Sleeping across 4 borders - a day in a night train manager’s life
Ever since 1872 night trains are border crossing heroes. But we’ve come a long way from Georges Nagelmackers’ original vision of borderless travel experience, or haven’t we?
Ever since 1872 night trains are border crossing heroes. But we’ve come a long way from Georges Nagelmackers’ original vision of borderless travel experience, or haven’t we?
A year ago i quit tech to follow my dream and became a train conductor. Not on a boring high speed train, but crossing more borders than most people do in a year in one night: working on the night train!
Join me in the story of how night trains broke down borders and how new digital borders appeared to replace them. A dive into train technicalities, (failure of) collaboration, cultural diversity and just the daily life of the night train as told by a collector of safety certifications.
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