Train Time: The Podcast
Train Time: The Podcast
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Trains are our tomorrow. At Train Time, experts of all stripes, from the US, UK, and other countries, join host Karen Christensen to talk about all aspects of modern passenger rail development. Train Time is not about heritage or tourist scenic railroads, but instead about rail as a sustainable way to get around locally, nationally, and internationally - good for people, communities, economies, and the natural world. traintime.substack.com
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The show covers topics centered around sustainable transportation, including the benefits of passenger rail in various communities, as well as critiques of transportation bureaucracy. Episodes feature in-depth discussions about plans for battery-powered train services, rail infrastructure proposals, and showcase events with notable figures like author Simon Winchester.
Trains are our tomorrow. At Train Time, experts of all stripes, from the US, UK, and other countries, join host Karen Christensen to talk about all aspects of modern passenger rail development. Train Time is not about heritage or tourist scenic railroads, but instead about rail as a sustainable way to get around locally, nationally, and internationally – good for people, communities, economies, and the natural world.
Karen Christensen shares stories about her train travel in Europe and Asia to explain how the Train Campaign and Train Time came to be—and survive, even into these tough times for public transportation. Train compartments in France, the cleanliness of Japanese high-speed trains, and the ease of train travel in the UK all get a mention. Most recently, Karen took Chinese high-speed trains between Yangzhou and Hangzhou and Shanghai. This podcast follows from one in which Karen asks Matt Silber about his travels around New England during the summer of 2025. In turn, this was his chance to ask her about what she experienced when traveling by train outside the US—most recently in China in June 2025.
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