Car Quote by Chris Tarrant

I think one reason, obviously, that I spend so much time in one place is that I've been lucky enough to travel a lot,…

— Pico Iyer

Trains are for meditation, for playing out long thought-processes, over and over; we trust them, perhaps because they have no choice but to go…

— Anonymous

I've travelled around the UK a lot recently and have discovered that I really like trains. If you're in the quiet carriage, nobody can…

— Honor Blackman

What thrills me about trains is not their size or their equipment but the fact that they are moving, that they embody a connection…

— Marianne Wiggins

Trains are wonderful… To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life.

— Agatha Christie

I love being British but our railways are shocking. We are so inured to how appalling our railways are. And the idea in almost…

— Chris Tarrant

People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that.

— Nina Bawden

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.

— Paul Theroux

I wish you wouldn't walk in and out of my mind as though it was a railway station!

— Charlotte Lamb

Travel, I have belatedly realised, is not just about sightseeing, notching up destinations in a futile, trainspotting way.

— Rebecca Front

I dont understand how people get hit by trains. Its not like a train can leave the rail.

— Justin Mccloskey

People who haven't ridden in trains don't know what they're missing. It's not like an airplane. You get to see the countryside, the beautiful…

— Ken Kelly