In the draft European Parliament election programme of the German GrΓΌne (full PDF here) you can find this paragraph about night trains (my translation): Night trains are a comfortable and climate-friendly way to travel long distances within Europe and thus a good alternative to flying. A massive expansion of night […]
Tag: Night Trains
Toute l’Europe – a future night train map that’s very, very bad
This cropped up in my LinkedIn feed earlier today. At the time I commented on it, simply saying it was bullshit. Now I am going to take it apart, and break down why it is bullshit. The map comes from this article from Toute l’Europe. We’ve been here before. Someone […]
Stadler’s new day-night trains for Norway – I have some questions
A few days ago it was announced that Stadler has won the contract to supply new long distance trains to Norway. The official press release from Norske Tog in Norwegian is here, and there are articles from IRJ and Global Railway Review in English as well. While this tender only […]
European Sleeper Bruxelles-Amsterdam-Berlin – you better know it exists!
In rail nerd circles we’ve had our eye on the launch of the European Sleeper service for some time – the new privately operated night train that will run Bruxelles-Amsterdam-Berlin, and eventually will be extended to Prague. As was announced recently in the company’s newsletter, tickets starting with the inaugural […]
A different solution for night trains – a flexible leasing and operations company?
From the start of my Trains for Europe campaign I have argued that the absence of enough couchette cars and sleeping cars is the main constraint on the expansion of night train services. You cannot run more trains unless you literally have more carriages. I do not deny there are […]
Europe’s railways: unable to play the role they should in the climate transition
Two interesting pieces of information about transport and the climate transition crossed my timeline yesterday. This tweet from TUMI: Transport: Save money, protect the climate πΆββοΈπΆββοΈπ²πππ@IPCC_CH pic.twitter.com/M04fFglFmN — πΆββοΈπΆββοΈπ΄πβ‘ (@TUMInitiative) April 5, 2022 And this New York Times story entitled In Europe, Itβs Planes vs. Trains. For Many Travelers, Rail […]
