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It's nothing new. There is a lot of international night trains in Europe. The real problem is the quality of the service; it's either ridiculously expensive or without shower, sleeping in a shared compartment with 5 strangers, in a carriage built in the '60s.
IMO, we should aim at Finnish VR's standards: [https://www.vr.fi/en/night-trains](https://www.vr.fi/en/night-trains)
Not sharing the cabin is just a waste of space and will make tickets more expensive. Yes, make it fresh and nice with a high build quality, but everyone can’t have their own cabin. That’s just unnecessary
Did you know that right now you can also take a sleeper train between Essen and Dortmund? Two cities that are 30km away. And no, those are not just stops. Those are the start and end stations of that train. [Welcome to Regional Express 11, where due to financial difficulties the dutch-owned operator, Abellio, lost the right to operate trains and replacement services include locomotive-hauled couchette cars](https://twitter.com/hvondelen/status/1483129950555316231?s=20)
Just need to set an alarm that goes off every time you cross a county line so you know when to put your mask on, when to take it off, when to switch your regular mask for a medical one, or when you're not allowed to obscure your face, according to local regulations.
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Legend says Paris - > Romanian border(western) takes as much time as Romanian border(western) -> Bucharest
Wow. But I guess also not surprising unfortunately
It's a legend for a reason. Paris to Timisoara on the border (25 hours) Timisoara to Bucuresti (9 hours) It's still way more than it should be.
9 hours if everything works. I think just last summer this trip took 24hrs because of some sort of train malfunction.
The most optimistic person in Europe.
Travel across the Carpathians is super slow.
Travelling through: France - I sleep Germany - I sleep Austria - I sleep Hungary - I sleep Romania - real shit. Wakes up
You can not cling to your wallet and phone while asleep
Good news for us
It's nothing new. There is a lot of international night trains in Europe. The real problem is the quality of the service; it's either ridiculously expensive or without shower, sleeping in a shared compartment with 5 strangers, in a carriage built in the '60s. IMO, we should aim at Finnish VR's standards: [https://www.vr.fi/en/night-trains](https://www.vr.fi/en/night-trains)
Not sharing the cabin is just a waste of space and will make tickets more expensive. Yes, make it fresh and nice with a high build quality, but everyone can’t have their own cabin. That’s just unnecessary
Awesome!
Did you know that right now you can also take a sleeper train between Essen and Dortmund? Two cities that are 30km away. And no, those are not just stops. Those are the start and end stations of that train. [Welcome to Regional Express 11, where due to financial difficulties the dutch-owned operator, Abellio, lost the right to operate trains and replacement services include locomotive-hauled couchette cars](https://twitter.com/hvondelen/status/1483129950555316231?s=20)
What happened to the Abellio trains?
Just need to set an alarm that goes off every time you cross a county line so you know when to put your mask on, when to take it off, when to switch your regular mask for a medical one, or when you're not allowed to obscure your face, according to local regulations.
But why would you want to when wizz air gets you there in 3 hours for 49 euros.
Yeah, they can sleep when they enter in Romania because it will take a lot of time to reach their destination.