9/22/2023 0 Comments Train all night longThen there’s the therum-thererum, of iron wheels passing over fishplates – precisely the rhythm of a rocking crib. Do I want night skies and bright stations, or the inky-black privacy of my moving cell? The lexicon of night trains is a lulling Kraftwerk lyric: wagon-lit, couchette, Trans Euro Nacht, Orient Express, Schlafwagen. That we might revive the fine art of overnight train travel could be one of the best legacies of the pandemicĪnother important choice comes at bedtime: to draw the blind or not. I’m sometimes torn between sitting down for a meal in the dining car or eating in my compartment. Once in the cosy, linen-provisioned room, the door closed, there’s the sound of furtive passengers in the corridor, preparations and salutations, a drinks trolley. Everything, from the handsome ticket to the unsociable departure time to the identity of other passengers, is liable to induce excitement. W hen I’m on a sleeper train I can barely sleep, such is my state of expectation.
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