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Night trains linking Paris to Vienna and Berlin to end as France cuts subsidies

https://lemmy.kde.social/post/4537573

Night trains linking Paris to Vienna and Berlin to end as France cuts subsidies - KDE Social

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Sep 29 at 5:26pmWeb
Show threadalecs1Sep 30

A few more insights I got in a reply in another thread: jonworth.eu/sncfs-half-hearted-effort-to-support-…

The usual politics and indifference: SNCF is unable to create a ticketing system+frontend clean enough that they can fix and integrate easily to sell cross-country tickets (“Une erreur c’est produite” has been the motto of their user frontend for 20 years already), other technical details are even more preposterous:

ÖBB uses a leased Siemens Vectron locomotive for the Nightjet to Brussels, but that option is not open here – France is pretty much the only standard gauge European country where Vectron is not approved to run.

SNCF's half hearted effort to support international night trains in danger of hitting the buffers - Jon Worth

In December 2023 the Paris-Berlin night train re-started after a 9 year hiatus. Operated as a Nighjet service by ÖBB, SNCF provided motive power for the train from Mannheim to Paris. They even put SNCF stickers on some of the carriages, and ÖBB lauded the launch of the service as […]

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Show threadNiquarlOct 1
Haven’t used it myself but I’ve seen good reviews from folks on Mastodon for www.12train.com
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Show threadLilly HunterSep 29
@alecs1 This is stupid!
Show threadblackfireSep 29
Everyone is blaming everyone else. Shame really. Maybe they will come back in another decade or two
Show threadRentlarSep 29
Well, a train fanatic is trying to start a overnight rail service in 2027. This is their site: noxmobility.com
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Show threadalecs1Sep 30
If this wasn’t Thibault, I would have believed this as another implausible project by some bro who rode the train twice in his life. I wish them good luck but can’t really that much, being in another country , Ro, with even worse train situation :)))