Hi folks, and welcome to this new video where I will present you my top FIVE of the best night trains in Europe.
Feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comment section 🙂
It’s the first time for me to produce this type of content, I’m looking forward for your feedback!
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00:00 : Intro
00:58 : GWR Night Riviera
03:59 : EN Croatia
07:42 : Snälltåget
12:18 : VR Lapland Express
15:41 : Intercity Notte to Sicily
19:40 : PROTIP
20:17 : My book
20:26 : Nightjet I still love ya
21:20 : Outro
48 Comments
Very good comprehensive video, Thibault- thank you!
Really enjoyed this video.
night riviera does not run on a saturday night both ways
Thank you Thibault for the great review of the top 5 night trains in Europe. 😀💚
ur accent is funny
06:31 You will wake up somewhere in AUSTRALIA or Switzerland??? That would be quite shocking 🙂 😂🤣😉
The sound is FUNNY….
Brilliant post I’m hooked again for sleeper trains again, I’d read some pretty poor reviews about excess noise and poor service but you’ve restored my confidence in trains once more, I’m 74 in a few months and I’m letting my wife know where I want to be when I wake up, I think at the minute the Berlin or Hamburg to Stockholm is favourite, thanks again
Great video! As you explained it's also to feed the YT algorithm, but it works well. Now I want to take the night train to Kopenhagen 🙂 If I may just offer one advice, there's a lot of reverb in the audio which makes it a bit harder to follow. Finding a recording space with less reverb or using e.g. a lav mic might really benefit this type of video with mostly naration.
Personally, I loved the videos with subtitles that you use to do. I guess that that's the final for me in this channel. I deserve you the better in this new chapter, and thank you for all of this time.
Great video Thibault! No need to be nervous about the new format. Really great to hear your insights and tips. As a regular viewer it's cool to hear you share your opinions and get an idea of how things stack up relative to each other. Keep up the good work!
I like this new format!
Last year I took my first night train (Nightjet to Basel), and I loved it. Slept very well!
Well done 🎉 very through and eloquent.
Great video. Sadly, Caledonian Sleeper Train isn't on the list, but I'm definitely agree with all of Top 5 in this video + honourable mention for Nightjet and Optima Express. Can't wait for your book available in English, so it will be easy to translate into other languages. Next how about top 5 Amtrak long distance train.
Caledonian sleeper?
Thanks Man 👍
I believe in the future of night trains and I hope they will land a lot of planes.
Last days I read about Italian government plans to build a bridge between Sicily and mainland Italy so the days of the last ferry trains are counted. With the new bridge I believe they can cut at least 90 min
Great video! I also make videos about trains, Finnish trains on my channel if you wanna check it out and support 🙂 https://youtu.be/YHerHcoRM1k
good video,keep it up,.and yes the train to penzance is great!.
Is there a way to purchase your book on sleeper trains? Olive in Australia and cannot find the book in the shop. Your's is the best train review channel and again you've proved why!
Hey Thibault!!! I live in Penzance.. Its "Mount's Bay" not "the Bay of Penzance "..😅.Thanks for the lovely review both of the Night Riviera and Penzance. We're very proud of the night train Abut 10 years ago GWR thought about killing it off but instead they wisely decided to refurbish the rolling stock and now its popular all the year round.
Well done Thibault! This was a really interesting video with really good insight about night trains! I really like both this format of video along with your trip report videos.
The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations…
Excellent work, excellent summary. I had already seen I think all of them, but the summary and the advice on fares and schedules were very good. Congratulations and thank you. 🇺🇾
Excellent video!
That English journey sounds so interesting. I didn't know you could even ride on a train in England for a fair price.
The problem is what to do when you arrive at that small remote town.
you did AWESOME! keep them all coming we think (you) they are great! 🙂
Top ce nouveau format de vidéo ! Ça apporte vraiment une plus value le fait de les commenter de vive voix. 👌🏻
How did you do that as a kid travelling night trains?
You did a great job!
Really nice and interesting video. Your accent was a bit hard to understand at times, but I think it was mainly because of some echo in the room maybe. I`ve never been to a night train, and here in Spain they unfourtunately discontinued them. So only way to go to some places by train is by doing 12+ hours during the day, which is lame.
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Vidéo très intéressante, dans un anglais très facile à comprendre. Le concept est vraiment sympa ! Le classement est assez logique et bien justifié. Tout à fait d’accord pour le Snalltaget, un charme fou, le réveil au passage sur l’Oresund au dessus de la baltique et des rencontres sympa… hâte de tester les autres du classement. La mention de Nighjet était obligatoire compte tenu de leur engagement dans les trains de nuit… Hâte de voir les futurs vidéos a bord de leurs futurs trains d’ailleurs !
Great review of Night Trains!
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The nightjet Wien – Roma would be great but is often very delayed. During the day, Italian high speed trains offer a decent and reliable service, but at night RFI seems to do all the track maintenance without caring for the timelyness of night trains. You cannot rely on the arrival time which makes these trains not as great as they could be.
Terrible video with your voice! Much better before: please come back soon! It doesn't add any extra to the video.
Totally agree with you re the Riviera, the Caledonian is now too expensive since they launched the new trains £200+, plus they're not as comfortable as the old carriages. We used Thello in 19, it was horrible, booked a twin berth, and we were dumped into a 4 person couchette instead.
Brilliant video. You are an excellent producer. Thankyou.
Oh my gosh! I love the pics when you were little!! Also, I know you prefer not narrating, and resent the algorithms, but I personally enjoy your narration. Also, hearing your preferences are so fun. I think your background in engineering gives you a great insight and perspective. You do an amazing job for our benefit. Merci!
Omg, that English. That's why you don't talk at all in your videos? :))
Some night trains do have a restaurant car for the whole journey. Did any of these had one?
Merci! My daughter and I are planning a night train trip but just can't decide on where! So this is very helpful 😊
My favourite night train is Vienna – Bregenz because I can ride it for free with my nationwide-valid Klimaticket! 🙂
Sorry to day but sound quality was not great and you should really work on your pronunciation so make it more enjoyable to watch. Be going and improving!
I agree with the other comments Thibault. Your new format is great and I love the narration thanks for your great videos!
I thoroughly enjoyed this. You provided the type of information I'm interested in. Thank you for your hard work, enthusiasm, insights, honesty and humor. 🛤
Brilliant video Thibault. Only done the Caledonian Sleeper so far but definitely plan to head to mainland Europe for some sleeper trains this summer.
Such a shame the British network is so limited when there’s the Euro tunnel
Well done! I have not traveled by train in Europe and haven't been there for many years, but this was fun to watch and informative. I like the format.