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The actors shaking up the Euro rail industry - episode 4

For this fourth episode, we’ll be focusing on this project that aims to create a new night-train network linking several northern and central European countries, by joining up several existing services.

Jean-Baptiste Bonaventure

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20.5.2022

20.5.2022

The godfathers of the sleeper - Episode 2

Far from being a worldly socialite like his Belgian counterpart, Pullman came from a very working-class background. Throughout his life, he strived to observe, analyse and question existing structures and grabbed all opportunities that presented themselves to him – sometimes even going beyond the limits of the acceptable.

Jean-Baptiste Bonaventure

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14.5.2022

15.5.2022

The actors shaking up the Euro rail industry - Episode 1

After three seasons in which roamed the corridors of a business like Midnight Trains, we’re launching a new four-part article series introducing you to the big new actors in the European rail industry.

Jean-Baptiste Bonaventure

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29.4.2022

6.5.2022

S03E04: the final stages of approval

In a railway sector where responsibilities are fragmented, manufacturers legion and with a growing need for interoperability, what manufacturing rules must trains respect and how can you ensure they are compatible with the existing infrastructure?

Nicolas Bargelès

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4.3.2022

7.4.2022

S03E03: The 12 stages of train approval

Having told you about the huge regulatory changes that have taken place in the rail industry over the past decades, now we’ll be tackling the specifics of the trains themselves.

Nicolas Bargelès

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25.2.2022

7.4.2022

S03E02: Getting the go-ahead

Since European railway space was created, there’s no need to be a historic operator to run rail services on the Continent. But what authorisations do you have to obtain first?

Nicolas Bargelès

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18.2.2022

7.4.2022

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A huge milestone for Midnight Trains

We’ve just signed a major partnership with TravelPerk. And we’re chuffed: TravelPerk is the world’s number-one travel management platform for businesses. That means they’re the guys organisations have the most faith in when it comes to planning business trips for their employees.

Hervé Marro

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18.12.2021

7.4.2022

A beginner’s guide to designing trains S02E05

That’s the subject of our final instalment: materials and colours. Last time, we made a lot of references to the fact that senses are all-important when it comes to the impression we want to give passengers: the way things look and feel (or even smell) is key.

Romain Payet

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11.12.2021

7.4.2022

A beginners’ guide to designing trains S02E04

We’re moving onto the next stage: how to go about integrating all the functional and technical elements required on board. We’re going to imagine the practical needs of passengers on our trains, the potential points of friction, and attempt to offer some solutions too.

Romain Payet

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4.12.2021

7.4.2022

A beginner’s guide to designing trains S02E03

After a first season dedicated to how you go about buying trains, this time we are exploring how to design trains, in five main instalments (though no doubt we will return to the subject, since design will play such a huge part in our mission to reinvent the sleeper train).

Romain Payet

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27.11.2021

7.4.2022

A beginner’s guide to designing trains S02E02

We’re going to make sure that inventory fits within the limited space of the train, assuring both comfort and optimal use of square footage, in order to define the layout of the carriages.

Romain Payet

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20.11.2021

7.4.2022

A beginners’ guide to designing trains S02E01

Before going about buying trains, there are a number of key steps related to design that are essential because they’ll allow you to analyse the compatibility of the material as it is and to work out the costs of renovation, or to prepare the list of costs once you’ve consulted with manufacturers.

Romain Payet

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13.11.2021

7.4.2022

A beginners' guide to buying trains S01E03

We’ve now come to what is probably the juiciest subject of the lot: how do you finance all this stuff? When you’re a newcomer in the rail sector, there are two possibilities.

Romain Payet

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28.8.2021

7.4.2022

A beginner's guide to buying trains S01E02

Having explained last week how and why a new rail operator might go about purchasing used material, this week we’ll be focusing on new equipment – both its advantages and disadvantages.

Romain Payet

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21.8.2021

7.4.2022

A beginners' guide to buying trains S01E01

We take you behind the scenes of Midnight Trains HQ. And so why not start from the very top? Right now we’re going to explain how exactly we’re going about buying our trains.

Romain Payet

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14.8.2021

7.4.2022

From convenience to hospitality

Here at Midnight Trains, we’re aiming to offer passengers an unforgettable experience on-board our services. To let you in on the key ideas that inspire us, we asked Yorgo Tloupas, our creative director, to share his vision for the brand.

Yorgo Tloupas

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31.7.2021

7.4.2022

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