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France 24
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Joanna YORK

‘Fed up with airports’: Long-distance trains take on air travel in Europe

Passengers arrive to board the first Nightjet sleeper train connecting Vienna and Paris at the Central Station in Vienna, Austria on December 13, 2021. © Joe Klamar, AFP

New long-distance train connections are providing an alternative to air travel between European countries, and demand for this environmentally friendly mode of transport is soaring. But there is still plenty of room for improvement on the tracks. 

The Paris-Vienna night train has sold 70 percent of all available tickets since it launched in December 2021 – practically a full house for each of its three weekly return runs.

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