I am a big fan of trains. But as I have written about before, of course, train travel can and does present a few challenges at times. Some challenges can be fixed by sticking on a pair of headphones, taking some quality ‘time-out’ from a missed connection, or by buying tickets well in advance to save money.

One thing that we notice is the variability of the temperature on the trains that we travel on. I am not so much thinking here about some heating technical issue (i.e. something has broken), or when there is the extreme heat that we increasingly experience. But just that some trains can be cooler or hotter than others.

Some trains can be so hot they make you sweat – like in the photo below – and others so cool that you need to layer up. Ideally of course you can sit on your train in a pleasant temperature, but it is a good idea to be prepared if not.

Being prepared is about being able to de-layer or layer-up if you need to. So, it’s worth just planning ahead in case you don’t get the ideal temperature on your train trip.

As I wrote at the start, I am a big fan of train travel and in our car-free-dom trains are a crucial part of moving around. But as with some of the other challenges that you can experience with train travel it’s always worth a little extra bit of planning to make sure things can be as comfortable as possible.