The Man in Seat 61 (@seatsixtyone@mas.to)
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Attached: 2 images BREAKING: @EuropeanSlpr to launch a Brussels-Venice train twice a week in February & March next year via the scenic Brenner Pass, with couchettes, sleepers & (yay!) dining-car. Fares tba, booking opens next month. Recommended Eurostar connection leaves London St Pancras at 11:04.
  • Ben Matthews@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s good ES add this route to the network, and the route fits with their other operations.
    However, it’s a long way around. I remember when there was a train every night from Brussels to Milano, sometimes extending to Venice, via Namur, Luxembourg, Basel, Bern, Brig. That old straighter route would be more efficient, and reconnect people who currently have no night train south.

    • MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      The old Luxembourg-Switzerland corridor was actully one of the most efficient trans-Alpine routes before budget airlines decimated the night train network in the 2000s, and it’s a shame they’re not reviving it instead of this roundabout northern route.