I haven't done them two journeys by sleeper so aren't my shortest.It isn't. Edinburgh to Euston is shorter for a start, and of course the Night Riviera is also much shorter, especially if you get on at Exeter.
I haven't done them two journeys by sleeper so aren't my shortest.It isn't. Edinburgh to Euston is shorter for a start, and of course the Night Riviera is also much shorter, especially if you get on at Exeter.
Note I have changed the title to Shortest 'Overnight' Sleeping Car journeys
Daytime use of a Sleeping Car may of course continue to be posted, I am finding these interesting and in some cases amusing, but the original concept was for passengers who had booked and travelled on a sleeper (or couchette) for a relatively short journey. 'Booking' may of course include making payment to the attendant on boarding the train and finding accommodation to be available (as was the case on my Halmstad to Oslo example, otherwise I would have been in the seats on this train.
Definition of overnight? I would suggest departure no later than 02.00 and arrival no earlier than 02.00, but please offer an alternative definition if it worked for your journey.
Excellent!In the early 80s a group of us from RHC railway club took a BR merrymaker excursion from Egham to the Nene Valley Railway. On arrival at Wansford we were transported back along the length of the line steam-hauled in continental wagons-lits carriages. A fantastic experience, 2/3 in each compartment, I recall the lovely timber interiors, and we did drop the beds down, with permission, just to see how they were configured. So about 20 miles round trip!