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The Man in Seat Sixty-One : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Man in Seat Sixty-One The Man in Seat Sixty-One is a travel website written and maintained by Mark Smith. The website focuses almost exclusively on train-based travel, with occasional ferry recommendations. The site has won several awards, including 'Best Travel Website' in the ''Guardian & Observer'' Travel Awards in 2008.〔(Travel Awards 2008 Winners - The Guardian )〕 The Man in Seat Sixty-One provides information on the best routes, fares and times for journeys from the UK to most of Europe, and for rail travel within most countries in the rest of the world, including exhaustive coverage of the Indian Railways and the Russian Railways.〔 ==History== The site is a personal project run by Mark Smith, formerly a manager in the rail industry.〔(The Man in Seat 61 - About Me )〕 The site is called Seat 61 after his preferred seat in First Class on the Eurostar.〔 He began the site as a hobby in 2001,〔(Great European rail journeys: Your carriage awaits )〕 after frustration with the difficulty he perceived in finding how to book rail tickets within Europe.〔 In September 2007 he gave up his job working for the Department of Transport to run the website full-time.〔(Guardian - Me and My Travels )〕
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