"A train conductor educates a commuter without a valid ticket."
"The F-Express Train going to Orly-TGV will depart in two minutes."I was sick of this automated voice, sick of the F-Train and sick of all these commuters making my life hell. At least it was the end of my shift—one...
""On the other side of the glass door was a very pretty, blonde woman about my age, early fifties...""
I was on a train in Germany, traveling from Nuremberg to Munich, which was a little busy to say the least! My husband was sitting on a pull-down seat and I was standing by the door to the corridor-- they...
"Nobody noticed; nobody ever notices."
There was only one person outside the church gates, so it had to be her. I was five minutes late, and she had the look about her of someone impatiently waiting for someone.I didn’t cross the road. Instead I took...
"A journey by train changes the plan for the day"
I was late, dammit! Any other morning but this one. I ran into the station just as they were announcing the departure of the train. I scrambled through the barrier thankful that at least I already had my ticket. It...
"Would the man take her tattoo as provocation or invitation?"
The carriage doors slid shut. There were just the four of them inside now. Further up on the same side as herself was a couple, radiating the obsessiveness of new love. Next to her, on her right, the man. She...
"From commuting to fucking: Ross and Claire find the commute definitely worth it"
At 6:10 in the morning, I stand on the platform in St Albans waiting for the same train, waiting to sit in the same seat with the same tired, grey faces. Monday through Friday, every day the same. The seats...
She could feel him watching her but every time her eyes flicked to catch his, he’d be looking down at the tattered day-worn Metro in his hand. Even from ten metres away, the paper looked scuffed and dirty, and it’d...
"Come follow the tracks to my heart"
Each night beneath the kindly moon’s soft radianceWe make again that joyful connection of loveVulnerable in our emotional nakednessAs we bare the most profound feelings of our heartsAll too soon the hour of parting is upon usCatching us unaware in our...
"Seduction on the most famous of European train journeys leads to intimate lust."
The restaurant car rocked gently upon the gradual alpine track as the most famous of steam trains snaked its way up through the mountain range. It's elegantly dressed occupants lost to the murmur of conversation and laughter as fine dining gave way to...
"The mostly true continuation."
«More??»That’s what the note said. I slumped back into my seat. This was just one of the notes she had written before. She must have dropped it when she hurried to pick up her things and leave.More?? Yes, please. But...
