The European sleeper aims to take on air travel. 'We don't need to persuade everybody to come by train: just 5% of current air travellers would make us fully booked every day,' its founder says.
As climate solutions go, this has to be the most restful. Go to sleep in one European capital, wake up in another with a virtuous glow alongside your fresh croissant.
"It's sustainable and pleasant travelling, and we really believe it will be profitable," he said."The night train is very important because you can cover a longer distance - going all the way to Barcelona, Milan, Prague, Copenhagen, and it's still time efficient. Night trains inevitably evoke images of retro-glamour, especially if, like me, you've watched too many James Bond films or read too many Agatha Christie novels.The bunk beds are comfortable, the sheets are crisp and there is a revelatory vanity unit, hidden in a corner cabinet, complete with mirrors on three sides. But the rolling stock is decades old, rented from across the continent and, sadly for those hoping for decadent dining room encounters, doesn't include a restaurant car.
Once in a state of seemingly terminal decline after the explosion of budget flights - Europe's night trains are having a moment.
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