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The site is a personal project run by Mark Smith, formerly a manager in the rail industry. [3] The site is called Seat 61 after his preferred seat in First Class on the Eurostar. [3] He began the site as a hobby in 2001, [2] after frustration with the difficulty he perceived in finding how to book rail tickets within Europe. [2]
Nearly all EuroNight services are international and jointly operated by national rail companies sharing cars on a route. EN trains are the standard night-train service for Western and most Central European nations. They are distinct from the older D-Nacht services, many of which still operate in Central and Eastern Europe.
It’s also hard to make night trains profitable, considering that a day-running train car has about 70 seats, compared to the 20 to 40 berths on an average night train. And there is the issue of ...
A sleeper train runs from Stockholm Central to Kiruna and Narvik in Norway. In 2024 these passenger services are operated by Vy Tåg, a subsidiary of the former Norwegian State Railways which won the operating contract, but SJ, a state-owned passenger train operator in Sweden, has won back the contract from 15 December 2024 onwards. [7]
Sarah and Sonia pile out of a rain-smattered train at Berlin Central Station, surprised they feel so rested after sleeping on Europe's newest night train service, but also over an hour late. They ...
EuroCity (EC) is an international train category and brand for European inter-city trains that cross international borders and meet criteria covering comfort, speed, food service, and cleanliness. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Each EC train is operated by more than one European Union or Swiss rail company, under a multilateral co-operative arrangement, and all ...
Great train deals are available in Europe, but they aren't always easy to find. Eurail has single-country passes and pricier global passes that go between 33 European countries, and most people ...
The Henschel-Wegmann Train was an advanced passenger express train operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in Germany, which ran non-stop express services between Berlin and Dresden (see Berlin–Dresden railway) from June 1936 to August 1939. Both the DRG Class 61 steam locomotive at its head as well as the coaches were streamlined.