Plans for new pan-Euopean sleeper trains from 2024

[najaB]

Interesting case of "back to the future" here with a new proposal for sleeper trains including routes between Europe and the UK (Night Star anyone?) starting in a couple of years: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/...-of-european-sleeper-overnight-trains-planned

(Starting it here rather than in Speculative Ideas since it's a confirmed proposal.)

 

[ac6000cw]

There's already a thread on this here - https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...diating-from-paris-indicates-uk-route.218724/ - and in any case I think the threads ought to be in 'International Transport' section of the forum really.

And I think this quote from the article (my bold):

Midnight Trains is hoping post-Covid interest in cleaner, greener travel will generate interest in its proposed “hotels on rails”, which aims to connect the French capital to 12 other European destinations, including Edinburgh.

...suggests it's a somewhat speculative business proposal at present.

 

[CeeJ]

I love the idea of a sleeper train between the UK and parts of Europe - would provide a good alternative when going to places like Frankfurt or Barcelona where day trains are just unfeasible.

However, unless there is a significant change in UK Government policy, the only option for a sleeper from anywhere other than stations currently served by Eurostar would be for all passengers to wake up and go through customs at Calais/Lille. Not sure many would be too happy with that...