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   Earthworm (earthworm@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2023 18:40:37 JST Earthworm

   As night trains are the superior art of traveling, I never understood why in the last decade most train companies dismantled them.
   I always suspected a mixture of pseudo-modernism ("high-speed trains are more modern"), lack of cooperation among rail operators of different countries (the European rail system has more of a patchwork than a network) and the conspiracy theory of car and air travel industries lobbying against the most convenient way to travel long distances.

   Luckily, follks in Eastern European countries weren't as shortsighted as their counterparts in the other parts of Europe, and maintained their night trains. ÖBB is most active in bringing back night train connections in Europe. Turkyie and Ukraine are good on track, too!

   If you want to find night train connections, check this web:

   https://back-on-track.eu/night-train-list/?

   "Back-on-Track is a European network to support improved European cross-border passenger train traffic and night trains." 🖤

   #NightTrains #Trains #Railway #EuropeanMobility #Mobility #Travel #TravelInEurope #FutureOfMobility #EuropeTourism #Tourism #MobilityTransition #SleeperTrains #SNCF #DB #OEBB #ÖBB #NightJet #Nightline #TrenItalia #MÁV #PKP #PolRail #RENFE (just kidding, the Spanish rail company is a candidate for being the worst in Europe )

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     Earthworm (earthworm@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2023 22:23:48 JST Earthworm

     • goatsarah

     @goatsarah

     I think the tragedy is that a) Spain built one of the most modern high-speed railway networks and they dismanled almost all other trains in order to be able to show large passenger numbers with the brand new AVE trains. And b) RENFE is a mess. plainly. a hoard of drunken monkeys would manage the trains better.