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Overnight trains are wonderful for traveling and saving a night's hotel. I used to take sleeper cars in China for distances that made sense (e.g. board at 9pm,
by z2 8y ago
Overnight trains are wonderful for traveling and saving a night's hotel. I used to take sleeper cars in China for distances that made sense (e.g. board at 9pm, arrive 7am). Some with shorter distances even optimized on sleep so that the train would stop for an hour outside the final station and arrive at a reasonable time in the morning. Unfortunately and similar with Europe, high speed rail has ended many of these schedules. On a side note, I've also failed to take this train multiple times in Japan due to its popularity: https://www.japan-rail-pass.com/japan-by-rail/travel-tips/sunrise-izumo https://www.japan-rail-pass.com/japan-by-rail/travel-tips/su...
- calyth2018 8y agoThat's what I did when I went around northern Europe. Took the Stockholm to Malmo, and then switch to Copenhagen. Unfortunately, I don't think there was sleeper cars. That train departed late evening, got us there in the daytime. I figured if I'm paying to sleep, I might as well be moving. I only wish that there was bunks on that train.
- winterswift 8y agoThere are sleeper compartments on the SJ Night trains – I took one to Malmö, but they also run to the north and across to Göteborg. https://www.sj.se/en/about/about-sj/our-trains/sj-night-train.html https://www.sj.se/en/about/about-sj/our-trains/sj-night-trai...
- Tijdreiziger 8y ago> they also run to the north I took the sleeper from Stockholm to Kiruna in Lapland not too long ago. Definitely takes a while but it was a really nice experience!
- alexanderchr 8y agoThat Stockholm-Malmö night train is actually all sleepers except for one or two seating carriages. They tried to discontinue running it a few years ago but it’s becoming really popular so they might have just been sold out that night.