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.

 

[BlackDiamond]

The capsule type accommodation might be OK in Europe where you leave late at night and wake up in early morning at your destination, but since there is no daytime seating it would not work for many US routes which involve a lot of daytime travel where you need a comfortable place to sit.