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

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Why are they reviving?

Orient Express returns to Italy after nearly 50 years
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/pandemic-travel-news-new-year-2022-orient-express/index.html

Long distance trains in Europe were once damaged by growth of air traveling. Though high speed trains are now game-changing transportation to beat airplane, normal speed distance trains are still suffering.
But, spreading mindset of reducing carbon emission, more and more people hope to travel by train rather than airplane. So, overnight trains like this will be popular.