European Sleeper believes that the Paris-Berlin night train is economically viable
based on what? Two other companies have stopped this because it wasn't economically viable. This feels like some train-fan-boy pipe dream rather than an economic reality.
Big shift ahead—GWR’s renationalisation marks a major turn in UK rail policy. Could signal broader changes in public transport strategy. Official Website
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.
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 :)))
Not really. The speeds of trains is still a major constriction and Indian Railways is a major laggard vis a vis say, China. Sure, some aspects are advancing (electrification for one, 90%+ tracks are electrified) but high speed rail is still in it’s infancy (still under construction with help from Japan).
Beautifully put, Meter Gauge (MG), once a backbone of India’s rail network, now echoes through a handful of heritage lines. While most MG locomotives ran on diesel, a rare few—like the one you’re referencing—stood out as exceptions, possibly Official Login Page steam or early electrics. These survivors aren’t just machines; they’re living fragments of railway history, quietly resisting obsolescence.
“A-885 ‘Hasang’ — Smallest steam locomotive ever used in Indian sub-continent. Built by W.G. Bagnall Ltd, Castle Engg Works, Stafford, UK, in the year 1897. This 0-4-0 narrow-gauge locomotive spent its working life in the Ledo Coal Mines in Assam”
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