Italy’s Newest Sleeper Train - "Espresso Cadore" by Treni Turistici Italiani

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Buon Giorno!
In 2023, Trenitalia launched a new brand for its touristic trains, Treni Turistici Italiani... they have refurbished and revived older rolling stock and transformed it into a luxurious train serving several destinations in Italy. I was onboard the first summer train of the Espresso Cadore, linking Rome to the Dolomites...
You're not ready for how good it is!
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- TRIP INFORMATION -
Date: JUNE 2024
Railway company: Treni Turistici Italiani
Route : Roma Termini to Calalzo Pieve Cadore-Cortina (In reality I stopped in Treviso)
Time : 11h50
Price : 192€ for a private sleeping car compartment. Dinner and breakfast included
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00:00 : Intro
00:36 : Treni Turistici Italiani
01:12 : Trip information
01:45 : Treni Turistici Italiani
02:55 : Intercity Notte action
04:08 : Arrival of the train
04:39 : I've seen that in the past...
06:02 : Boarding
06:24 : Room tour
09:19 : Dinner at the dining car
10:21 : Nighty Night
10:50 : Mid roll ads
11:34 : Night feedback
12:00 : Delays
12:29 : Breakfast at the dining car
12:50 : Treviso
13:11 : Walkthrough
15:30 : Toilets Time
16:03 : Diesel swap
16:25 : Change of plans and departure
17:08 : Departure

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@tranmere292 Күн бұрын

Love the dining car. Better than a cardboard box at your seat, which is what we get here in New South Wales. And you're right about young people. When I was a volunteer on a tourist railway in Tasmania (which no longer has public passenger trains) many of the younger people had never been on a train in their life. They were really excited.

@polishstick0609 Күн бұрын

The lack of functional public railways, that are not tourist trains on Tasmania terrifies me ngl

@maxinlux6570 2 күн бұрын

Wow, those sleepers bring back memories of the sleeper from Luxembourg to Firenze back in the 70s as a child. The train left Brussels and went all the way to Rome, stopping off in Luxembourg amongst others. Sadly long gone...

@LouisChang-le7xo 2 күн бұрын

The aesthetic of European night trains is just beautiful

@thomasdemoor874 2 күн бұрын

Holy crap, Trenitalia, that's an insane value you get for the price! Everything looks so nice and just gorgeous. They even put a goddamn lamp on the dining table! I'm really impressed that even the menu was included in the price, that's insane! I was in Rome a couple of months ago but I think I might just go back now.

@downunderrob Күн бұрын

Now all I need is Rome to Paris, Rome to Berlin, Rome to Copenhagen or Rome to Budapest. ❤🇦🇺

@GianUbertoLauri 2 күн бұрын

Nice video, well documented. The train livery, anyway, is inspired more to the mithical "rapido" "Treno Azzurro" (blue train limited express) with a very pale blue instead of pearl gray on E444 and a ligher shade than the "Blu Orientale" of the E444. As for the preserved rolling stock and the level of the restoration, please note that TTI CEO is the same Ing. Luigi Cantamessa that's the director of Fondazione FS, and you can be sure of one thing about this man, he does love FS and trains. Sad you lost the best part of the trip, to Calalzo, but we experienced severe bad weather that caused service interruptions. And the future does not look brighter as for the weather due climate changes.

@RVail623 2 күн бұрын

If you go due west from Rome, you get to the French island of Corsica. They have a modern narrow-gauge passenger train "Chemin de Fer de la Corse" that may be of interest.

@SimplyRailway Күн бұрын

Already reviewed... coming soon the channel ;)

@polishstick0609 Күн бұрын

@@SimplyRailwayLooking torwards it, any plans for some polish trains?

@danielbernazza8465 2 күн бұрын

I was on this train from Syracuse (boarded in Catania) to Rome, back in March 2021... AMAZING experience!

@rogertemple7193 2 күн бұрын

This is an awesome sleeper train ride in Italy🇮🇹👍🇮🇹:)

@johnmehaffey9953 2 күн бұрын

Wow thibault, they are certainly putting the luxury back into sleeper trains and not a bad price for the journey and your mobile hotel room 😊

@lesajohnson8409 Күн бұрын

I loved this train. The dining car was elegant

@karmesindryade 2 күн бұрын

Thanks for showing this train. It is now on my bucket list.

@luisstransport 2 күн бұрын

Great trip report

@Tbpker22 Күн бұрын

This is luxury on the rails!!

@bumerangsydney Күн бұрын

Love it!!!! This is a proper train, unlike most cattle class provisions these days.

@rezaalan3991 Күн бұрын

Great trip. The dining experience feels luxurious, and yeah really appreciated the transformation from couchette to sleeper cabin.

@scottyerkes1867 Күн бұрын

Amazing train. Pleasant sleeping compartment and dining car. Thank you Thibault..💚👌👍

@igorsiuda8108 2 күн бұрын

These stand for "Italian Touristic Trains".

@anthonywarrener1881 Күн бұрын

A truly splendid train ! The dining car was outstanding, and good to see the high quality food, and service.

@josephr9551 Күн бұрын

What a gorgeous train! Is that a whole bottle of wine with your dinner? Wow!

@sirrliv Күн бұрын

This really feels like the gold standard that all European night trains should be aiming for. Whether designed for tourists or travelers, this is the level of comfort all rail passengers should expect and demand. OBB's Nightjet is very close to this, if only they'd add a restaurant car!

@joecesa1013 Күн бұрын

YOUR excited? Imagine how some of us feel! This was so interesting, and I hadn't heard of this service. You just gave me another reason to return to Italy and explore a new area. Thanks, your videos are so interesting.

@Hatoe 2 күн бұрын

What a fantastic sleeper train in Italy! I can't wait to take it for an unforgetable trip!

@lucass0316 2 күн бұрын

Nice video, I'm proud to be Italian 🇮🇹 Please try the Espresso Versilia. Espresso Versilia stops along the most beautiful places of the Cinque Terre, Liguria. And then it goes to Pisa and in some beaches of Versilia area, Tuscany.

@AndreiTupolev 2 күн бұрын

That looks a lovely retro Wagons Lits style aesthetic

@plonss 2 күн бұрын

wow some classic railways vibes here 🤩

@SeverityOne Күн бұрын

Many thanks for this! My wife and I have this idea of taking a night train, and this one definitely made the shortlist.

@tariklyacoubi8197 Күн бұрын

I cant belive it u came to Calalzo 😂 Edit: it's a shame u couldn't finish the trip, after Vittorio Veneto the views get pretty nice for the last 80 km Let's hope this train is succeful it looks really nice

@00Zy99 21 сағат бұрын

Now THIS is how you run a choo-choo! Great food, great experience, good price. If you assume (roughly) 65 for transportation, 80 for a hotel, 20 for dinner and 15 for breakfast, then you are already at 180. After that, you are paying 17 for the "experience" and the convenience. THAT IS A TOTAL BARGAIN. If this kind of service ran every day on every reasonable route in every country, people would just USE it.

@williammckinney4090 2 күн бұрын

Viva Italia!

@user-ku8ku4ch7w 18 сағат бұрын

Thank you. Beautiful video. All the best

@AndreiTupolev 2 күн бұрын

Just out of curiosity, I looked up how the €192 fare compares with London to Edinburgh, a slightly further distance, on the regular Caledonian Sleeper 😴 . Seems that the regular fare is (the equivalent of) about €165, and that's for an ordinary bunk with no particular extras. So this, even though it's a luxury service, doesn't seem outrageously expensive

@EmilFSM 7 сағат бұрын

From the '60 till 2012 there was a seasonal (and daily during the peak weeks of the winter-summer seasons, with two trainsets running the same route) link between Rome and Calalzo with "auto al seguito" that mean you were able to load your private car on a wagon and then drive it from Calalzo to Cortina. Unfortunately the service was extremely costly for the FS to run and due to passengers numbers dropping steadly from the beginning of the millennium, they decided to suppress it. I was born in Calalzo and seeing this huge intrest and hype about my beloved Cadore railway line is great!

@samtrak1204 2 күн бұрын

The train is really delightful especially since it is not filled with old people like me.

@maximusmeridio1970 Күн бұрын

Bel convoglio 👍

@AG7-MTM 2 күн бұрын

I think you need to put out a petition to restore the paris-istanbul Orient Express no matter what. LEGO did it, hopefully you can too! (Since you do such a great job covering night trains, especially scenic ones like Califoria Zephyr)

@fredwang6354 Күн бұрын

So after the revolutionary break throughs in rail transportation that brought us the treno Italia and the frecciarosa traveling at a speed of three hundred kilometers per hour some people have become nostalgic and are yearning for the era when these trains moved at a speed of sixty kilometers per hour that they recall as the golden era of rail. Thank you very much and enjoy your afternoon ☺️☺️

@penguinchef Күн бұрын

Amazing work Trenitalia

@cherylsemrau7100 15 сағат бұрын

Lovely.

@gglivetv 2 күн бұрын

Very good refurbishing "old style"

@joemeyers3127 2 күн бұрын

Wow! What a gorgeous train.

@shanewaterman4125 2 күн бұрын

Thanks for your video. Been looking for a European Sleeper that really gets my interest and I think you've found it for me!

@paulmaguire2737 4 сағат бұрын

Delighted to see this train back in service ...what ever happened to Artesia (now defunct) Rolling stock (early 2000s Paris to Milan/ Rome) ...They were gorgeous with shower bathroom in each compartment , coffee lounge in each coach and even one double bed matrimonial suite per coach?

@JonathanButler-zd8qt 2 күн бұрын

I agree, that's a good deal. Delicious Italian food and a very comfortable room. It's a shame that you didn't make it all the way to the Dolomites.

@jone7414 12 сағат бұрын

This prooves once more that trains are doomed to be a national matter and not a competition battle

@johanjansen6417 2 күн бұрын

The one thing I don't like about night trains, normally they are very slow compared to the normal trains

@szymex22 2 күн бұрын

That’s usually done so that you can get a decent amount of sleep

@AndreiTupolev 2 күн бұрын

But that's the whole *point*. Leave at some reasonable hour like 9 p.m., you get there at a reasonable time as opposed to being turfed off at 5 a.m or something

@pmb9172 Күн бұрын

That’s the idea , I hope they take this service and put it on other routes southwards . The Thello service used to run out of Paris , restoration of tha5 with these would be wonderful.

@KonichiwaMina2904 Күн бұрын

that’s the target of night trains. The slowly it goes, the longer you can enjoy your journey

@cheeseblog 2 күн бұрын

Would love to be on that train to anywhere. The dining experience looked fantastic. Comfort and deluxe everywhere❗️

@danbUzZ1- 2 күн бұрын

Awesome ride

@Martin-on2pp 2 күн бұрын

What a great train. Is there any chance in the future that go further than Italy? And a great bike space🚴‍♀️🚂😁

@Fan652w 2 күн бұрын

Am I right in thinking that Interrail and Eurail are NOT valid on Treni Turistici?

@GianUbertoLauri 2 күн бұрын

That's something to check.

@directorient 2 күн бұрын

Refurbished cars from Thello means that that train will never come back again, that's sure! Just one example: I live in Udine, not far from Venice, and should go to visit my wife's sister in Paris. With the good old Thello it would have been easy and comfortable; instead, I should leave in the morning at 6 o'clock and arrive in Paris after 19, with change in Milan and in Zurich or Basel. Night option could be Udine-Stuttgart in nightjet, then Stuttgart-Paris in TGV, but for a huge price....😩

@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo2656 2 күн бұрын

Good video Thibault

@Z20900 Күн бұрын

This looks fantastic and is an amazing deal!! However, I'm worried if this is going to be feasible in the long run, knowing how much it costs to run a train with that much staff offering such high level. Either it's just low pricing to attract people right now or it must be heavily subsidized. Either way, I hope they'll be able to keep this up...

@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi 2 күн бұрын

Ótimo retorno de viagem simplys show

@AlbertPower7 2 күн бұрын

I have traveled many times on the intercity night from Milan to Syracuse, with deluxe cabins, excelsior, and even with four-seat cabins. the service is poor at various points: for example, the seats and beds, are too hard, have no padding. back pain, and he does not rest well. often train controllers disturb many times, knocking on doors even late at night. some capitreno often do not provide all the services they should give to customers, as promised in the train ticket: for example the newspaper, the welcome drink, and a and a hearty breakfast. The best night trains I know in Europe are in the UK, France and Austria.

@GianUbertoLauri 2 күн бұрын

Excelsior coaches are gone since a long time.

@AlbertPower7 Күн бұрын

@@GianUbertoLauri in some intercity night trains there still. I traveled on an excelsior cabin a few months ago.

@simonc5624 Күн бұрын

@@AlbertPower7 And yes the Excelsior coach is even seen on this video 😀

@anshulrathod2613 2 күн бұрын

Amazing video, loved the sleeper car and especially the food looked so delicious! Also, can you provide details on the engines used? (EL and DSL both)

@RC534 14 сағат бұрын

I don't speak Italian and just assumed for a long time that it was named as such because it's a terminus. However the last time I was at Roma Termini I crossed the square in front of it to the museum at what was once a Roman bath complex, the Terme di Diocleziano. I then figured out where the station is named after 😊.

@johnburke1317 2 күн бұрын

Nice video 😊

@Topper_H 2 күн бұрын

Hernan cinema loves this train

@doralaszlo8616 Күн бұрын

I hope they will come back to Hungary to, with this service, for example between Venice and Budapest 😁

@igorsiuda8108 2 күн бұрын

Espresso Cadore means "Cadore Express".

@samtrak1204 2 күн бұрын

I want an omelet for breakfast.😋

@ranjandasgupta2995 Күн бұрын

The long length of the windows is delightful. Therefore the train journey will be enjoyable.But what's the need of dinning car in 12 hrs journey, as 5 to 8 hrs go in sleep.

@terielrand8344 Күн бұрын

and you thought Italian trains ran on time? 😂 Great video and I would love to ride it...

@attenzioneallontanarsidall7940 Күн бұрын

Italian trains are currently more punctual than German ones

@MaximeHurtrel 2 күн бұрын

Great video as usual ! any idea if this 192€ would stay the same for 2 passengers in the private sleeping car ? Or what would be the extra for "just" the extra passenger ?

@elegant_travelling 21 сағат бұрын

Is the menu also ‘a la carte’ or only with set menu? If only set menu, could you please give the prices for the various options? Also, was wine included? Thank you so much for the great report! it looks like finally a train company understood what night trains should be like!

@trianandacaesaryandasril786 2 күн бұрын

Wow great train, but so expensive😅

@gab_v250 2 күн бұрын

It's a luxury/touristic train, not a standard one. It warrants the higher price point.

@SouthPeter98 2 күн бұрын

192 for sleeping in Italy in the summer on a train with private bed and food included? It's very cheap, I don't think you can get this anywhere else

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@@SouthPeter98 Yeah, especially when compared to Nightjet prices. They don't even offer two meals in a proper dining car and the price can be similar or more.

@WelshVilliageDad 2 күн бұрын

How many people have had a wee in those sinks . lol. Have you ever been caught short in the middle of the night and used the Sink ?

@cheapknight1293 Күн бұрын

Have you tried the Transcantabrico though :P, I am pretty sure that might be one of the best in Europe, also unafordable tho

@172Manager Күн бұрын

Very interesting video of the Italian night train. Can you please tell me the train number again? I can't find any Trenitalia night train on the website with a dining car and bicycle transport.

@elegant_travelling 21 сағат бұрын

You can find it if you search a journey specifically for the night in which the train runs. You can find all the dates on the Treni Turistici Italiani page.

@plonss 2 күн бұрын

BTW does the train have 2 bed sleep compartments ?

@SouthPeter98 2 күн бұрын

The one he was in is 2 bed

@samtrak1204 2 күн бұрын

The diesel was pushing the train?

@paolocavezzan238 2 күн бұрын

No, there are two locomotives. One in the front and the other in the rear of the train. This avoids maneuvers because at Ponte nelle Alpi, the train has to reverse direction.

Күн бұрын

@@paolocavezzan238 Also often times diesels have a separate alternator for train power, and a night trains can use a lot, not to mention a proper full dining car. So that might be a reason too.

@jfmezei Күн бұрын

Lack of shower on a newly "built" train is a bit sad. But it would mean cannibalizing one room per car. Hopefully this nice train remains accessible. When a train becomes too popular and you need to book it 2 years in advance it becomes useless to people planning holidays at last minute (a bit like Nightjet trains). Out of curiosity, if one does not know Italian, it is very hard to travel on Italian trains?

@dejanbalazic 2 күн бұрын

Very slow train. 624Km for 12 hours.

@lorenzo_de_paolis 2 күн бұрын

You must also consider that TTI has provided 3 types of trains: frequent regional trains carried out with historical convoys to enjoy the view, express trains carried out with historical convoys to enjoy the speed, slow trains (night) to enjoy the luxury (and also a bit of panorama). It is obvious that if your goal is to arrive as soon as possible then you should take a high-speed train. 😊😊

@olasola1013 2 күн бұрын

@@lorenzo_de_paolisHigh-speed trains of which Italy does perfectly.

@AndreiTupolev 2 күн бұрын

That's because if it only took half the time, it would arrive at some ridiculous hour like 0500. By stretching out you get a decent night's sleep

@marcinklimas2670 2 күн бұрын

Class Bc-1 not Singl😂

@downunderrob Күн бұрын

No shower? On the whole Train? WTF!

@nathanh.5373 2 күн бұрын

Can't open windows in the sleeping cars => not the best ☹️

@vladimirskokan 22 сағат бұрын

German trains are better, but Italian trains are also fine!😊

@artycrafty9209 Күн бұрын

I was enjoying your video until your ageist comment about " old people " that is a very rude usage the word " older " or " senior " would have been kinder. one day you will be as you say " old" I wonder how you will feel then!

@oscarchicalucena7980 Күн бұрын

I have some constructive feedback. You are always OVEREXCITED on each video. Everytime you take the best sleeping train, for example the nightjet is way superior than this one, just by looking at the breakfast. The other day you said that the US will be in line with Europe when it comes with high speed trains jut by adding a line between california and Las vegas. Really? At the same line as france or spain or germany? Just be aware as there are honest and neutral train channels on youtube.