点评:I am going out on a limb here because I get that most people would love this trip. Our experience was OK, but not great. Our biggest issue is that our information was wrong about the departing time of the train. The Sunday and Thursday trains depart at different times, we we were given the wrong time (7:45am) instead of the right time (6:55) in every piece of travel information that the train provided. Even the train website was incorrect. By total luck, we decided to arrive very early, and stepped onboard as the train was pulling out of the station. Not cool.
The actual route of the train is interested for the first 90 minutes as it climbs over the Adelaide Hills, and then descends, but it's pretty boring from then on. The train runs through hay-growing fields for about 7 hours, dead flat, with very little to see but farms. It's sort of interesting for about an hour, but it goes on and on and on. Once the train reaches Geelong, it's sort of bumper to bumper to arrive at Southern Cross Station, meaning that the train starts and stops for about the last 90 minutes of the ride. Yes, it was on time, but no, it wasn't very pleasant.
Look, I love trains, but this is not a very scenic trip. Maybe if the grass were green instead of being brown stubble?
翻译:我这么说可能有点冒险,因为我知道大多数人都会喜欢这次旅行。我们的体验还可以,但算不上好。最大的问题是火车发车时间的信息有误。周日和周四的火车发车时间不同,火车公司提供的所有旅行信息都把正确的时间(早上6:55)写成了7:45。就连火车官网上的信息也是错的。我们真是走了狗屎运,决定很早就到车站,结果上车的时候火车都快开出站了。真是太糟糕了。
火车的路线在前90分钟还算有趣,它爬上阿德莱德山,然后又下山,但之后就变得很无聊了。火车在干草田里行驶了大约7个小时,路面平坦,除了农场几乎什么也看不到。刚开始的一个小时还算有点意思,但之后就没完没了了。火车到达吉朗后,前往南十字星车站的路上几乎是堵车,这意味着火车在最后大约90分钟的旅程中会不停地启动和停止。没错,火车准点到达了,但说实话,这段旅程并不愉快。
说实话,我喜欢火车,但这趟旅程的风景实在乏善可陈。如果草地是绿色的而不是枯黄的茬子,或许会更好一些?