I'd chosen to travel by rail not for any anoraky reasons, but because I have always found a train, particularly a slow train, a good way of taking the pulse of a place.

我选择坐火车旅行因为我发现坐火车，尤其是慢车是观察一个地方很好的方式。

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As a result, Shanghai's business is a mix between serving its immediate hinterland and trans-shipping containers to travel by truck, rail or barge elsewhere in the Yangtze Delta.

因此，该集团的上海业务是一个混合体，既服务于其毗邻的内陆地区，又通过卡车、铁路或驳船将集装箱运至长江三角洲其它地区。

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In the previous century, this spread has typically taken around 6 to 9 months, even during times when most international travel was by ship or rail.

在过去的一个世纪中，传播通常需要6至9个月，即使在乘坐轮船或火车为国际旅行主要方式的时代也是如此。

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But the engine is unable to travel by rail line itself as it can only run on a two foot wide narrow gauge.

BBC: The Princess in 1871

If you want to travel between Glasgow and Edinburgh by rail, there are already four lines, going through Falkirk, Shotts, Airdrie and Motherwell.

BBC: Making tracks and political points

The Camberley Society wants to be able to travel from Camberley to Waterloo in under 50 minutes by restoring the rail track between the town and Woking.

BBC: South West rolling stock