Engine Room

The Engine Room, in association with Seat 61

Sleeper trains

  • The romance of the sleeper

    Even in an age when high-speed trains link Paris with Amsterdam in 3 hours 10 minutes, or Paris with Switzerland in little over 3 hours, there are still journeys where a sleeper train make a better option than a daytime train,...

  • Krakow-Budapest-Ljubljana: How much?

    I'm trying to plan a trip this summer. We want to make 3 train journeys, so I don't think an inter-rail ticket would be cost effective. Looking for some info on fares for the following please: 1) Monday July 2 - an...

  • Budapest overnight train to Belgrade

    I'm off to Sofia by train in a couple of weeks. I have an interrail ticket so I'm just trying to reserve a couchette/sleeper on the Budapest to Belgrade overnight train. Problem is... there don't seem to be any...

  • Sleepers vs. Couchettes

    What is the difference between a sleeper and a couchette on a night train? How can I find out more about them? There are two main types of sleeping accommodation on European train: sleepers and couchettes. The difference...

  • Cologne to Minsk

    Hello, I want to book tickets from London to Minsk. I think the best route is London-Belgium-Cologne but after that the route confuses me, I read somewhere that there are different trains for different days - is this true?...

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