In their weekly Friday at midnight newsletter, Midnight Trains have announced it their “death”. The French company wanted to start a ‘hotel on rails’ upscale night train ser…
You’re essentially paying for a hotel that transports you to a different city by next morning, as if by magic. You can have a full day’s work or sightseeing, eat dinner, board your train and get a reasonable night’s sleep, waking up to have another full day at your destination.
Your room is smaller, more like a prison cell than a hotel room. And it’s noisier (depending on the train). And there’s no guarantee you will arrive on time. And the food is worse. And you can’t leave.
It’s like being in prison. I want to like trains but they need to be fast (high speed rail) or convenient (subways).
You’re essentially paying for a hotel that transports you to a different city by next morning, as if by magic. You can have a full day’s work or sightseeing, eat dinner, board your train and get a reasonable night’s sleep, waking up to have another full day at your destination.
Your room is smaller, more like a prison cell than a hotel room. And it’s noisier (depending on the train). And there’s no guarantee you will arrive on time. And the food is worse. And you can’t leave.
It’s like being in prison. I want to like trains but they need to be fast (high speed rail) or convenient (subways).