woolybanana Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 The night train from Brussels to Vienna is back after many years’ absence. For those who enjoy trains and night travel, a real treat.We should see many more of these as folks try to avoid air travel.I remember one from Leghorn to Liege a hundred years ago. Best journey I ever made, night and day. So much to see, people to watch, sandwiches to eat, booze to guzzle.......Oh, and a Night run from Paris to Madrid, remembered only because one was so boozed it passed in a haze of alcohol fumes! Happy days?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 I came back from Berlin on a train one New year's Eve and there was free Champagne in the restaurant car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 The Days of Our Lives, Norman!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 I recently travelled from London to Berlin and back by train. It was a pleasant experience, though ALL the German trains were late, which made connections a bit stressful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Fings ain't what they used to be [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I am not very good at looking for transport options, and did look at this.I couldn't find a direct train, although there was one to Prague, which I found interesting too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Never been on a long distance train on the continent but did take the night train from London to Penzance for a holiday in the Scilly Isles years ago.Does anyone remember that service?Seems incredible now that you could go from London to Penzance overnight and then get on a ferry (that rust bucket called the Scillonia) to reach your destination!Nowadays, it would be considered uneconomical and unprofitable to run such a service. Public services more or less started declining from the time of Thatcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 There were overnight sleeper services to Paris not so long ago. I went from Béziers a couple of times and also took the one from Vindrac (for Cordes sur Ciel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 A very long time ago I travelled from St Petersburg to Moscow on a night train. It was a wonderful experience, except for the toilets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Nostalgia alone prompts me to post this[:P][url]https://www.monologues.co.uk/Childrens_Favourites/Night_Mail.htm[/url]Norman could you believe that this is from the same pen as The Age of Anxiety? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I had the pleasure of being on the Orient Express, Venice to Paris overnight. .Even better I was also working so getting paid, We worked from 6-00 am in the morning till around midnight making a commercial for American Express. We had dinner at midnight and what a wonderful experience that was, we all had our own sleeper births, but the downside was that every time the train stopped and started again which was quite often I woke up with a start and thought that the train was crashing as the carriages clanked together. Still a wonderful experience. I also went from Nova Scotia to Quebec by train it took two days and all you could see was snow. I love trains and would like to do a trip to Hong Kong which is possible at certain times of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 QUOTE MINTNorman could you believe that this is from the same pen as The Age of Anxiety?END QUOTEAnd here is a link to the celebrated film set to the poem:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zmciuKsBOi0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I have travelled from Singapore to Bangkok - in great luxury on board the Eastern & Oriental Express. I must say, though, that 48 hours on a train (even with excursions, and luscious food) was enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Years ago, I took one of the last ‘Night Ferry’ journeys from London to Paris, then on to Dijon.It was the dying days of the service. No more than 3 sleeping cars, no catering, sad.It wasn’t very comfortable, noisy when loaded on to the ferry and generally ‘out of its time’.There we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Was there not a night train across the Channel at one time I think it went to Paris? The train was put onto the boat, was it at Folkestone, and one woke up in Paris. Mark you, it was a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Not over-night, but nostalgichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0bfRvfW3WA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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