I finally saw the new trains! I knew we had them, but since most of the trains are still the old ones, I hadn’t had a chance to try them.
The new trains are Skoda. The ride is smooth. They’re all connected from the inside, unlike the old trains. Each door has a screen, that shows where you are and how far you are from all the other stations in minutes. They’re quieter from the inside.


Samuel Vimes is a character from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. His shoes have thin soles and he can identify where he is by the feeling of the pavement on his feet. I have a similar feeling about where I am by the noise the trains make that changes depending on the tunnel. With these new trains, the noise is much lower and my internal GPS gets scrambled.