Sleek new European sleeper service with amazing 'pod' cabins for solo travellers launches - with one travel expert 'more than happy' with the 'excellent privacy and comfort'

YouTuber Nonstop Eurotrip was one of the first to board, travelling over 1,000km from Vienna to Hamburg Austria's new generation of Nightjet sleeper trains that feature quirky 'pod'-style cabins for single travellers have launched for the paying public. YouTuber and travel expert Nonstop Eurotrip travelled over 1,000km from Vienna to Hamburg, Germany in one of the new 'pods', declaring it the 'most innovative idea in sleeper trains for 100-plus years'. Austria's new generation of Nightjet sleeper trains that feature quirky 'pod'-style cabins for single travellers have launched for the paying public Austria's national railway company, ÖBB, unveiled the revamped and redesigned Nightjet in October, as we reported, with the new trains entering service on Sunday, December 10. The pod cabin comes complete with lockers for hand luggage and a space for shoes As well as the innovative solo pods, the new-generation formations, totalling 33 sets, comprise extensively redesigned sleeping cars that accommodate one to two people and couchettes that sleep up to four The sleeping cars boast private bathrooms - complete with a shower - and a 'comfortable' seating area so travellers can work, read or eat during the journey.