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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Jubilation in Paris as sleeper train from Berlin resumes service after nine-year break

Simon Calder

Nine years to the day after German rail operator Deutsche Bahn scrapped the Paris-Berlin sleeper train, a revived overnight service rolled into Gare de l’Est in the French capital.

On board was the French transport minister, Clément Beaune, who told The Independent: “It was long, but it’s nice because you can sleep, you can work a bit, you can talk with friends and have a drink. So it’s a really nice experience.”

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