Wherever they run, night trains are complicated, labor intensive and expensive to operate – one of the major reasons they went into decline in the first place.
The $770 million contract could eventually see up to 370 new overnight carriages introduced to update Italy’s entire overnight train fleet.
“Politicians must be clear: the night train market will be effectively closed for a very long time,” he says.
So, what does all this mean for the much-vaunted night train revolution?
With the honorable exception of government-subsidized Nightjet, which plans to expand rapidly over the next five years, European night train services have yet to match the hype.
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