A
sleeper train is a type of train that has sleeping accommodations onboard, allowing passengers to sleep during their journey instead of being awake the whole time.
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You'll get to sleep in the next morning, then head to the markets for some shopping before jumping on the
overnight sleeper train.
Can you believe they charge $ 80 per person to ride the
tourist sleeper train and only around $ 10 per person to take the same journey during the day?
You can stay overnight
on sleeper trains on some of our Canada railway holidays, waking up to a new destination each morning.
Belmond Andean Explorer, South America's first
luxury sleeper train glides from Cusco, the capital of the Inca Empire, across the lofty Andean plains to the white city of Arequipa.
Arriving at the Chinese border, we change trains to a Chinese
sleeper train for the final leg of our journey, taking in scenes of rural Chinese life as we travel through the countryside.
On Day 34 you can transfer to the airport for the journey back to London, or continue your adventure
by sleeper train through the Gobi Desert, arriving at the Mongolian border on Day 35.
Sleeper trains depart from Bangkok's Hua Lamphong Station, and there are four night train departures daily, all of which arrive before 8 am the following morning.
At the Chinese border the journey continues aboard a
Chinese sleeper train to Beijing and three days of exploration and discovery that includes the marvels of the Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City that was the centre of power from the Ming to the Qing Dynasties, the breathtaking Temple of Heaven and many more treasures and symbols of China's power and fascinating past.
The train departs twice a day from each end of the line, one departure during the day and also a
night sleeper train featuring sleeping compartments.
Leaving Amsterdam, on the way to Stockholm, I had to stop off in Cologne, where I'd catch an overnight
sleeper train through Scandinavia.
Four
Sleeper Train Rooms: Furnished with two bunk beds, big outside kitchen, ablution block, two showers, two toilets and an outside braai area.
It's easy to travel from Bangkok to Vientiane by train, using the daily overnight
sleeper train direct from Bangkok to Nong Khai and a special connecting local train to the new international rail terminal at Thanaleng in Laos, some 14 km outside Vientiane.
Station officials insist that this is for tourist's safety
because sleeper trains are manned by armed guards in case of an attack.
Cost: The prices vary with the cheapest option, the 3rd class going for 271 baht ($ 7) all the way to about 1500 baht ($ 40) for the 1st
class sleeper train.
Now book up to 12 months in advance on a service that has been hailed one of Lonely Planet's «
Super Sleeper Trains».
To catch a train out of Brussels at 8 pm and arrive at my apartment in Chamonix by 10:30 am next morning, having slept overnight on the
Lunea sleeper train.
See this post for more on the general
Amtrak Sleeper train experience and also this one for how to get the best deals on Amtrak fares.
Jeremy Irons and Bruno Ganz star in the adaptation of Pascal Mercier's cult novel about a mild - mannered teacher suddenly who takes an
impetuous sleeper train ride in search of an enigmatic author.
Sleeper trains require a reservation, but considering that you are saving a nights accommodation I put this expense in the accommodation budget.
This wonderful tour takes you to two of China's most popular destinations; Beijing and Shanghai, and you travel between these two cities via an overnight
soft sleeper train.
Haven't managed to travel by
sleeper train since a journey from Venice to Paris, though I can't think why i wanted to go to Paris from a welcoming place like Italy.
We joined the Trans Canadian Rail Odyssey package from Titan Travel — 14 nights from Toronto to Vancouver, including three nights aboard The
Canadian sleeper train plus two further days on the prestigious Rocky Mountaineer.
Instead of roughing it like them, I've opted for an InterRail pass with first class seating and have booked a couple of overnight
sleeper trains so I can travel further within a week.
On the tours of eastern Canada between Charny, situated on the outskirts of Quebec, and Halifax you will travel on board the
Ocean sleeper train.
My private Pullman Suite is far more spacious than any other «standard» cabin on a
normal sleeper train - Rohan Vos, the man behind Rovos Rail, is a particularly tall gentleman who designed everything on his trains to accommodate his own measurements.
If you are crossing Canada from coast to coast on The Canadian, you will travel though the incredible Rockies from the comfort of one of the world's
finest sleeper trains.
Belmond, creator of the Orient Express, recently launched the Andean Explorer, a luxury
sleeper train complete with upscale bars and an observation deck.
Whilst the service runs a premier train (which alludes to semi-luxury and costs a lot more than our sleeper compartments), the
economy sleeper train wasn't doing so well, so they reduced the number of sleeper compartments (each has six 4 - person compartments and two 2 - person coupés) and, it seems, added them to the sitter «economy» trains; nine sitter compartments — each of which take 18 rows of 4 seats (I'll leave you to do the maths) and called it a tourist train.
Stepping off our longtail boat we head over to Khao San Road, popular with backpackers and hippies for a little free time before returning to our hotel to freshen up before taking the overnight
express sleeper train (2nd class A / C sleeper cabins) to Chiang Mai.
Our original plan was to get the overnight
sleeper train up to Lampang, however we arrived in Thailand in the midst of the Autumn 2011 floods, so the northern train line had been temporarily suspended.
What follows is a hilarious scene in which Jerry accidentally hosts a party in his berth, all in the cosy confines of a coast to
coast sleeper train which provides the perfect backdrop to the rambunctious festivities.
We took the shabby
old sleeper train from Hanoi to Lao Cai and stowed our motorbike in the cargo carriage along with a few others, numerous crates and a variety of live animals.
While sleeper trains may help to keep costs down by reducing the nights you'll spend in hostels, travelling under cover of darkness means you may miss out on some of Europe's finest scenery.
Head for Points is having some good trip reports of interesting places: Reviewing Europe's last
great sleeper train: Stockholm to Lapland.
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