ehhh I have positive memories of my whole extended family riding a sleeper train, but I was a child and also have positive memories from that period of playing in a large pile of dirty sand.
I saw in video that in some really rural and mountainous areas they kept the slow train service so villagers can transport their livestock to the city markets, so the whole narrative this article gives doesn't even make sense.
I've done one of those long Chinese train rides and they were deeply unpleasant
Every time I try I wind up embroiled in a murder mystery
Maybe don't participate in a vast train-wide conspiracy to gaslight a sweet old french detective.
I did one but in one of the sleeper cabins and it was pretty nice. Nowhere near as nice as the new high speed trains they have now but not bad at all.
the sleepers are fine; if you get one of the church pew regular seats (or worse, have to stand or sit in the aisle) it's another story
Yeah took an overnight from Shanghai->Chengdu and just slept, it was fine, but high speed on the return.
Track gaps judder
ehhh I have positive memories of my whole extended family riding a sleeper train, but I was a child and also have positive memories from that period of playing in a large pile of dirty sand.
I saw in video that in some really rural and mountainous areas they kept the slow train service so villagers can transport their livestock to the city markets, so the whole narrative this article gives doesn't even make sense.