@1010: So, we're hoping @seatsixty1's train has come into the station and he's ready for the world famous #1010 Friday Twitter Chat.
@1010: Hi @seatsixty1, great to have you here live on Twitter. How are you enjoying it? If you're all set we're all-aboard here #1010
@1010: An easy one to start then @seatsixty1, and the one on everybody's lips when going transcontinental: Aisle or Window seat? #1010
@SeatSixty1: Still getting used to Tweeting, @1010!
@SeatSixty1: Aisle or window? Both, of course - in first class, seat 61 on Eurostar is one of a table for 2, aisle and window with an unobstructed view.

@1010: We're talking right now to @seatsixty1, the man behind seat61.com. Join in on the #1010 hashtag with questions and comments
@1010: Wow @seat61. Brilliant. So what else is so special about Seat 61? #1010
@SeatSixty1: It became a 'tradition': My journeys to Tokyo via Moscow/Vladivostok or the Crimea or Marrakech all started in seat 61! @1010 #1010

@1010: @heyjames here's a little background http://bit.ly/baKqPD And stay tuned for full details
@1010: RT @sustainableOBU: @seatsixty1 HS2 will help take ppl to Europe, but system is a mess in UK. shld we nationalise like Deutchse Bahn? #1010
@SeatSixty1: Everyone else is privatising - DB will be, at some stage. But given the choice, I'd rather have DB here in the UK than what we've got, yes!

@1010: Tokyo via train! What got you started on this @seatsixty1 and what was the inspiration behind the amazing seat61.com #1010
@SeatSixty1: The inspiration was a £2.99 teach-yourself-html book bought in W H Smiths to read on the train home... @1010 #1010

@1010: RT @andy_lulham: @1010 I love seat61! Just submitted a motion encouraging Bristol Uni reps to avoid flying http://t-ti.me #1010
@SeatSixty1: ...and the massive gap between how easy train travel from the UK to Europe is, and how impossible it can be to find out about. @1010 #1010

@1010: Ok, down to business @seatsixty1. why is booking a train from Sofia to London so bloody hard. Actually, or Southampton to London? #1010
@SeatSixty1: Like I said. easy to do, difficult to find out about and book. But that's why I set up seat 61 - to help solve the problem. @1010 #1010

@1010: RT @boofie: @seatsixty1 Hello. Any advice for a non-Russian speaker on best value trans-siberian fares & visa services? Thanks @1010 #1010
@SeatSixty1: Well, one of the best Trans-Sib companies is www.realrussia.co.uk. Not too high a markup, and they know what they're doing. @1010 #1010
@SeatSixty1: For London/Sofia, I suggest europeanrail.com, and I've written a booking form to send them with all the trains you need listed. @1010 #1010

@1010: If you had only one one way ticket on a single train trip before you die @seatsixty1 where are you going? #1010
@1010: RT @FlightlessTrav: @seatsixty1 Hi Mark, heard that you gave a great presentation at the Coast event yesterday, sorry to have missed it
@SeatSixty1: I'd go from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet on the 'new' railway, the highest in the world. @1010 #1010

@1010: We have 20 mins left in our Twitter chat with @seatsixty1. If you have questions or comments get them in now via #1010
@SeatSixty1: Yes, I popped down to Cornwall on the sleeper, the 'Coast' people really seem to have got sustainability rolling in Cornwall @1010 #1010

@1010: Where's the worst train in the world to "lose your ticket" @seatsixty1, not of course that we endorse that sort of behaviour. #1010
@SeatSixty1: Losing your tickets is never a great idea. But don't lose yr £10 cheap ticket on a peak London-Manchester train when it's £220! @1010 #1010

@1010: OK @seatsixty1, just a few questions left. Give us some recommendations for top trains, food and train service. & family friendly? #1010
@1010: @seatsixty1 that sounds like it may have been a lesson learned first hand
@SeatSixty1: Well, there's the Orient Express London-venice, top food and service but a ticket price to match - over £1,500 pp... @1010 #1010
@SeatSixty1: For £70 odd, there's the Glacier Express, 180 miles & 7 hrs across the Swiss Alps in panoramic coaches, Zermatt to St Moritz. @1010 #1010

@1010: RT @ChrisGraham59: @1010 just want to know when etickets are likely to happen for UK trains ... #1010 << Great question, @seatsixty1?
@SeatSixty1: seatsixty1 Or cross the States on Amtrak, www.amtrak.com, NYC to SF or LA, 3000 miles, 3 days, fab scenery, $193 one-way. #1010 @1010
@SeatSixty1: But there's a tension between 'real' trains where you meet the locals, and 'tourist' trains which are good but not 'real' #1010 @1010

@1010: @seatsixty1 very cool re: Amtrak. I've done New Orleans to Chicago, not such great scenery, but amazing people!
@SeatSixty1: They've been testing e-tickets in the UK on several routes, but no network-wide rollout yet, unlike in France, Germany, Italy.. #1010 @1010

@1010: Ok, our our with @seatsixty1 is just about up. One last q. With all that train travel, what's left for your 10% commitment to #1010?
@1010: RT @markhobson @1010 @seatsixty1 Can you see trains ever being able to compete with cars and planes whilst non-advance fairs are prohibitively expensive?
@SeatSixty1: Well, I seem to be putting ever more people off planes and onto trains, and I'm already on them - does that count?! #1010 @1010
@SeatSixty1: Walk into Heathrow and say 'Ticket for next flight to Manchster, please' and it's around £320. Virgin Trains is 'only' £220! #1010 @1010

@1010: I think we can squeeze you in @seatsixty1. And a HUGE thanks for giving up an hour of your Friday for us. Very enjoyable on this side.
@1010: So that's it from this week's chat. Again a huge thanks to @seatsixty1 and double thanks to everyone who chipped in with comments #1010
@1010: We'll have the full chat up with links etc. on our blog a little later. Right now we're off to book a train from London to Taunton next w/e!