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EPISODE · Nov 21, 2025 · 5 MIN

Mark Smith – The Man in Seat 61

from Great Rail Tales · host Railway 200

In the original Eurostar cars 7, 8, 11 or 12 seat 61 gave Mark Smith the perfect table and window view he wanted. So on special trips he would always book this place on the train. Inevitably when this career railwayman developed a website about international train travel it could have only one name. Inspired by a school trips by train to the then Leningrad and todays Moscow Mark’s passion for rail travel has taken all over the globe. But his favourite line is far more closer to home than you might expect from the International travelling man in Seat 61.

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