This is the finest line I have ever travelled, this little line between Glasgow Central and Paisley Canal, the back track to the bucolic. Not only is it a corridor of a million trees but it has some superb views of the landscape that separates the two cities. And then, if you're like me and jump the train at Dumbreck, a wonderful little platform that no-one uses, you'll find an empty train (most people going to Paisley from Glasgow take the other, less bucolic, line via Cardonald etc.) to sit on with your own bike storage, toilet and coffee table, not to mention those widescreen windows onto the world. It's like your own private TGV. It's amazing. And I ply it regularly down to Paisley Canal where the platform transforms into a cycle path. Talk about your own teleport into the country. You don't have to live in the country when you're privy to such secrets. Because you're already there.
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