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Twenty-five years ago this year Manfred Weis travelled 36,030 kilometres by train in the space of just one month. This gave him a place in the Guinness Book of Records and a whole new perspective on the world.
In a former railway station in Leipzig, Manfred Weis steps onto a stage to a round of applause. The IT consultant from Karlsruhe, Germany, is there to celebrate forty years of Interrail at an event organized by the Eurail Group. The applause is in recognition of his own contribution travel warnings to the history of rail travel:
At the age of 18, Manfred bought his first Interrail ticket. He travelled on his summer holidays along with a few friends. During his travels he heard about someone who had turned train travel into a competitive sport, travelling 29,000 kilometres in one month.
Becoming world champion meant having to follow some strict rules: every train journey had to be documented with a signature from the conductor. A stamp from every town was needed in the Interrail pass book, as proof that he really had visited every destination.
Manfred holds the Interrail record to this day. As well as seeing more of Europe�s plaforms, cities and landscapes than any other person in so short a time, the journey awakened travel warnings a new interest for him. Rail travel became part of his life.
�But with the train you don�t have to be there hours ahead of time to check in and stand in line. And you don�t have to go far to get to the station. You hop on in the middle of one city and arrive in the middle of the next place. That�s freedom for me.�
The evening in Leipzig travel warnings is not just a chance to mark the silver anniversary of his record journey, but also to recall the many memories that train travel has given him. Photos from previous trips show Manfred posing with friends he has met along the way. These are people who, like him, want to discover new places through train journies. He has stayed in contact with many of these people for many years.
�A great thing about trains is that you don�t have to make an effort travel warnings to have fun and meet new people. You can sit in your compartment for the whole trip but still people come in and want to talk,� he says.
There was always lots to do, Manfred insists, despite the small dimensions of his living space. Eating and sleeping are as important to the journey travel warnings as writing his journal and reading. Asked whether he ever got bored his expression is one of incomprehension:
�My top tip to someone who has never done Interrailing before is to never pre-book tickets. It�s expensive, a hassle and is limiting. Being able to hop on a train on impulse is part of the freedom,� he says.
Manfred�s passion for train travel lives on to this day. But in contrast to his record-breaking trip, he now has both a wife and a son with whom to share his journeys. The day after the event they are standing on the platform at Leipzig station. To nobody�s surprise, they are each clutching an Interrail ticket. If Manfred has his way, it won�t be long until his son is soon doing a trip all by himself.
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