Trains from London Euston to Berkhamsted
Let’s start with the sheer time factor. The fastest trains do it in about 35 minutes. That’s shorter than most Netflix episodes, and with far more emotional peaks.
You board at Euston, a station that looks like a concrete bunker designed by someone who hates joy. The tannoy voice warns you about “obligatory boarding announcements” in a tone that suggests she’s seen things.
Then you hurtle out of London, past the back gardens of Camden, and bam—you’re in the Chiltern Hills. It’s like teleporting from a car park into Narnia, if Narnia had a Waitrose.