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27/06/2022 The inside track on 19 of the world's most incredible sleeper trains, from California to Scotland [Daily Mail] Our compendium includes the Royal Scotsman, the Spirit of Queensland, the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, the Maharajas' Express, the California Zephyr and more ... (Permalink) Luxury trains Night Riviera Sleeper Royal Scotsman Sleepers Aberdour: 47 804 takes The Royal Scotsman north through Aberdour on 21 July 2008, passing a First ScotRail 158 just leaving the southbound platform heading for Edinburgh. Bill Roberton 21/07/2008 Culloden Viaduct: 66743 and 66746 double head The Royal Scotsman over Culloden Viaduct on the way to Aviemore from Inverness. From Aviemore the train will be hauled by a Strathspey Railway engine to Boat of Garten ... John Gray 14/04/2018 Glenfinnan: Spotless GBRf liveried 66735 on the approach to Glenfinnan with the return working of the Royal Scotsman from Mallaig on 2 May 2015. Deltic (55022) 55003 Meld is at the other end of the ... John Gray 02/05/2015 Daily Mail
31/07/2021 Michael Portillo: The allure of travelling by rail at night has never left me [The Telegraph] Sleeper services - and all the glamour that goes with them - are making a comeback, as people ditch air travel over climate concerns. (Permalink) Michael Portillo Sleepers The Telegraph
11/04/2021 The dream ticket: sleeper trains could soon run from London to Europes cities [The Guardian] An ambitious plan to take overnight services through the Channel tunnel reflects a growing interest in sustainable travel. It is being hailed as the latest evidence of a new dawn for the European sleeper train. Citing changes in attitude wrought by the two crises of the climate emergency and the Covid pandemic, a new night service in 2022 was announced last week between Brussels and Prague, stopping at Amsterdam, Berlin and Dresden, with tickets expected to cost from 60 one way. But an even more ambitious project could deliver Britons to continental Europe via surely one of the most romantic modes of transport around, Elmer van Buuren, a co-founder of the European Sleeper cooperative, told the Observer. (Permalink) Channel Tunnel Sleepers The Guardian