Sustainable travel, hotels on rails, overnight trains

Awareness of the environmental effects of travel pushes for slower, greener trips

Sustainable travel is getting overnight travel back on track with plans for a new network of European sleeper trains.

French startup Midnight Trains is launching a "hotel on rails" from Paris to 12 European destinations, including Edinburgh and Porto. Expected to cover distances of 800 to 1,500 kilometers, it will feature "hotel-style" rooms, an onboard restaurant, a bar and an app-operated concierge service.

We keep telling you all about it:

• The European Sleeper

• The project from the state railways of Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland

• Lufthansa and Deutsche Bahn train-to-flight services

• Brittany Ferries unprecedented ferry boat connection between Portsmouth and Porto

• Flight-free travel and holidays

• ClimatePerks

• Nasa leads push for electric planes in next frontier of cutting emissions

📚 Maybe some books for the journey?

Midnight Trains

Midnight Trains