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@mespilus
I read an article, fairly recently, almost certainly in The Guardian,
that showed how the investment in High Speed Trains and their dedicated routes
had been mirrored by the withdrawal from service of overnight train services.
Family mespilus used the overnight train service from Ankara to Istanbul a few years ago,
mainly as an adventure for mespilus jr. 3 people in a 4-person compartment, was a fine way to travel, followed by a Turkish breakfast outside Haydarpasa station, (before it caught fire, and before it was sold off to become another Bosphorus-side hotel).