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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by Gasp0de on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:32AM (#39601611)
So he's been sleeping in an uncomfortable plastic chair with the lights on for the past year. The things you can do while you're still 17.
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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by seszett on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:37AM (#39601646)
I don't know if you're British since this seems to echo the weird comments at the beginning of the article, dissing trains for apparently no particular reason.

But no, he's likely been sleeping in beds since he's first class in night trains, in 3-bed compartments that generally have showers as far as I know. The lights can obviously be turned off.

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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by NeoTar on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:40AM (#39601676)
From what I can see it just says he sleeps on the 'night trains' which are any trains that operate overnight.

If you restricted yourself to sleepers, there is quite a broad network across Germany, but still not comprehensive (https://assets.static-bahn.de/dam/jcr:5e469db8-ee74-46b0-a27...)

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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by bradyat on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:49AM (#39601751)
From his blog: "I spent many nights trying to figure out the best way to sleep in first class. In the end, sleeping on an air mattress under the seats proved to be a good idea."

https://leben-im-zug.de/meiner-erster-monat-mit-der-bahncard...

So I guess he really is just sleeping in the regular compartment rather than a sleeper berth.

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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by moooo99 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:30AM (#39602058)
Yes. DB doesn’t operate any sleeper cars. All sleepers operating in Germany are by international corporations (ÖBB, etc). But they aren’t covered by a DB BahnCard 100.

The trains he mentions are just regular ICEs that operate for some overnight trips.

I can imagine how this can be reasonably comfortable in an older ICE1 in first class, but i wouldn’t want to sleep on ICE4 seats for extended periods of time

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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by defrost on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:38AM (#39601657)
At least you got his age correct.

    Lasse travels 600 miles a day throughout Germany aboard Deutsche Bahn trains. He travels first class, sleeps on night trains, has breakfast in DB lounges and takes showers in public swimming pools and leisure centres, all using his unlimited annual railcard.

    ‘I’ve been living on the train as a digital nomad for a year and a half now,’ Lasse told Business Insider recently.
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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by gbin on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:38AM (#39601656)
He mentioned night trains and how it is important to catch one at the end of the day so I imagine he is sleeping in bunk beds at least.
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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by dave333 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:35AM (#39602081)
He has a blog post about sleeping on night trains. He doesn't pay extra for a couchette or compartment, he sleeps in a normal compartment laying down over 3 seats or on a wide luggage rack with an air mattress.

https://leben-im-zug.de/howto-nachtreise-im-ice/

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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by eginhard on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:27AM (#39602028)
Sleeper trains need a supplement and are often booked out in advance, so he sleeps on the night ICE trains (https://leben-im-zug.de/howto-nachtreise-im-ice/). These are regular trains with standard seating only, all lights on and announcements for the (frequent) stops at normal volume. He mentions that he sleeps on an air mattress on the floor.
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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by NeoTar on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:35AM (#39601628)
There are some sleeper trains still in Germany - although you need to pay a supplement on top of the annual train-ticket to use them. It would limit you quite heavily to certain transport coridors though.
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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by Freak_NL on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:59AM (#39602235)
As mentioned elsewhere: none of these are free with the BahnCard 100, and most are fully booked quite a while in advance. He sleeps in regular night trains on the floor or on some seats, not in bunk or bed on sleeper trains.
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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by sva_ on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:39AM (#39602109)
Here's a handy map for night trains

https://nachtzugkarte.de/

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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by hashtag-til on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:34AM (#39601622)
But hey... all that for "just" 8500 GBP! /s
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