On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Jen C. wrote:
> day trip to Europe at the end of June. We are flying into London and
> riding the Eurostar to Paris, after than we mostly wanted to visit
> Germany.
> 5.) If you must switch trains on your Night Train, are you going to
> get cabins on the connecting train also?
Night train (with sleepers), in the countries which still support them,
are a great way of saving time and hotel expenses. However it depends on
your route whether they are really useful.
I used sleepers on stretches like Milano-Rome, Milano-Bari,
Milano-Paris, Milano-Munich, Milano-Darmstadt, Milano-Amsterdam,
London-Edinburgh, London-Penzance, Hamburg-Copenhagen, Goteborg-Luebeck
and Vasteras-Lulea. You can check on a map the length of such stretches
and compare with your plans.
Sleepers are not worth if the (uninterrupted) trip is short. Say that
for your comfort you should depart not earlier than 18:00 (and arrange a
packed lunch or make sure the train provides catering) and not later
than 23:00. And arrive in the morning around 8:00-9:00 and then find an
hotel to drop your luggage and stay for the next night.
And of course choose trains that ensure an uninterrupted trip (and
sleep). Do not consider changing trains in the middle of the night. It's
too much of an hassle.
You might accept an earlier arrival (it happened to me to arrive even at
06:30 but I had a place where proceed for work), but it would be
difficult to find an hotel at such hour. It might make sense if you
consider changing to another train.
You might accept a change BEFORE you board the sleeper (it happened to
me to catch the Munich sleeper at Verona near midnight, but it is sort
of a pain), particularly if this is necessary to catch the sleeper (when
I wanted to travel Stockholm-Narvik all trains were booked, so we moved
to Vasteras and caught a sleeper from there at 21:00).
You might accept a change in the morning or a longer trip in particular
cases (my Stockholm-Narvik implied a change of car at Lulea, which was
booked for, they attached non-sleeper cars there). In some cases the
attendant will make up the sleeping compartment for the day instead.
But I doubt you'd need such long trips on a reasonable route in Germany.
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