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Couldn't agree more. Though I've taken only a single night train in my life: from Beijing to Xi'an. While slightly pricier than flying, I had a bed and could f

Couldn't agree more. Though I've taken only a single night train in my life: from Beijing to Xi'an. While slightly pricier than flying, I had a bed and could freely move around the cabin. To top it off - anecdotally, though intuitively it holds - those who travel by train are less stressed than those travelling by plane, and therefore friendlier and open to conversation. A great experience overall. I hope to do more of this in Europe.

fivecountries 6y ago
Did the same trip, just the other way, in 2010. Clean, comfortable, cheap (comparing to night trains in Central Europe). Couldn't get much sleep though, because as the only European in the car, so many people wanted to chat with me. And we were all very slow in looking up in the dictionary.