 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone know what the differences are in the Standard Class and First Class services on the sleeper service from Gare du Austerlitz to Bourg St Maurice? A couple of my trips next season will be by train, and I'm wondering whether it's worth upgrading to First Class on the Sleeper service and/or the Eurostar part of the journey.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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First class gives you a nicer single birth with a small handbasin, you also get slightly better service from the attendant, first class on the Eurostar is definately worth the upgrade
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Yes. In one you have hard, stuffy and noisy six birth cabins with stacks of three bunks, in the other you have hard, stuffy and noisy four birth cabins with stacks of two bunks. Generally travellers in the six birth cabins are poorer and younger, they make more noise early on but don't snore. In the slightly plusher four birth bunks they tend to be richer and fatter and snore a lot.
The overall awfulness of the experience used to be relieved somewhat by the good fortune of being billetted with a pose of young and cute parisienne students heading off for a week's skiing but I believe wagons are single sex now.
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D G Orf, a single berth? Does this mean you have a small compartment to yourself?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Standard class is sharing a berth with 5 others.
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rob@rar.org.uk, yes, though it varies from train to train, typically couchettes are 6 hard bunks to a compartment in second class, sleepers are 2 or 4 beds in a second class compartment, or 1 or 2 beds in first class, with sleepers you typically get one compartment per booking, with couchettes you take pot luck, not all trains have all types of coach.
If you ever get the chance, travel on the city night train (Holland, Germany and one or two other places) and you will see the ultimate sleeper coaches. Double deck trains with a bedrooms each with ensuite toilet and shower 
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D G Orf, that's incorrect I'm afraid.
Yes there are single berth cabins available on one of the trains out of gare d'Austerlitz but they aren't bookable through 'normal' (ie online) chanels.
What's referred to as first class is a 4 berth cabin. The beds are wider and somewhat more comfortable than the 6 berth couchettes in standard class.
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admin, I booked mine online from Gare dEst to Basle, like I said the makeup on each train route varies
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noisy six birth cabins
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sounds like a torrid night...
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| pam w wrote: |
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noisy six birth cabins
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sounds like a torrid night... |
'snot good. FWIW, I am hoping to get to the EOSB, by Eurostar and TGV - by day. It'd make a change.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Nick Zotov, Its a nice way to go - take a good book!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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take five friends is my advice, you can then throw things at them when they snore, strangers take exception to it!
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| pam w wrote: |
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noisy six birth cabins
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sounds like a torrid night... |
"And where where you born son"
"Tunnel 3, between Lyon & Moutiers"
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You know it makes sense.
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| pam w wrote: |
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noisy six birth cabins
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sounds like a torrid night... |
"And where where you born son"
"Tunnel 3, between Lyon & Moutiers" |
That does it am avoiding snow train next season at all costs!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Mouth, At most go for a single birth. Sextuplets must be a nightmare. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Teens travelled on sleeper last year. Shared with Mum and Child, and 2 other blokes, so not single sex.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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