European night trains see challenging renaissance
Praised for their ecological virtues, night trains are once again increasingly plying the rails between European cities, but after decades of underinvestment, the adventure can turn into an obstacle course. "It's cosy," says Belgian traveller Arthur, adding "it's better for the environment so it gives a good feeling when you don't like flying and wasting the environment."
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00:17 >> It's cozy.
00:18 It's like a new experience you really have.
00:20 It's better for the environment, so it gives us a good feeling
00:25 that you're not like flying and wasting the environment.
00:29 And stuff like that.
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00:44 >> Well, the main issue is that, of course,
00:46 it is very challenging to organize the train still
00:48 because the timetables need to be adjusted all the time.
00:52 There's a lot of track works going on throughout Europe
00:55 and our train is also affected by that.
00:58 The other thing is that the carriages that we are using,
01:00 of course, they are not new.
01:01 And that means that we also have technical issues sometimes
01:05 that we need to solve as well to make sure
01:08 that the clients are comfortable.
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01:13 >> Well, I think it was really great, actually.
01:16 The only word of advice I would say is if you are planning
01:19 to go to the loo late at night when all the curtains are closed,
01:25 you might have a problem knowing where you have to go back
01:28 to bed.
01:29 I did. And I fortunately did find my right cabin.
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