tml, to random
@tml@urbanists.social avatar

Again night trains are descibed in an article in the press (Stern) as “Einsteigen, einschlafen, aufwachen, aussteigen”. (“Board, sleep, wake up, disembark”) That is not how night trains work except in lucky cases where the journey is precisely so long that you board at bedtime and arrive around 7–9 or so in the morning. For longer journeys you either are awake for several hours before a reasonable bedtime, or you arrive around noon or even later. And that is how it has always been.

diningcar, to Prague
@diningcar@rail.chat avatar

🇨🇿🇸🇰🚂🚃🚃🛌 A wonderful #nighttrain trip is coming up. With EN 443 "Slovakia" from #Prague🇨🇿 to #Košice🇸🇰 we are crossing two beautiful countries by night in a comfy #ČD🇨🇿 deluxe sleeper compartment with shower and toilet ensuite 😍! Good Night🌜 everyone!

The ČD Siemens WLABmee sleeping car in blue and white livery from the outside.
The sleeper compartment in DOUBLE positioning from the inside.
The beautiful arcitecture of Prague railway station in the dark.

burger_jaap, to random
@burger_jaap@mastodon.social avatar

We tried another European : the 🇫🇷 Intercité de Nuit, from Paris to Latour de Carol in the Pyrenees. From there, Catalan 'Rodalies' depart for Barcelona. The amazing Man in Seat 61 has further details for this route: https://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes/paris-to-barcelona-by-sleeper-train.htm

The four of us had a 4-person compartment (=1st class): OK beds, handy sleeping bag, wifi and power sockets on board. Comfort therefore fine, were it not for the announcements, and the lack of coffee....
So a 7/10

Inside door of train. Destination sign shows Latour de Carol
Latour de Carol station with four different trains in view: on the far left the yellow 'petit train jaune', next to it the night train from Paris, in the centre of the image the orange Rodalies local Catalan train and on the right part of a French regional train.
View of mountains from a train window

thibaultmol, to Trains
@thibaultmol@en.osm.town avatar

The now also has a dining car!

wmd, to random
@wmd@chaos.social avatar

Anyone experiences of and they would like to share? :BoostOK:

reinoudk, to Engineering
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𝗔 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁

"Actually, the business case of the doesn’t quite addup," explains alumnus Annabelle Out. That’s why Annabelle designed a carriage interior for both day and night trains as part of her graduation project for the firm Royal HaskoningDHV.

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/delft-design-stories/a-train-car-design-for-day-and-night via

📷 © Annabelle Out

nemobis, to Stockholm
@nemobis@mamot.fr avatar

Tempting: a - route involving a . punctuality stands at 52 % though... (Not sure why DB refuses to sell available from Trenitalia.)

nikosetala, to random
@nikosetala@mstdn.social avatar

Taking the SJ from Stockholm to Berlin tonight. The train left on time at 17:34, but we are still in Södertälje Syd because of an electrical failure between here and Gnesta. There is no information on when the train can proceed. Have a cabin, hoping to wake up in Germany. Always exciting to !

reinoudk, to random Dutch
@reinoudk@mastodon.nl avatar

van @vprotegenlicht gezien. Over de belabberde staat van dienst van het internationale personenvervoer op het . Vroeger was het echt beter. In één ruk naar Rome of Moskou. Ik word daar toch wel beetje droevig van, ondanks de inspanningen van de Oostenrijkse .

https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/tegenlicht/kijk/afleveringen/2024-2025/europa-spoort-niet.html

diningcar, to Vienna
@diningcar@rail.chat avatar

🇦🇹🤝🇮🇹 Today's wonderful 🇦🇹 -service №233 to 🇮🇹 left 🇦🇹 right on time. We enjoy this special 16h -trip to the breathtaking coast of 's Cinqueterre in a DOUBLE sleeper🌜 compartment and already chose our items for the breakfast🥐! Egg noodles with cheese🧀 was our dinner for today 😍!

A newrest stewardess is waiting next to the night train for passengers, right before departure. dors of the carriages in blue livery are open.
The sleeper compartment in seating figuration with blue nightjet bags and a table.
An ÖBB class 1216 Taurus in red livery is working the night train to Rome and La Spezia and waiting for departure at a otherwise empty platform at Vienna main train station.

freakonometrics, to random French
@freakonometrics@mastodon.social avatar

are there any good websites to travel accross Europe, taking into account night trains ? I plan to travel from Bruxelles to København in June, but I can't find much.... (e.g. the one below suggests a travel mainly during the night, but with 5 transfers.. during the night !). I mean night train where we sleep...

HLBurdett, to Germany

So pleased there are night trains into from , the network is growing! There's a certain romanticism that has never left the , often economic benefits, and SO. MUCH. LESS. CO2 compared to flying!

I look forward to making the most of them next year 😊

https://back-on-track.eu/
@backontrack

christianschwaegerl, to berlin German
@christianschwaegerl@mastodon.social avatar

It was a huge mistake by Deutsche Bahn to discontinue the Berlin-Paris night train...so it's a wonderful turn of events that ÖBB has led the push to start the connection again.

Will try it out soon.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/12/berlin-paris-night-train-runs-first-time-almost-decade

TheEuropeanNetwork, to Germany

A new sleeper service between Berlin and Paris arrived in the French capital on Tuesday 12 December, reflecting a growing drive for night trains as an alternative to short-haul flights.

The 14-hour nocturnal trip from the German to the French capital is to run three times a week, and is scheduled to become daily from October next year.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2023/12/12/berlin-paris-night-train-completes-maiden-trip_6335598_143.html

pandora, to Trains
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gpollara, to Trains

You could argue these trips are better in summer when weather is better and days are longer, but catch it right, I'm sure these are indeed magical winter journeys.
@diningcar

From Transylvania to Santa’s village: eight of Europe’s best winter train journeys

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/dec/09/europe-best-eight-winter-train-raiil-journeys?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

nemobis, to random
@nemobis@mamot.fr avatar

I got my ticket but it's so hard to in this season. The SJ is full in one direction and only 240 € beds are available in the other...

Dan, to Trains

I love . I love the even more. But neither the Swedish nor the Norwegian rail seems to value that.
Train carriages from the stone age. Narvik-Stockholm night train today: Two locomotives broke down. With -25C outside rapidly getting cold. 3 hour delay. Gonna miss all my onward connections to CPH. Most trains to CPH during the day fully booked.
If we want people to swap planes with the trains, we HAVE to do something about the rotting infrastructure.

A fairly dark picture inside a train showing the legs of a person covered with a blanket. A laptop on the folding desk of the seat in front.
A picture taken at night out of a train window. Winter landscape, trees, tracks and fences are covered with a sheet of ice.

davemark, to Trains
@davemark@mastodon.social avatar

"The night train revolution has been hailed as an alternative to airplanes. Here’s how that’s going"

I absolutely love the night train, going to sleep in one city, waking in another.

I hope this effort succeeds.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/night-train-revolution-alternative-to-planes/index.html

nemobis, to Stockholm
@nemobis@mamot.fr avatar

I just booked my tickets to !

I'm going to and as usual (save for some floating), by a leisurely 3-night ferry and trip with and .

I'll have about 10 hours to spend in and 12 in , twice. Let me know if you want to meet there or to share ferry/train compartments.

Jomo, to Trains
diningcar, to Hrvatska
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diningcar, to CrystalsHashtags
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🇩🇪🇸🇮🚂🚃🚃🌜 Good night everyone from my Single sleeper compartment on service №40237, which will depart with +20min from 🇩🇪. It will be a wonderful ride through the 🏔 crossing four countries 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇸🇮🇭🇷. I'll go no further than 🇸🇮.

The train destination sign in the door of the HŽ 2nd class seating coach showing Stuttgart Hbf to Zagreb GK.
Interior of the sleeper compartment in single arrangement. The colors white and light blue are dominant. Through the window, the train station is visible.
The sleeper compartment's lovely basin in light blue color. A 7days croissant is lying next to it.

els76uk, to Trains

Just booked a trip to London (from Berlin). BA cost me 250€ return. Sleeper train would have cost 850€. That's just too much, even in return for doing my bit towards saving the planet :(

citygeek, to startup

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