Have you ever spent the night on a train?

Question

Have you ever spent the night on a train?

Answer 1

yes, i was on the midnight train to Georgia with Gladys Knight  and her friends The Pips

Answer 2

Yeah, when I was young I took a night train from Paris to Barcelona. We did not sleep at all being in a couchette with a german, a belgium, a british and a U.S. citizen, but talked all night about the different countries and their pecularities.

Answer 3

Yeah, several while travelling around Europe. Worst one was in Italy where my seat was by the air condition unit and it was freezing the whole night.

Answer 4

Yes many times, since early childhood. I always liked it and the train really has that special feeling to it both during the day and especially at night; being able to watch the scenery, going through sleepy towns and villages, across the bridges, up the hills and through the tunnels - it's a real adventure.

As a child, I had a standing competition of finding the funniest place name on our journeys. And I still remember a strange one in Istria, Croatia - Sveti Petar u Å¡umi - Saint Peter in the Woods:) We had a laugh trying to imagine what the people from this place would be called; mission impossible:)

Answer 5

Many times. From where I live in northern Italy, the night trains are a convenient way to get to Rome/Naples, Munich, Paris, Vienna, Barcelona, Salzburg, Geneva, Zurich, Frankfurt, or other destinations. It's a nice way to travel because you can book a berth, sleep through the night and arrive at your destination early in the morning. The train stations tend to be in or close to the to centers of the cities, so you don't have to deal with transportation to/from the airport, early arrival to check in, waits for baggage, etc. This allows more time for doing things at your destination. There are discount tickets available on many of the night trains, but they sell out quickly.

There's a Eurochocolate festival in Perugia here in the fall. On the first Sunday, there are professional sculptors that create works of art out of big blocks of chocolate. The Sunday train schedules from my town don't allow me to get to Perugia until after 1 pm which doesn't leave much time if I want to get back Sunday evening to go to work the next day. I can leave Friday night and take the night train to Germany, spend the day seeing Neuschwanstein castle, Munich or Nurnberg, catch the night train from Germany and arrive in Perugia early Sunday morning - it can be cheaper than a hotel in Perugia if the discount tickets are available and I get to do two entirely different things during the weekend without loosing sleep.

Answer 6

Yes, once in a couchette with my sisters, on train Belgrade (Serbia) -Bar (Montenegro). Countryside is unbelievable, and in the morning when I woke up, first I saw Moraca canyon, than Skadarsko lake, than sea. Amazing wild beauty of Montenegro. Train was late, of course, but I remember this as one of my favorite trips, especially because it was our last summer with cousin before she moved to Canada.

It's one of my dearest memories.

Answer 7

Yes, many times in Europe

Answer 8

Yes, many nights. For example from north of Spain trough France, then to Germany, from there by ferry to Denmark, from there again by ferry to Sweden. From south of Sweden by train to Stockholm, from there by boat to south of Finland to a city, Turku, from there by train to my home city Helsinki (that was a day tour).

It was quite nice travelling by night, a part of the train tour was also during the day, so it was quite great to see the beautiful landscapes in the different countries. I can really recommend a night tour by train.

Answer 9

Yes. When I was traveling in China, I spent 2 nights on a train. I had splurged for sleeper cars, and the rocking of the train lulled me to sleep.