The Return of the Night Train
夜行火车的回归
For decades, night trains were widely seen as slow, uncomfortable and hopelessly old-fashioned. Travellers chose cheap flights instead, even when the airport stood far outside the city and the journey took another hour.
几十年来，夜行火车都被看成又慢又过时。旅客改选便宜的机票，哪怕机场远在城外。
Now several European countries are putting night trains back on the timetable. The reason is not nostalgia but simple arithmetic: a train produces far less carbon than a plane carrying the same number of passengers.
如今，好几个欧洲国家正把夜行火车重新排回时刻表。原因不是怀旧，而是算账：一趟火车产生的碳排放远低于一趟飞机。
A night train also saves the cost of a night in a hotel room near the station. You fall asleep in one city and wake up in another, with a full day ahead of you.
夜行火车还省下一晚房费。你在一个城市入睡，在另一个城市醒来，一整天都还是完整的。
The service is still small, and tickets are often hard to find. Yet its quiet return shows that old ideas can become modern again when the numbers change.
这项服务规模仍然很小，车票也常常难买。但它安静的回归说明：当数字变了，旧办法也能重新变得现代。