CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 10 months agoHigh-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debutswww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1258cross-posted to: dobre@szmer.infopublictransport@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1258external-linkHigh-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debutswww.euronews.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: dobre@szmer.infopublictransport@slrpnk.net
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 months agoAlso 8h is sleeper train territory. Don’t consider it a vehicle, consider it a hotel teleporting you from city to city.
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoSleeper trains are peak luxury travel right after private jets and yachts.
minus-squareSirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoSleeper trains are 40 eur for a dorm, and you skip on having to pay a hotel. That’s not luxury travel.
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoNot if luxury means expensive only. But being transported in bed from city to city sounds like luxury to me ever if it’s a cheap.
minus-squareda_cow (she/her)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoSince this is a direct route and you don’t have to change trains it isn’t that much of a luxury. Just bring some headphones a pillow and an alarm on your phone and you can comfortably sleep through the journey.
Also 8h is sleeper train territory. Don’t consider it a vehicle, consider it a hotel teleporting you from city to city.
Sleeper trains are peak luxury travel right after private jets and yachts.
Sleeper trains are 40 eur for a dorm, and you skip on having to pay a hotel. That’s not luxury travel.
Not if luxury means expensive only. But being transported in bed from city to city sounds like luxury to me ever if it’s a cheap.
Since this is a direct route and you don’t have to change trains it isn’t that much of a luxury. Just bring some headphones a pillow and an alarm on your phone and you can comfortably sleep through the journey.