#long-distance-rail-travel

#long-distance-rail-travel

It's a regular morning of hustle and bustle on Berlin Central Station's platform 12. Brakes screech as a train comes in. Passengers move to the tune of a loudspeaker announcement, then a whistle blows, doors slam and wheels start turning. Mark Smith is off again. "When I am on a journey, there is a sense of anticipation and possibility," he says, adding that the possibilities are greater than most people might imagine.