How do you all manage to travel on European Sleeper or Nightjet? Every time I try to book a ticket it's at least 200€ one way. Where's the catch? #NightTrains
The #EuropeanSleeper was uneventful. The #SJ#NightTrain from Berlin was fun: I made a new friend, joined the birthday party of our 3 yo compartment mate, had long chats with the train manager who used to be a #FOSDEM regular 10 years ago.
Apparently #RDC / #BTE has some good things coming soon, in time for the summer season. Newly renovated wagons and whatnot.
Good morning from the night train Berlin - Brussels. I simply love night trains, for so many reasons: They are a very efficient way to travel between European cities, they make sense in a lot of ways, and there is a magic about travelling like 700-1000 km while sleeping (or at least resting 😉), that fascinates me since I was a kid. The future of European mobility should belong to night trains!! #NightTrains#CrossBorderRail#rail#EuropeanSleeper#sleepertrain
@therailenthusiast
I tried the new #EuropeanSleeper from Amsterdam to Berlin last week. I hope they can one day upgrade to this type of rolling stock, it looks nice!
Happy train news: the semi-co-operatively owned European Sleeper company will expand their line to Brussels—Amsterdam/Rotterdam—Prague in the end of March! From thwir newsletter:
"From 25 March 2024 we will finally extend our service to Dresden and Prague. We are planning to open the bookings for tickets to Prague on 10 October 2023 already." #europeansleeper #traintravel #longdistancevoyager
@helenczerski
If you're not already aware, this is one of three bike compartments on the new (since May) #EuropeanSleeper that runs between Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin.
Space for about 50 bikes on each journey.
We made it on the #EuropeanSleeper, as I'm travelling alone I with a dog I have to get a private cabin. Opted for seats. The man in seat 61 advised against it, but with this amount of space I'll gamble on it.
So far the cabin is quiet and warm. All windows are open now, so it should cool down swiftly
@brucknerite No estoy en contra de que se subvencionen. Pero, ¿podemos cuestionar lo de la falta de rentabilidad?
En el artículo sobre los Erasmus hablo de #EuropeanSleeper para el Bruselas-Berlín, de #MidnightTrains para Paris-Milán-Venecia, de #CaledonianSleeper y de #Snalltaget y SJ sirviendo Estcolmo-Hamburgo. Todos ellos salvo SJ son empresas privadas.
Invertí 1.000€ en EuropeanSleeper
Cuando hablé con un amigo que curra en Renfe me dijo "suerte con la demanda"
Night trains are still waiting for their big break.
As an attractive alternative to car or air travel to minimise carbon dioxide emissions, night trains are making a comeback in Europe. But the big bang their fervent advocates had hoped for is running up against numerous economic and industrial hurdles.
I bought a few shares because their success would help me #StayGrounded. (Also, how cool is it to own a #train [lease, fraction of]?)
It's a high risk investment. No profits expected for years with favourable track prices. No membership/voting rights under 26 k€ invested. Check bylaws etc. in "legal" and "community" tabs. https://platform.eyevestor.com/eyeventures/NL_EUS?tab=rules