Nightjet new generation: Inside the new trains 

The mini suites really are an amazing invention for solo travellers.

i like the minisuites,there´s Privacy when you sleep and they are like capsule beds which is cool.

the minsuites are such an excellent idea

My only gripe is that I really wish they finally added some sort of communal lounge car for passengers with tables and some sort of food service. Would be a nice place to hang out, especially if you’re in one of those mini suites. Other than that I’m SO EXCITED!

I don't really like sharing a cabin with strangers so to me those minisuites look great!

I can't wait to try one of those minisuites. I get that they will be polarizing but I love they are trying a new idea.

Love the two berths and the ones with extra comfort. Nice to see you back on the train, any up and coming videos because i love them ,many thanks for the update. 👍🙂

I always found this idea of a “hotel on wheels” fascinating and I am glad that it makes its comeback.

It's good to see some operators are still committed to and investing in sleeper trains..... Looking at you, Renfe!

Love sleeping trains and this has options for all tastes and budgets, well thought! Thanks for sharing!

Capsule pods seem like a game changer

Really like the idea of minisuite. I’ll say it’s a copy of the Japanese capsule hotel but with mobility! Can’t wait to try them on

Look well smart, excellent build quality. Any idea when they will be in service?

Dang, these look slick as hecc! A shame NightJets tend to be so expensive; this is such a major improvement in almost every way.

Minisuites remind me of the capsule hotels you see in places like Japan. I'd be game to try one.

They look fantastic, really smart and comfortable. The mini suites are a fantastic idea to make overnight trains more affordable and accessible.

We finally get to "see" you!!! I really enjoy your videos thank you so much!!

The USA needs trains like this.

The new coaches look great! I especially like the mini suites. A great idea for solo travellers on a budget. They remind me of some of the train compartments in Japan. Not to my personal taste, but I think they're great. I can't wait to ride these new cars!

Imagine this adapted into the Venture platform for North America.

I can't wait to see those in service. Very nice looking coaches. 😎

That Mini suite is genius! Would’ve loved it to have a slightly bigger window but otherwise awesome. I’m small so I could like happily live in that for a like 48hour train ride from like Finland to Portugal or something 😂

Very nice new cars! Thanks for sharing!

Minisuites looks good, it makes me want to try out night trains !

I love that all sleeper compartments have their own toilets and shower.

Looks amazing. I love overnight travel (by train or ferry).

Great video !!! Greetings from Germany. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!!

Thank you. Really impressed with the design of those 1/2 compartments. Not too sure about the minisuites, though they might grow on me.

Nice. Can't wait for these cars ready for operation

Very nice! I do wonder if and when we can get those nobi nobi cheap beds you see in Japan. Those would be great for the ultra-budget traveller.

To everybody complaining about the minisuites as if there aren't any other options: This just in, people - not everything in the world is made for you personally! (Or for me personally!)

This is beautiful my friend. Love to try this train.

massive improvement over the old DB cars in use now, cant wait to try them out!

Thank you. I was there during the same presentation but didn't see you. There will also be a low floor car with wheelchair-accessible compartment and toilet as well as space for luggage and bicycles. Regarding passengers with big luggage there was some concern that it wouldn't fit in the small luggage boxes between the mini cabins. I asked the people of ÖBB about this at InnoTrans and received the answer that the mattress of the lower berth can be lifted up to put luggage underneath, also one or two mini cabins per car will remain unreserved and can be used by the staff to store luggage. Passengers with skis or other bulk luggage are advised to board in the low floor car and store their things there, apparently the staff will help locking it away? We will know later about details. At the end without entrance doors each sleeping and couchette car has a grey cupboard but that is only for staff to store bedsheets and other supplies, so can't be used for passenger suitcases.

Very good video (as usual from Mr Smith) with examples of innovative design. I am not used to twinettes having a seat where OBB has placed it, and the berths are longitudinal. Mostly in developed countries, they've tended to be transverse. On an older couchette last year, we had a good trip, but on a different route in a deluxe (not Excelsior) sleeping car, most of the toilets including ours did not work. OBB had not had the cars properly serviced at an outstation. The contracted staff on board struggled with so many compartments having inoperable toilets. OBB needs to ensure that trains are properly attended to when they're away from Vienna.

The mini suites, claustrophobic. I wunder, is there some sort of age restriction? One may not be older than say,40? For climbing in and out

The seating car is a real throwback to the 60's, 70's Hungarian coaches Nice

An interesting new design. Certainly a step up in Couchette design, though with some possible downsides too. The standard couchette compartment looks very nice. I like the rounded edges of the seats, which look like they will be much more comfortable in day mode. The center console for the upper births looks fantastic, though I could easily see the cordless charging pads being mistaken for cupholders in the night and vice versa. It's also a little bit of a shame that the same console design wasn't replicated for the lower births, replaced instead with what looks like a little seat. The biggest potential issue I see is the loss of extra storage space above the corridor, a potential major complaint for passengers who travel with lots of luggage or oversized bags. It also took me a minute to notice that rather than being perfectly parallel, the births are actually arranged in a slight V formation, so the end nearest the window is narrower than at the door, a novel approach and rather visually attractive, but I struggle to see the point in it as it would be tricky to replicate the reverse of that on the other side to form a W of compartments down the car. Aside from the above-corridor storage loss, my biggest issue is with the digital readout thermostat; unless that's made of some NASA grade electronics I guarantee you that won't be up to the strain of long-term rail service and there will be serious problems with thermostat failures within months of these cars entering service. By far the most interesting aspect was the "minisuites", which I can only presume weren't called "capsules" as marketing felt that name wouldn't go down well with the European market despite the obvious inspiration from the famous Japanese micro hotels. Initial impressions from me are a mix of extremes; on the one hand, they seem to offer a good solution to the issue of single traveler private accommodation, having more privacy than an open bunk. On the other hand, despite the assurance that one can sit up and work at the tray table, the first word that springs to mind, and looking at the comments I'm not the only one, is Claustrophobia. Being crammed into such a tiny space in the middle of the night looks like it would be terrifying, little better than a coffin. No way one could change clothes in such a tight space. If each birth could have been even 1 inch wider, that may have been more comfortable. Also, why is there no solid partition between the minisuites on the window end of the births? What is the point of the semi-flexible screen over a solid wall? I do like the lockers beneath the steps, that's a clever touch. One last question I have is :Why haven't American style "roomettes" caught on in Europe? It seems like a perfect middle ground between the 4-birth couchette and these "minisuite" pods while still giving enough space for 2 grown adults to move around. The design has proven immensely popular on Amtrak and VIA Rail has even picked up the idea and run with it. I don't think it's a matter of loading gauge as the Continental loading gauge is plenty for a roomette style layout.

I like the choice of bunks that move along the direction of travel in the standard two berth . On a round the world trip (by surface all the way), I experience this on a Thai sleeper train and found the movement was much more conducive to sleep than a sleeper where the bunk is across the carriage and at 90 degrees to the direction of travel. With this normal arrangement I find the first night on any trip is always disturbed...

Absolutely fantastic

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Wow. What a great product.

Very very beautiful 👍

I think the Minisuite idea will catch on for the expense minded traveler who seeks the privacy of a single, without having to pay for a whole cabin price. This will probably support an economy for the providers.

Thank you for bringing us these wonderful new innovations in train travel and encouraging taking the train. I started to read your website years ago because I like trains. But in these environmentally-conscious times, it's even more important to take the train, and I'm thrilled that train companies are stepping up their service. Thank you for communicating that so people know that trains are getting better and better. I remember how sad I was just a few years ago when overnight trains started going away. And now it seems like, not only are they back, but there are more than ever before.

Very nice train, this is the fiiucher of the railway 👍

Interesting that the sleeping compartment beds are parallel with the windows. Wasn't that forbidden in the UK for crash safety reasons?

Nice video 👍. Greetings from Sri Lanka.

It will be interesting to see what type of North American variant Siemens proposes for Amtrak. I'm a big fan of the CAF Viewliner II design but given how long it took to build those, I'm not sure whether we'll see any more Viewliners so I hope we get something equally nice for whatever the next generation ends up being!

What a wonderful Train!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It looks great. Previous week i rode from Brussels to Vienna with the older trains and they are not very comfortable. These trains looks better.

I think cleaning of the mini cabins is quite a challenge. If this can't be done properly, it will become a bedbug paradise. I think I prefer the sleeper...

I realize these are night trains, but what is the view from the windows like? Can you actually sit and see anything from the berth/sofa?

Cool..wish we had those here in Murica.

so it’s like introducing a capsule hotel on a train

I trust the requirement to share sleeper cabins with complete strangers is now a thing of the past.

The mini suites are a good idea, but Ihope that they will be functional as well. I want a good isolation against sounds, especially snoring people.

Looks like the regular sleeping compartments are all en suite, with a shower handle as part of the sink...did I see that correctly...?

Now, we have something really innovative.

The extra comfort compartment is really great. I hope the the price is not far beyond a flight ticket... Then, it'll be my favorite.

Damn what a beauty

looks like nice overall. is that 2 types of seats in the seated area one with a higher back? are they locked to the 7 car sets if so what does this mean for capacity of each of the routes they will operate on. some services getting 1 set but other ones might need an entirely second set? then what about the ones that have just 2 cars currently mixed in with a bunch of other services?

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I can imagine some people being 'wedged' in those mini-suites!

Fantastic! Now that ÖBB is moving premium, there is room under for cheaper solutions too.

Wow looking good ! !! :):):)

I hope VIA Rail and Amtrak will look into purchasing these new, thoughfully deisgned l, Nightjets for their Long Distance fleet replacement.

The people complaining about the capsules have never been kept up all night on a train but some random person snoring.

Aint no way Amtrak is picking these up for long distance travel, alas, a man can dream.

They look similar to the rail coaches that Siemens builds in the US.

Man I really hope these coaches get into service before summer so when I'll go on a school trip to Paris I'll get the chance to try it out. ÖBB has night trains that go in Paris right ?

This is what SNCF needs to buy asap.

do the regular sleeper rooms (not couchette or plus sleeper) have access to showers?

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i will travel in this . one day

I recently rode the nightjet between Hamburg and Zurich and it wasn't much fun. Uncomfortable, no wifi, hot. Are all the trains being replaced? When do they go into full service?

It's funny that some of the comments cry about the claustrophobic holes - I hope in the reality the situation will not be that horrible + I need to note, that the 6 bed couchets do not provide more space... Also, I want to complain about this terrible trend with putting the seats in to one shared room instead the old coupe solution. As in the past it was possible to earn some privacy, regulate the light and filter out a little bit the sound. But this new set up just provides an awful experience for all the budget travelers-.-

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Are these individual cars or fixed trainsets? It seems like there's a lot of movement these days towards buying fixed sets, and it seems to me it reduces the operational flexibility.

Oh wow! With the standard you get an en-suite. Great job OBB. With Caledonian Sleeper, you do not get an en-suite with a classic room.

Was that a bidet you displayed in the lavatory?

Wow ❤❤❤

Are these cars the same as the ones that Italy just bought?

I rather like these. Purely set up for sleeping, which totally suits the NightJet model. You're not going to do any days, just nights.

but where do you put your suitcase in a mini-suite?

Which routes are they being introduced on first?

This is the Railjet for the night :)

I have a dumb question. Can I reserve a lower bunk in a couchette or is it first come-first served?

One thing I couldn't see was an area to hang clothes. They looked really nice though.

Amtrak should look at this. Premium sleepers.

At the start of the video I spotted the max speed sticker on one of the cars: 230kph. That’s bonkers! What routes are they going to ride at that speed? Copenhagen to Spain in one night? 😂

Nice compartment designs, but OBB Nightjets lack diningf/bar car. Some of their routes are 12 to 14 hours long. Too much time to be confined to one small space - even the deluxe suites.

Capsule hotel style mini-suites. About darn time….

Why don't the railroads offer flat beds in open saloon like the first class and business cubicles on planes? I wish I could get a better view of the new Nightjet coach seating. Can't tell much from this quick view behind glass.

How much € , between Wien and München ?

Wondering what's the cost of it?

So on which route this fancy train will be in operation?

Would it be possible to have a backpack with you in the Minisuite? I think when the backpack is too big to fit in the luggage box. There look to be space at the window.