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Hi, in the 90s I used to get 5 day flexipasses... use 3 for overnights (Paris Amsterdam was an overnight) but so was Amsterdam Munich, Munich Paris, Munich Florence, and Florence Paris (a very nice train btw)... with a standard 2 week US vacation it saved tourism days on the 3 overnights and a couple of day trips like to Reims or Chartre. I know Paris Amsterdam has been replaced by the TGV and it's 4+ hour run (I understand we're waiting for Belgium to finish Brussels and the dutch border. but what other good long overnights are there... first class couchettes or sleeping cars preferred. -- Hackamore http://www.hackamoretravel.com |
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On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:49:36 -0500, Anonymouse wrote:
Hi, in the 90s I used to get 5 day flexipasses... use 3 for overnights (Paris Amsterdam was an overnight) but so was Amsterdam Munich, Munich Paris, Munich Florence, and Florence Paris (a very nice train btw)... with a standard 2 week US vacation it saved tourism days on the 3 overnights and a couple of day trips like to Reims or Chartre. I know Paris Amsterdam has been replaced by the TGV and it's 4+ hour run (I understand we're waiting for Belgium to finish Brussels and the dutch border. but what other good long overnights are there... first class couchettes or sleeping cars preferred. TGV as night train : http://train-idtgv.voyages-sncf.com/...ffre%20iDNiGHT Paris Bayonne Paris Biarritz Paris Cannes Paris Dax Paris Hendaye Paris Marseille Paris Montpellier Paris Nice Paris Nîmes Paris Perpignan Paris Saint-Raphaël Paris Saint Jean de Luz Paris Toulon One classic night train with couchettes Paris-Austerliz Toulouse, with connexion to Latour-de-Carol (near Andorra) at 21H56 each day. http://www.andorra.ad/en-us/pages/default.aspx http://www.countrycousins.co.uk/yelltren.htm Night train to PARIS-Barcelona with T4 couchettes or reclinable seats. 20h41 PARIS AUSTERLITZ 8h24 BARCELONA FRANCA |
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On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:49:36 -0500, Anonymouse wrote:
Hi, in the 90s I used to get 5 day flexipasses... use 3 for overnights (Paris Amsterdam was an overnight) but so was Amsterdam Munich, Munich Paris, Munich Florence, and Florence Paris (a very nice train btw)... with a standard 2 week US vacation it saved tourism days on the 3 overnights and a couple of day trips like to Reims or Chartre. I know Paris Amsterdam has been replaced by the TGV and it's 4+ hour run (I understand we're waiting for Belgium to finish Brussels and the dutch border. but what other good long overnights are there... first class couchettes or sleeping cars preferred. In 1996 we took a long train trip, London to Helsinki (a boat was involved, though) with night train, the Nord Express, from Brussels to Copenhagen and another Copenhagen to Stockholm. Even then one could make the trip faster by day trains; for instance, the Nord Express had to stop on a siding for a while to stretch the trip out long enough that the passengers didn't arrive in Copenhagen at 04:00 or some similarly obscene early hour. The arrival of the high speed trains has now shortened trips so much that many of the old night trains have been discontinued; I don't believe the Nord Express is still in service and I expect the new bridge and the Swedish X2000 trains have obviated the need for the old night train from Copenhagen to Stockholm, which even had to board a ferry at Elsinor. Some night trains are still in service. Finland still runs night trains between Helsinki and points in the far north, and some include car carriers. In general, though, long distance international night trains are operated by special organizations, as in the days of Wagon-Lit or American Pullmans. CityNightLine is run by an arm of Deutschebahn. http://www.eurorailways.com/kb/broch...night_line.pdf Also http://www.eurorailways.com/kb/broch...taly_night.pdf http://www.eurorailways.com/kb/broch...er/elipsos.pdf http://www.eurorailways.com/kb/broch.../lusitania.pdf http://www.eurorailways.com/kb/broch...in_hamburg.pdf http://www.eurorailways.com/kb/broch...ght_trains.pdf http://www.italiarail.co.uk/pd/ITR/Allegro_AC -- Dave Hatunen, Tucson, Arizona, out where the cacti grow |
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On 04/09/2011 04:49 AM, Anonymouse wrote:
Hi, in the 90s I used to get 5 day flexipasses... use 3 for overnights (Paris Amsterdam was an overnight) but so was Amsterdam Munich, Munich Paris, Munich Florence, and Florence Paris (a very nice train btw)... with a standard 2 week US vacation it saved tourism days on the 3 overnights and a couple of day trips like to Reims or Chartre. I know Paris Amsterdam has been replaced by the TGV and it's 4+ hour run (I understand we're waiting for Belgium to finish Brussels and the dutch border. but what other good long overnights are there... first class couchettes or sleeping cars preferred. You might want to check out CityNightLine - http://www.citynightline.ch/citynigh...en/index.shtml |
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