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Sleepers on planes certainly are expensive (you're talking about business or first class to get that space), but you don't feel the need for it as much because
by magduf 7y ago
Sleepers on planes certainly are expensive (you're talking about business or first class to get that space), but you don't feel the need for it as much because it's only that useful on long-haul flights. There's no such thing, usually, as a train that goes the same route as a 14-hour plane flight: such a train would have to somehow cross an ocean.
- seanmcdirmid 7y ago> such a train would have to somehow cross an ocean. Beijing to Western Europe via Moscow could technically be done by train. The first leg is 8 hours which should count as a long haul.
- magduf 7y agoThat's why I added the word "usually" in there. Try taking a train to Australia or Japan (from outside those countries), between the Americas and Europe or Asia, etc.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoGenerally anything separated by water should fly, but even just going across the continent I think flying wins out; eg why train from shanghai to Urumqi for 2-3 days when you can just fly for 5 or 6 hours?
- magduf 7y agoYeah, that's the point I was trying to make before with my first sentence. A 5-6 hour flight isn't that hard to do in a seat; you don't need a sleeper for that. But a 2-3 day trip on a train isn't something you want to do in a regular upright seat.