"I don't want to fly anymore because I know the damage it does. But I still want to travel. You sleep very well because you are constantly rocked back and forth."
"Gone is the hassle of driving to the airport, checking in, waiting, sitting in a cramped plane. I get on the night train in one city, sleep and get off in the other city."
"The fascination with night trains is not new, which were in fact very popular until the middle of the 20th century. But with the advent of ever more highways connecting locations across the continent, they fell out of favour."
"In 2023, there was the sense of that changing when Austria's state railways resumed the popular routes from Paris to Berlin and Vienna. But it was a short-lived dream."
Demonstrators in Berlin and 12 other European capitals advocate for increased night train services. They express a desire to travel sustainably, avoiding the environmental damage caused by flying. Night trains, once popular, declined due to the rise of highways and affordable air travel. Recent attempts to revive night train routes faced challenges, including the withdrawal of state subsidies and the discontinuation of certain connections. Despite these setbacks, there is a growing interest in night trains as a simpler and more enjoyable travel option.
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