Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Why are luxurious overnight trains emerging?

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Though this train is taken up as the luxurious train, background of the birth of this train is not luxurious one. The reason why luxurious overnight trains are emerging in Japan is to respond opinions like "Do not abolish overnight trains" and also to maintain overnight trains with cost efficiency. Overnight trains with ordinary fare or fee are one of the outstanding causes of deficit.
Luxurious overnight train is just a compromising one.