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If no railway company that wants to run night trains is strong enough to make an order for new trains on their own, could a consortium of private and state operators be a way forward? There are precedents for it, and it's all explained here 👇 trainsforeurope.eu/a-consortium-t…

@Meuseummeu My impression is it is all based on what data they do and don't get from operators...

@TrainsForEurope @googlemaps I finally got a reply for google maps in a direct message. They said they are working on a fix and i should stay tuned. Let's wait and see how google maps will improve their public transport services

In light of the discussion at @BackOnTrackBE's event last week, a new post on our site about scale and standardisation in night train rolling stock procurement trainsforeurope.eu/night-trains-s…

@bosyber I commented over on my main account @jonworth about this. Honestly 🤷‍♂️. I can't see it improving things much, and from a cost of tickets perspective it might be a step backwards.

@TrainsForEurope any thoughts about this?

@Martin_Jordan @cydharrell @vickytnz @TrainTracksEU When Midnight has placed an order to buy some trains we will believe it will happen. Until then we are somewhat sceptical, sorry!

@Meuseummeu @googlemaps Nope we can't fix that. Speak to the rail firms! Sorry.

@googlemaps @TrainsForEurope It's still not fixed. For example Koln stainstation. In the google maps android app all the train lines are cut off after ca. 40km. Can you fix this so all the train lines are shown till their endpoint? Would be helpful. Thanks

Finding a manufacturer for night trains is not a problem Alstom is listed along with 12 other companies on our page about this 👇 trainsforeurope.eu/detail/who-cou… The question is: WHO other than ÖBB in Europe is committed enough to night trains, and strong enough, to place an order?

@moritzkraehe @DieLicaon1 @TrainTracksEU Ja, das wäre mir lieber *auch* - dass DB usw. wieder einsteigen. Aber ich sehe keine Wille von diesen Firmen. Deswegen suche ich *auch* andere Lösungen. Und hier noch ein Paar Deutschland-spezifische Ideen: trainsforeurope.eu/what-germany-n…

@DieLicaon1 @TrainTracksEU @TrainsForEurope Über die redet doch Jon auch gar nicht, sondern es geht darum, es kleinerern Firmen, die wollen, aber allein nicht können, den Markteintritt oder eine Expansion zu erleichtern.

@jenscer @HSchlaupitz This explains it more: trainsforeurope.eu/subsidise-nigh…

@jenscer @HSchlaupitz Yep it's a misrepresentation. Germany will not subsidise night trains, but getting a path isn't too hard. Trafikverket totally messed up its procurement of the Malmö-Brussels train, and blamed (wrongly) it on the lack of subsidy in Germany.

Later today we're presenting at a Berlin Senat event about night trains... ... so we've asked ourselves What should Germany do about night trains? New post 👇 trainsforeurope.eu/what-germany-n… Summary in the 🧵

@TrainTracksEU @DieLicaon1 1) ÖBB had 33 neue NightJets, jeweils mit 7 Wagen, bestellt. 231 Wagen. Das ist die hälfte von was wir brauchen. 2) ÖBB will Routen wie Köln-Warschau oder Amsterdam-Marseille nicht betrieben - wer tut das? 3) Partnerschaft ÖBB-SBB deutlich tiefer für Nachzüge als mit DB oder SNCF

@Equisymbol Who's behind that please?

If no railway company that wants to run night trains is strong enough to make an order for new trains on their own, could a consortium of private and state operators be a way forward? There are precedents for it, and it's all explained here 👇 trainsforeurope.eu/a-consortium-t…

All right. The consortium has a name! 😜 All we need is... errrm... the consortium!

@TrainsForEurope The European Night Carriage Consortium. ENCC. Pronounced "Enk" :)

@GuSv01 Regions in Sweden jointly own Transitio that handles this for regional trains in Sweden indeed. Make a kind of international equivalent! :-)

@TrainsForEurope That sounds perfectly normal to me. Regional rail operators in Sweden do this all the time iirc? (not for sleeper cars, but that's not the important part of course)

Jetzt auch in unserem Ratgeber-Teil. Nun muss nur noch das Angebot größer werden... #Berlin @TrainsForEurope @BackOnTrackEU @TrainTracksEU @NightTrainWorld berliner-zeitung.de/ratgeber/tipps…

Danke @TrainTracksEU! 🙂 This link from the @future_mvs website is now also on our "In The Press" page on the Trains for Europe site 👇 trainsforeurope.eu/news/in-the-pr…

@real_mos Das können wir nicht machen. Wir sind zu klein. Aber @PRO_BAHN vielleicht?

„Doch Berlin ist in der schlechtesten Lage: Weder die DB noch der deutsche Staat wollen das Problem lösen“, klagte Worth (Gründer Trains for Europe) Zusammenfassung der heutigen Konferenz zu Nachtzügen von/nach Berlin... berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropo…

@TissotSacha1 All the first trains in that order are intended for national routes…

@TrainsForEurope France, if there's a rolling stock order soon.

OK, now Luxembourg wants to launch night trains. We wish CFL well. But where are they going to get any rolling stock from?