,有数条铁路线、地铁线及前往希斯罗机场的机场快线都汇聚于此。</span></p> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">帕丁顿熊是车站的重要标志。</font></span> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">谢菲尔德站。我们在此换乘,站门口就是著名的瀑布墙。</font></span> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">约克站。</font></span> 很多火车站,甚至爱丁堡、约克这样的大站,都没有轧机的,进出自由,买票全靠自觉。但千万别报侥幸心理,碰到查票罚款可是很厉害的。 <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">爱丁堡站,没拍到主体建筑。</font></span> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">诺丁汉站。</font></span> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">巴斯站。</font></span> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">有些小站虽然体量很小,但建筑古朴,很有韵味。</font></span> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">拉夫堡站。</font></span> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">车站有火车班次的显示屏。</font></span> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  买票有多种方式,如果你英语能力足够强,而且行程确定,可以事先在英国网站上购好票,还能买到折扣票。但这对大多数人来说是有难度。</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 可以在现场人口窗口买票,不过像我这样英语口语差的就比较吃力。</span></p> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">  在自助机上操作很方便,用信用卡就可以支付。适合我这样阅读能力强于口语的人。</font></span> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">  其实最方便的是购买英国铁路通票。有多种组合供选择,可以选择英格兰、苏格兰等某地区通用的,也能选全英国通用的;可以选连续几天使用的,也能选一个月内不连续的几天使用的…;当然价格是不一样的。使用的那天是不限次数上下车的,适用于行程长,或需要转车,或多次上下车的。国内的旅游网站就可以购买。<span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">票价比当场买票要便宜的多,而且方便省时。</span></font></span> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  首次使用时,需要在车站人工闸机口激活下,在票上写上护照号等个人信息,工作人员给你盖上章(带日期),此时通票就正式启用了。以后每次进出站也都要走人工通道,给工作人员看一下就行。之后使用时,票上的日期是自己写的。记住上车后(上车前也行)一定要马上写上日期,否则碰到查票的会认为你是逃票,那罚款可是很厉害的。</span></p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  但通票有个缺点,就是没有固定座位。车上空位多时,自然不是问题。但如果遇到高峰,就有可能要经常换座甚至无座。现在英国列车的座位上一般有信息显示,尽量选未售出固定票的位子。实在找不着,空位上先坐着再说,有时信息也不一定很准。</span></p> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">  英国的列车干净、舒适,体验还是很不错的,尤其是人少的时候。</font></span> <span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">  英国列车上也有移动餐饮车,服务员是些年轻姑娘和小伙,也许是打工的学生。</font></span> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  最后给大家推荐一款app,可以查阅火车信息,包括班次、车站、站台、换乘、票价等,甚至晚点情况等,相当的实用。同时这也是一款购票软件。操作界面是英文的,但主要信息基本能看懂。</span></p>