Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Formidable obstacles European Sleeper is one of the few new night train operators to begin services, but the company has struggled to find rolling stock. Without government backing – enjoyed by ÖBB and other legacy state railways – it’s also very difficult to obtain the necessary finance to …
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 …
This is part of Airplane Mode, a series on the business—and pleasure—of travel right now. As I tried to doze off, the iconic train scenes from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic North by Northwest kept popping into my mind, especially when Eva Marie Saint tells Cary Grant, in the dining car of the overnight train from New York City to Chicago, “It’s …
