Meanwhile in Europe...
It seems like there will soon be freshly designed off the shelf sleepers available from Siemens as Austrian Railways (ÖBB) have ordered new sleepers for their expanding night train network. https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinat ... back?rm=a
Of course the routes are single night runs, but aimed mainly at regular travellers and not only tourists. Ridership last year was up 10%
Other interesting tidbits from the article is night train ridership in Sweden is up 43% since 2014 and new services are being planned.
Is Amtrak again reacting to the challenges of previous decades and leaving the opportunities of the present?
It seems like there will soon be freshly designed off the shelf sleepers available from Siemens as Austrian Railways (ÖBB) have ordered new sleepers for their expanding night train network. https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinat ... back?rm=a
Of course the routes are single night runs, but aimed mainly at regular travellers and not only tourists. Ridership last year was up 10%
Other interesting tidbits from the article is night train ridership in Sweden is up 43% since 2014 and new services are being planned.
Is Amtrak again reacting to the challenges of previous decades and leaving the opportunities of the present?