From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 13-Apr-15 13:23, Marc Van Dyck wrote:   
   > jimmygeldburg@gmail.com used his keyboard to write :   
   >> Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   >>> I traveled overnight from Paris to Amsterdam in a couchette, and   
   >>> I really liked that concept.  There was absolutely no privacy (5   
   >>> other strangers in the same room), but it was a _lot_ cheaper   
   >>> than having a room to myself and more comfortable than a coach   
   >>> seat; I probably wouldn't have made the trip at all if that   
   >>> option weren't available   
   >>   
   >> The Thalys makes that trip in 3:18.  Why do you need an overnight   
   >> train?   
   >   
   > As far as I remember, the Thalys and the overnight train never   
   > coexisted. As usual with SNCF, when TGVs came in, all other trains   
   > on the same journey disappeared. So Stephen did not have the choice.   
   > There were daytime trains that took approximately 6 hours for that   
   > journey.   
      
   At the time, there were both CoRail night trains and Thalys day trains   
   on that route; perhaps the former hadn't been discontinued yet because   
   SNCF itself didn't (and AFAICT still doesn't) operate TGVs there.   
      
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