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There's no reason for a sleeper ticket to be expensive. In Europe, Asia and Africa, night trains are certainly affordable. Cheaper than buses in many cases.
by jasonkester 16y ago
There's no reason for a sleeper ticket to be expensive. In Europe, Asia and Africa, night trains are certainly affordable. Cheaper than buses in many cases.
Amtrak is expensive because it's expensive. It bills its sleeper service as a luxury thing, and charges luxury prices. There's nothing to say that it has to, or that anybody who decides to compete with them has to.
- arethuza 16y agoThere are fairly low cost overnight accommodation on trains in Europe, but it tends to be couchettes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couchette_car http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couchette_car proper sleeping cars where you have your own private small room are a lot more expensive.