No. 09 · The autumn timetable
Four departures in one day, from the first train out to a lake house after dark. We kept to the timetable and let the stops take as long as they liked.
Read the timetable Words Mara Lind · Photographs Oskar Vey
Today's departures
01Depart07.40
02Wander11.20
03Coast15.05
04Arrive18.30
04 / 04 · Arrive
07.40, platform 2The northbound slow train. A window seat, a paperback and the valley going soft outside.
11.20, the hill pathOff at a request stop and up through the long grass, two hours to the next village.
15.05, the headlandWhere the path runs out at a red light and a great deal of weather.
18.30, the lake houseA yellow door, a cold lake and nowhere to be in the morning.