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Midnight Trains – we wish them well, but where are the carriages needed going to come from?

A new night train company has launched today. Paris-based Midnight Trains has launched with a very slick website, and promises a deluxe night train experience – private compartments with showers. The renderings are all soft furnishings and are akin to a smart hotel. RTL news has a report about the[Read More…]

16.06.2021 1 comment

Von der Leyen promises €85bn for sustainable transport – night train rolling stock would be an ideal use for it!

Speaking in the European Parliament earlier this week, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen set out some details of European Union Member States’ post-COVID national recovery and resilience plans, and gave some details of the scale of the budget for transport: Let me give you some figures.[Read More…]

11.06.2021 0 comments

France’s PM Castex takes the re-introduced night train Paris-Nice, but it’s hardly comfortable!

After a three year absence, the Paris-Nice Night Train is back. The first service ran last night with an important passenger on board – French Prime Minister Jean Castex. He even made the welcome on board announcement to passengers: Longue vie au Paris-Nice ! pic.twitter.com/POHhMZ51wB — Jean Castex (@JeanCASTEX) May[Read More…]

21.05.2021 2 comments

EIB electric buses funding model the way forward to finance night train stock?

In January 2021, the European Investment Bank and Banque des Territoires launched a Clean Buses Platform – a mechanism through which public transport operators in France have access to up to €100 million to procure electric buses. A similar mechanism might be the way to allow rolling stock leasing companies[Read More…]

19.05.2021 0 comments

Tough times ahead for German rail supply industry? Procure some night trains!

International Railway Journal reports that the rail industry in Germany is facing tough times. So that makes now surely is an ideal time for new night train rolling stock to be procured! Photos used in this post Richard Matthews Bombardier July 7, 2011 License: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY[Read More…]

11.05.2021 0 comments

Bloomberg publishes new interactive website about night trains in Europe

Entitled “Europe Asks Travelers to Ditch Planes for Night Trains“, Bloomberg has published a sort of interactive guide to night trains in Europe, and what the European Union is trying to do to solve the night train conundrum. It’s not all quite right in the technical detail, but it sure[Read More…]

10.05.2021 0 comments

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If there’s demand for a night train on a route, and a night train could be profitable, how can it be that no-one runs it?

One of the questions I am often asked when discussing rail travel in the European Union is why there is no night train on a given route. “People would take it!” I am told, and I do not doubt that. It is not the demand side that is necessarily the[Read More…]

04.05.2021 7 comments

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Night trains are excellent, but marginal. How can their provision be scaled up in Europe?

Earlier this month European Sleeper announced its first route – Brussels-Amsterdam-Berlin-Prague – and the news was gushing. Euronews covered the story, saying how it was driven by flight shame, TimeOut talked of a “a ton of cool new sleeper trains“, and Travel+Leisure talked about a “major upgrade” of night services.[Read More…]

19.04.2021 10 comments

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How could the EU solve the night train conundrum? Procure a massive fleet of night train carriages and lease them to operators

From the doldrums of a few years ago – when Deutsche Bahn left the business of running night trains completely – this mode of transport is back. Or at least in terms of public attention it’s back. Snälltåget has bold plans for Sweden to Germany services in 2021, and the[Read More…]

16.09.2020 10 comments

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Don’t be distracted by ÖBB’s shiny night train to Brussels – the problems of EU-wide rail run far deeper

Hey journalists! I’m glad to see you’re writing about trains! ÖBB running its first NightJet to Brussels seems to have got you into a particular frenzy. It’s amazing what a bit of red carpet at Gare du Midi, and Martin Selmayr on board, can do to generate a bit of[Read More…]

20.01.2020 0 comments

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Midnight Trains – we wish them well, but where are the carriages needed going to come from?

Von der Leyen promises €85bn for sustainable transport – night train rolling stock would be an ideal use for it!

France’s PM Castex takes the re-introduced night train Paris-Nice, but it’s hardly comfortable!

EIB electric buses funding model the way forward to finance night train stock?

Tough times ahead for German rail supply industry? Procure some night trains!

Bloomberg publishes new interactive website about night trains in Europe

If there’s demand for a night train on a route, and a night train could be profitable, how can it be that no-one runs it?

Night trains are excellent, but marginal. How can their provision be scaled up in Europe?

How could the EU solve the night train conundrum? Procure a massive fleet of night train carriages and lease them to operators

Don’t be distracted by ÖBB’s shiny night train to Brussels – the problems of EU-wide rail run far deeper

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