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But the Shinkansen only reached "high-speed" (> 249 kph) in 1992 (300 series, running at 270 kph), while TGV has been running high-speed since 1981 (then at 270 kph). TGV carries 10 times more passengers per month than the Shinkansen does per day (so in other words, the Shinkansen carries 3...

Well they do, but even the most multi-system locomotives are limited to a few countries. European countries has a very wide range of voltage (1,5 kV, 3 kV, 15 kV, 25 kV, with different pantograph specs) and signalling systems (pretty much every country has its own, and the common "ECTS" is far...

Oops my mistake, I was only thinking about serious proposals, not the "we're launching a five stars night trains in 3 years even though there's definitely no rolling stock available at the moment" one, but I hope I'm wrong about them :) (Analysis of their plan: Midnight Trains - we wish them...

Well it does most of the time actually :) Runs via Vallorbe and Domodossola (and sometimes via Modane when it's not going through Switzerland for whatever reason) Paris - Venice has never been an ÖBB service : it was Artesia (SNCF / Trenitalia in cooperation), then Thello when Trenitalia wanted...

Besides Covid, Thello had several other issues that led to those services being cancelled : - On the night Paris-Venice train, border checks at the Swiss/Italian and French/Swiss border were common (although illegal by Schengen border laws...). Not really enjoyable to be woken up twice in the...

Although spending the night in the car deck of a ship with no AC wasn't exactly "romantic" ;)

It's not SJ that was running this train, but Transdev (Snälltåget). It was only running between Berlin and Malmö with no intermediate stops, and was put on a ferry between Sassnitz and Trelleborg. The ferry has been discontinued, so the train now runs via Hamburg and Copenhagen (not via the...

It's a "work in progress", but they still have to make an offcial RFP, find operators and rolling stock, etc.

Unfortunately yes you'll have to pay €69.80, the Super Sparpreis fare is non exchangeable / non refundable. But again, if you haven't bought yet the last leg, wait until January 1st @ 5:00am (GMT +1), the prices will drop of about ~10% due to the VAT rate reduction.

The NY Times published a story about the Nightjet: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/business/overnight-train-austria.html

Given your itinerary : - *Don't* buy a Eurail pass. It will be much cheaper to buy advance tickets from DB. - Consider 1st class, usually about €10 to €20 more that 2nd class, and seat reservation is included. Note that unless you have a full fare 1st class ticket, you don't have access to the...

That's not what I meant there. Of course you can buy a full fare ticket valid for any train from A to B, but you can also buy a ticket at a reduced fare, only valid for a specific long-distance train (i.e. "only valid on ICE 77 between Hamburg 12:24pm and Frankfurt 4:00pm on January 3rd" for...

It's worth mentioning that all trains in Germany (there are only a few exceptions) *don't* have mandatory seat reservation. Which means that it's not because that you have a ticket for a particular train that you'll be sure to have a seat if you didn't reserve a seat (free in 1st class when...

Definitely not something you wanna walk, it's about 30 minutes long witout the hip surgery and the luggage.

Yup, missed your thread, thanks to the admins for the merging.

Includes interview view Stephen J. Gardner, SEVP & Chief operating and commercial officer.

It's not going good so far: https://www.sleeper.scot/highlandernewtrains/

Not here

Well, so far, I've never heard of twin-aisle Amtrak cars, so I'm not sure that's really relevant here.

That's similar to airline seating: ABC left of the aisle, DEF right of it. If there are less than 6 seats, some letters will be missing. https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/American_Airlines/American_Airlines_ERJ-175_MCE.php