Lunatrain: the Nightjet of North America?

[Mailliw]

I learned about this in the Dreamstar thread. I'm very skeptical this will ever get off the ground (assuming it's it's even a real proposal to begin with), but it's still a very interesting proposal. These are exactly the type of routes and services I think I think Amtrak should exploring. They make some very good points about sleeping accommodations. The concept renderings are literally the same style as the new Nightjet trains, which suggests one of 2 things. They just copied the designs as a demonstration, or they have plan on having order Venture Coaches from Siemens with the Nightjet layouts.
https://www.ridelunatrain.com/

 

[joelkfla]

I learned about this in the Dreamstar thread. I'm very skeptical this will ever get off the ground (assuming it's it's even a real proposal to begin with), but it's still a very interesting proposal. These are exactly the type of routes and services I think I think Amtrak should exploring. They make some very good points about sleeping accommodations. The concept renderings are literally the same style as the new Nightjet trains, which suggests one of 2 things. They just copied the designs as a demonstration, or they have plan on having order Venture Coaches from Siemens with the Nightjet layouts.
https://www.ridelunatrain.com/

I would rather be in a Roomette than one of those capsule things that you have to crawl into. They might appeal to younger folks.