Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderAgree with all commenters here what a fantastic site this is - up-to-date (by and large), information dense, no nonsense. Has helped me travel from Bali to Jakarta, through Thailand, Namibia, and with the TransSib. A labour of love. So I wondered how one can support the guy, and was amazed that the only thing he asks for is donations to UNICEF in his name, see link below. Kudos kudos kudos. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/seatsixtyone
This is impressive. I poked around and for the (few) routes I'm aware of it has excellent information. I can see using this for future planning/dreaming. I've found train travel sites can be fairly hard for non-locals to find / navigate through and you get waylaid by third parties that aren't as good for the actual booking as the less SEO optimized first-party carrier sites. Ends up being frustrating. I appreciate this site just gives you the facts rather than…
Big discussion/upvoting on HN about this site 8 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18895833
(2015) Bunch of previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18895833
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1162
- Total comments
- 235
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-13 | The Man in Seat Sixty-OneFirst breakout · Best thread | robin_reala | 738 | 117 |
| 2019-09-16 | The Man in Seat Sixty-One | thunderbong | 67 | 16 |
| 2022-10-07 | Seat61 – Train Travel in Europe | TypedInt | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-09-25 | The Man in Seat 61 – The train travel guide | frereubu | 4 | 1 |
| 2024-03-08 | The Man in Seat 61Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | BerislavLopac | 351 | 101 |