Travelling By Train: A Very English Experience
Speak English? Then Book This Train
2 or 3 days a week, I commute to the office by train [a great way to travel, believe me]. Armed with an online timetable I can pick several times to catch the train, or book tickets. Easy, eh? Extremely. But then again, I speak English.
As I work in the translation business I was curious – what about all the tourists Ireland wants to attract in from other European countries? Which language on www.irishrail.ie would they pick? Um, well check it out and you tell me.
OK then, what about all those thousands of business people and tourists who use the Heathrow and Gatwick Express trains in the UK every year; people who have limited English and who want to book online in advance? No problem, they can go to www.heathrowexpress.com or www.gatwickexpress.com and pick any language they like. As long as its English….
And then there’s the hundreds of thousands of people who use the French train system every year www.sncf.com – they’re stuck with….no, maybe you didn’t guess it! French, English and German!
For a small investment, maybe some of these rail companies could boost their sales by making it easier for people all over the world to enjoy some track time? Qui sait? Mais, vive la France!
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