First story, theres this political chatter of forcing the German national railway....to run a nightly sleeper car train from Berlin to Paris. Up until 2016, the Bahn ran several sleeper trains. Why the halt in 2016? The cabin business put the cost at X, and it simply wasn't profitable. Add to this...a flight from Munich to Hamburg...barely 80 minutes, was half the price of a cabin deal....for a first class airline seat.
Why force them back? Well, this comes from the Linke Party, and they suggest new French German relations. Odds of the return? Makes zero economic sense.
Second story, the Linke Party has also hyped up the idea of dumping first class travel on the Bahn.
Now, if you gaze around, most regional trains offer very few first class seat...maybe five percent of an overall train. Around Frankfurt? Probably 20 percent of trains offer first class seats. The positive? Its quiet in these cabins and managers work on projects while on their 45 minute ride.
Why the hype to dump first class? More overall seats.
Getting this dumped? Right now, zero percent chance. However, if a Green Party win in 2021...it might occur.
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