From: marc.gr.vandyck@invalid.skynet.be   
      
   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?   
   >   
   > Jimmy   
      
   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.   
      
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