AlbertBeale
Established Member
Given one or two items elsewhere in the forums, and the latest news about the new Vienna-Brussels service just starting, maybe there should be a thread on this topic - especially looking at priorities and possibilities (including which routes should be top of the list to [re-]introduce).
For example, I've seen a suggestion that new Austrian sleeping car stock might have pods rather than couchettes, and might also then make actual sleeper compartments all more upmarket / en suite. Personally, not generally using couchettes these days, but sometimes travelling with a friend and sharing a two-berth sleeper, I'm already finding the cost as much as I can afford. If all the "proper" sleeper compartments went upmarket, I might be priced out of using sleepers, just when I'm contemplating using them a bit more. (I find the facilities in a regular sleeper perfectly adequate for a night, and don't want to be forced to pay more for luxury I don't want.)
I'd be happy for some of the couchettes to be "podded" (if people really want something that looks a bit claustrophobic) - though I'd have thought the existing "cheap and cheerful" style is fine for groups of people; but I hope they don't increase the proportion of the more upmarket sleeper compartments at the expense of regular sleeper compartments.
For example, I've seen a suggestion that new Austrian sleeping car stock might have pods rather than couchettes, and might also then make actual sleeper compartments all more upmarket / en suite. Personally, not generally using couchettes these days, but sometimes travelling with a friend and sharing a two-berth sleeper, I'm already finding the cost as much as I can afford. If all the "proper" sleeper compartments went upmarket, I might be priced out of using sleepers, just when I'm contemplating using them a bit more. (I find the facilities in a regular sleeper perfectly adequate for a night, and don't want to be forced to pay more for luxury I don't want.)
I'd be happy for some of the couchettes to be "podded" (if people really want something that looks a bit claustrophobic) - though I'd have thought the existing "cheap and cheerful" style is fine for groups of people; but I hope they don't increase the proportion of the more upmarket sleeper compartments at the expense of regular sleeper compartments.