Pleasure and Pain of Public Transport

The three contributors to this edition of Off the Page are all seasoned travellers who know very well both the pleasures and the pain of public transport.

Ian Marchant wanted to write a book about inland waterways but was persuaded to write about trains instead and while researching that he fell in love with the idea of the railway.

The poet Lavinia Greenlaw made a sound installation based on comments overheard at a station.

Writer and broadcaster Simon Fanshawe has never owned a car.

Presenter Dominic Arkwright reveals a loathing for public transport and claims he will go to any length to avoid it.

Producer Paul Dodgson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.