It’s nuggets galore in Choo Choo Land.

On July 14, France’s President Macron announced a massive plan for rail freight, bringing back night trains, and bringing back small rural railway lines.

Yay!

Austrian railways are tendering for 20 more night train “sets” for 2024/2025. They already have 13 sets under order for 2022.

Austrian railways are the real deal. One of their plans is a Vienna-Paris night train for 2024. By then, hopefully no-one will be spewing covid-fumes and it’ll be a fun, perhaps romantic, trip.

Hungary is also in the process of ordering new sleeping cars and couchette coaches (one day, a blog post on the difference between the two!) for international services to Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.

Egészségére!