by electricron
Bob Roberts wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:45 am This nut has been cracked in Europe and is half-cracked here thanks to a growing awareness of GHG emissions from flying, particularly held by Gen Z. Regardless of how you feel about climate science, NightJet has shown us that this market (for 8-10 hour, overnight rail trips in lieu of cheap flights) is substantial and growing.Did you watch the video I posted earlier. That was not just one train with an overnight train between two terminating cities, it was an overnight train between four terminating cities. In Austria, two trains from Innsbruck and Vienna joined into one, in Germany that one train split and went to Cologne and Hamburg. And that's not counting the cities in between. You will be hard pressed to find that many large cities packed so close together on different rail lines in the USA. Additionally, in Austria and Germany, the federal governments own the rail corridors.
Another point worthy to point out is the lack of business class lay flat seats, opting instead for individual bunks. Why?