mike57
Established Member
I know Midnight Trains have aspirations to introduce an Edinburgh - Paris service, and this has been aired previously, e.g. here: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/sleepers-trains-from-london-to-europe.240500/ and here: https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...upports-10-cross-border-rail-projects.242783/
They have a pretty website, but it still seems short on detail: https://www.midnight-trains.com/en/home
So a few questions, they plan to introduce their first service next year according to their website, which route will this be and does anyone know how close they are to acheiving this.
They still have an Edinburgh - Paris route on their website, but has any meaningful progress been made on this route. Obvious issues are paths, rolling stock, and probably the thorniest of them all border control.
They seem to be aiming at a premium class travel so I assume passenger numbers would be lower, so would they be looking to do formalities on board? Maybe basic check by staff at boarding to weed out anyone who has forgotten their passport etc. as well.
What sort of fares will they be charging I wonder? If the Edinburgh - Paris service picked up in York it would be of interest to us.
Normally when we go on holiday we try to travel first class using advance tickets where possible, so currently a typical trip may be (per person, single)
York London £100
Overnight King X travel lodge 1/2 £120 = £60 (because there are two of us)
Evening meal £20
Eurostar standard premier to Gare du Nord £120
(Note: yes I know cheaper fares are available, this is just based on a recent trip with times to our convenience rather than cheapest fares)
So based on that if Midnight trains could do something in the £400-600 area I would be interested, but I have no idea where their price point will be? Convenience would be worth quite a bit.
They have a pretty website, but it still seems short on detail: https://www.midnight-trains.com/en/home
So a few questions, they plan to introduce their first service next year according to their website, which route will this be and does anyone know how close they are to acheiving this.
They still have an Edinburgh - Paris route on their website, but has any meaningful progress been made on this route. Obvious issues are paths, rolling stock, and probably the thorniest of them all border control.
They seem to be aiming at a premium class travel so I assume passenger numbers would be lower, so would they be looking to do formalities on board? Maybe basic check by staff at boarding to weed out anyone who has forgotten their passport etc. as well.
What sort of fares will they be charging I wonder? If the Edinburgh - Paris service picked up in York it would be of interest to us.
Normally when we go on holiday we try to travel first class using advance tickets where possible, so currently a typical trip may be (per person, single)
York London £100
Overnight King X travel lodge 1/2 £120 = £60 (because there are two of us)
Evening meal £20
Eurostar standard premier to Gare du Nord £120
(Note: yes I know cheaper fares are available, this is just based on a recent trip with times to our convenience rather than cheapest fares)
So based on that if Midnight trains could do something in the £400-600 area I would be interested, but I have no idea where their price point will be? Convenience would be worth quite a bit.