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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
8mo
"night trains are less profitable by design because you can just use the cars once every day"

no. run trains with beds during the day too. cowards.
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clew @clew@ecoevo.social
8mo
advertise daytime sleeping-compartment long runs as the most pleasant way to ease into and out of vacations, difficult meetings, sports events

let massage therapists roundtrip for free and take a cut on massages hired

offer zero-interaction trips with all meals in baskets organized beforehand, just dropped off quietly

"business special" with extra monitors to use the whole space for planning

wine

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Persephone @mindpersephone@spookygirl.boo
8mo
@kitten "just call it 'hooking up the hook up carrage' and stop being pussies about it"
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skye (evil) @skye@void.rehab
8mo
@kitten as a ukrainian i got to lay in train beds during daytime many times 😎
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skye (evil) @skye@void.rehab
8mo
@kitten i think we only have like 2 non-sleeper train lines or something neofox_googly_woozy at least last i checked
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skye (evil) @skye@void.rehab
8mo
@kitten and then in the EU it's basically unheard of ​:kekw:​
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Maaike 🔜 eth0 @ayke@blahaj.social
8mo
@kitten yes please! Just lying down relaxing in my own space (especially if there are curtains) would be absolutely wonderful for those 3h long train trips. Just lie down, relax, not have to worry about people seeing you (it takes just a little bit of energy to be constantly aware of people seeing me).
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neocat_solder_googly @lnl@screaminginsi.de
8mo
@kitten a sleeper train for whatever my sleep schedule is at the time would be cool neocat_comfy__w_
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Lis (≙) retired account @lis@luisa.is
8mo
@lnl @kitten with sufficient creativity, any train is a sleeper train!
a kitten dressed in black lying across three seats on a high-speed train
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
8mo
@lnl I feel you should meet @mildsunrise
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neocat_solder_googly @lnl@screaminginsi.de
8mo
@kitten @mildsunrise my sleep actually happens to be normal now!
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luna aria ielenia @ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net
8mo
@kitten look if amtrak can do it then so can the european operators /hj
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luna aria ielenia @ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net
8mo
@kitten amtrak's long distance routes are actually really unprofitable and are kinda being subsidized by their corridor routes

although amtrak is on track (no pun intended) to be profitable as a whole by 2028 iirc
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@ielenia no that's cheating having trains run for more than one night doesn't count
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luna aria ielenia @ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net
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@kitten i mean we also have trains that run only for a day

also apparently there was an overnight between DC and Boston? although I'm not sure what's become of that in the last few years
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Ylönen @paavi@mastodontti.fi
8mo
@kitten Most couchettes could be run as compartment cars during day time. One compartments has six person capacity day and night. Most rolling stock still needs to be cleaned and maintained, so on longer routes it's actually not that many hours per day that you have them running. It's more of a problem when you are underbooked...
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puppy treat research centre @ptrc@treehouse.systems
8mo
@kitten it's also a stupid argument because like. you can literally run couchettes during the day, the beds fold into seats

and pretty much everyone who's serious about night trains runs them continuously anyway, with just a gap for maintenance and cleaning
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Sini Tuulia @sinituulia@eldritch.cafe
8mo
@kitten Give the bed compartments disability and elderly discounts. Motherfuckers (tone affectionate) love napping and having a nice lie down just because
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Bard genderqueer_flag rat_pan @Bard@transfem.social
8mo
@kitten For real; I would be way more comfortable lying down on a train in the UK compared to the horrible, hard seats we have now.
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multioculate @multioculate@mastodon.social
8mo
@kitten I propose we finally commit to the bit and build the Grand Bering Strait Rail Bridge, run the trains from London to NYC the long way at an average speed of 1700kph (some right of way improvements may be necessary), and then load them on to specialized boats so we can overhaul them as we drag them across the Atlantic for the next run. In phase 2, we'll build out the Montreal-Reykjavic-Oslo connector tunnel to eliminate the ferry service, of course.
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multioculate @multioculate@mastodon.social
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@kitten Naturally, to serve the southern hemisphere, we will also build out a Cape Horn-Cape Town route, with a scenic overland antarctic portion that will necessitate automatic sunshades for at least half the year.
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David Weir v_enby @davidjamesweir@mementomori.social
8mo
@kitten The ferries that ply the Baltic have cabins with beds, and they often do day sailings (eg Stockholm-Turku). Sure, not everyone wants a cabin during the day but it can be nice to have privacy and the chance to work or catch up on sleep.

It would also offer the opportunity to let people go on “land cruises” where they keep the same berth for the whole trip.
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Jan @j_j@muenchen.social
8mo
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In the past, it was possible to build convertible rail cars that turn into sleeping cars after leaving the last station for the day. Pure Magic.
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Lena Sophie bvg_uebergang Inno🏳️‍⚧️ @vias_lena@zug.network
8mo
@j_j @kitten jnr series 583 is calling...
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