The New GWR Sleeper Train
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- The Night Rivera - GWR's sleeper service - runs from London Paddington down to Penzance, and vice versa. Recently, the cabins and lounge car have all been upgraded, and we were invited by GWR to go on a trip to have a look at the refurbished carriages.
The sleeper train has four sleeping car berths, two seated cars and the lounge car. It runs six nights a week (not Saturdays) and there is now also a large-accessible berth as well, perfect for wheelchair users.
The First Class lounge as Paddington also has showers and can be used by anyone with a First Class ticket, the lounges at Penzance and Truro are currently for sleeper passengers only.
More info on the GWR website: www.gwr.com/pl...
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There's something magical about getting on a train and traveling hundreds of miles while the world flies by as you sleep. Definitely on my bucket list!
Yes granny in a thrasher hoodie!
wonder what she thought of this month's cover
David Webb I’ll show my gran this!😂
@@zennorrose2157 Aha YES! Can't believe you actually met Geoff and Vicky! Send my love to granny Thrasher!
@@zennorrose2157 Thanks for the personal reply too!
Pff.. I bet she can't even fit a skateboard up her ass, can't stand poser grannies
Ah... Loved the Waltons reference ! Night John-Boy!
Now that's a nice sleeper car. Wish American ones were like that. Ours are ancient.
The bunny was adorable. Grandmum was wonderful.
And the Waltons. They would go through the whole family. Glad you didn't.
Why a blue light? Because they found when your eyes are closed, you can filter it out. You can't see it. You will notice it is very small and dim. Just enough to orientate yourself. Red is actually better to keep your night vision, but it can get through your eyelids. So a dim blue is considered better for a night light.
@@chazbaz4519 I was riding on two of them last summer (Denver and back on the California Zephyr) No WiFi, air conditioner wasn't working in the dining car, several of the toilets stopped working. Even the Refurbishment is getting worn out. And I LOVE Trains! I just want them to be modern and working.
My experience on the superliner sleeper cars has been quite different. I have been very happy.
No wifi is basically going to be par for the course as most long distance routes are not going to be great as most of those systems rely on cell service. (And sat services suck anyhow).
Great video again Geoff and Vicki. Please can you do some digging with your contacts and try and get an update on exactly when the Cally Sleeper to Inverness will finally get their update, looking forward to trying it out.
June 2019
Another great vid, Geoff, but you should’ve listed the stations at which the train stops (in both directions) as it trundles along to Pz and then back to PAD👍🏻
West midlands having new stations some on the old walsall and wolverhampton line, plus stops on camp hill line in
What happens on the sleeper...stays on the sleeper 😏
Aww, they're so cute together :3 (I'm sorry if they're not in a relationship, I'm just really afraid to ask) Also the train is AWESOME!!!
There's a far better statue of Paddington Bear in Lima, Peru. I therefore suggest "All The Stations In Peru" as a series which should be high on your to-do list!
I wonder if having lie flat seats like they use in airliner business/first class will ever catch on for these sleepers. I'm inclined to believe they would seat more than twin berths. I only know of a few chinese high speed services that offer them in very limited numbers though.
I'd be worried about accidentally pressing the room service button
10:37 The Waltons 🤣🤣
also why isn't thier a night train to the irsih ferry port in south wales they are about as far from london may just a litle less desnsley inhabitaed a region though.
There used to be a night train from Fishguard to Paddington, I took it once in the 1980s. Also there used to be a sleeper train to Milford haven.
So if theres a mile high club whats the railway version 🤣
Has anyone ever taken the sleeper train from London to Edinburgh? What is it like? I think I might be doing that next time I'm in the UK
Hi, Evancortez 2! I've travelled on the overnight "Caledonian Sleeper" train between London and Edinburgh quite a few times, both before and after the service was Privatised in 1997, and since it was taken over by Serco Group plc in 2015. It's always an interesting experience and, by travelling whilst you are asleep, you effectively add an extra day to your holiday allowance. My advice to you would be 1) Under no circumstances whatsoever travel in the Seated Carriage as this is a life-expired Mark II Coach with tread brakes that grind horribly every time that the train needs to slow down, and seats which (although roomy and comfortable) don't really recline: 2) The Compartments on UK Sleeper trains are quite small (in order to fit 12 or 13 of them into a 23-metre Mark III carriage!) so it's better to pay a bit extra to travel First Class (ie Single Berth Cabin) rather than going Standard Class (ie a Twin Berth Cabin)… plus, if you travel First Class you can use the First Class Customer Lounges (with free showers) at London Euston and Edinburgh Waverley, and you get a complimentary Breakfast served to your cabin in the morning. 3) The Lounge Car on the London to Edinburgh Sleeper serves hot meals (including Scotland's signature dish of Haggis, Neeps and Tatties) as well as lighter snacks, and an excellent range of Single Malt Whiskies, all in a convivial and relaxing atmosphere. A three-course meal (Soup, Haggis and Cheesecake) will set you back about £20, which isn't too bad these days, whilst a couple of "wee drams" before you retire to bed is conducive to a good night's sleep. There is a concealed wash basin (with hot and cold running water) in your Cabin, along with USB charging sockets for mobile telephones and bottled drinking water. There are bisexual toilets at the end of each carriage which can be used even when the train is standing in a station. The actual beds are on the narrow side (24 inches or two feet, which ever you prefer) but they're reasonably comfortable so I usually manage to get a decent quantity and quality of sleep during my journey. You can stay in your Cabin for up to an hour after your train reaches its destination. I hope that this information is of use to you and that you enjoy your first Anglo-Scottish overnight "Sleeper" trip as much as I enjoy mine.
Murder on the penzance express
Thrasher Nan is my new favourite All The Stations cast member
Janssen McCormick me too, and I can tell you she lives up to the rep👌
From the people who brought you 'Snakes on a Plane', now bring you 'Bunny on a Train'
Followed by rabbit droppings in my bunk.
@@erik_griswold They're raisins, try them!
Do you remember ‘Bomb on an underground train’?
@Barry Scott 7th July 2005
I've never seen anyone rock a Thrasher sweater better than Nan right there
DeSaxofoonVanPeter im the 300th liker
3:35 That right there is the secret to a healthy relationship 😎
4:48 Did you censor yourself?
My favourite Vicki Explores ever!
LET THE SECRET OUT!
Got it he says maquette
Just saw the Daily Telegraph story where the male newlywed went to upgraded business class and the wife didn't: what a plonker!
Good to see better manners here :)
What - saying yes to the misses to everything - mmm, not so sure! 🤕😾🤕
Big up my Gran for her words of wisdom❤️ lovely to meet you two xx
Zennor Rose great to meet you Zennor! Hope your Gran is recovering well!
Big up your nan, rocking a Thrasher hoodie!
Gran is right the staff on the night service are a level up from daytime. Great service, they look after you well. And thats going back many years on the night train.
Your nan is awesome! I hope she's doing well!
A sleeper train - any sleeper train - definitely on my bucket list.
Or for an experience you'll really remember, get an overnight train in Vietnam.
I caught a sleeper from Cologne to Munich. My wife and I shared a cabin with four complete strangers (all of whom were already in bed when we boarded). Wound up with a nasty cough after that night.
Was on the bunnies, too :-)
I did the London-Inverness one a few months ago which wasn’t too bad. Bit bumpy and noisy but otherwise OK. I also have done the Calais-Narbonne one which was quite the experience!
Do the Caledonian Sleeper. London-Invernes, Aberdeen or Fort William. Obviously it goes to Edinburgh but you miss half the experience if you get off there.
I have always been puzzled by baby change facilities. Why do parents always come back out with the same baby?😀
It's better than as the saying goes......"throwing the baby out with the bath water"
My baby is usually the superior baby so I leave the other baby there for people with substandard babies..
At McDonald's a woman went in with a baby but then 5 minutes later only the baby came out.
Apparently Jimmy Saville also went to McDonald's the same day
🔥
😂😂😂😂😂 true, also if I go in there why do I never come out with a baby?
Did the Night Rivieira around 5 years ago from London for a football match against Truro City and paid for the upgrade to a berth. I was woken up at 3am to be told that we’d broken down, were still at Reading, and had to cross over to a standard HST replacement where I then had to sleep on the carpet underneath tables until Truro. Fortunately, I got my entire return journey fee back and a free return journey from Paddington to anywhere on the (at the time) FGW network. Used it for Torquay away the following season
Class 57 locomotive on the front end. You were lucky to get as far as Reading before it broke down. Or ran out of fuel. Or both.
4:44 Is moquette a censored word now!?
No but ‘another f***ing moquette’ is 😂
Oh, i swore i tought he said fuckload
@@tomstripreports for saying "whole new moquette"?
@@tomstripreports i dunno. Twitter's Tay ai program was pretty funny!
Moq off
For moqs sake
Moqing brilliant
Lots of great combos
There's a bunny rabbit and a granny in a Thrasher hoodie
What am I watching?
Very nice, GWR always seems to have a touch of class about its services
The "Night Riviera" rolling stock has been refurbished to a very high standard indeed. It's just a shame that the Lounge Car doesn't offer a proper hot meals service featuring such Cornish delicacies as Starry-Gazey Pie … or even Tiddy Oggies!
It's almost as if you're about to do it all over again...by the way, Caledonian Sleeper are getting brand new carriages for their trains which will probably enter service later this year or early next; any chance of you hopping aboard? Also, what did Vicki not have at 4:48? (I'm guessing moquette)
The new Caledonian Sleeper is due in May. They're currently all neatly parked in lines at Polmadie.
Sadly here in the Highlands we've got to wait until September!
Will there be a new spin off Vicki explores the toilet in Ireland 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Depends on how much she has to drink in the pub.
"Vicki explores the bogs" or "For peat's sake"
Those new perch seats in the buffet car really need lowering bit. And the angled seats need to swivel.
Not that I care when I'm driving the train. :-)
Nice video guys! “To the sleepers!”. I love sleeper trains.
The best part of any night sleeper experience, the windows at the rear of the train!!
I remember waking up early going London>>>Aberdeen. Got some lovely views as we crossed the Firth of Tay. The views from the cliff tops were spectacular as well.
Train leaves Paddington at 23:45 and arrives at Penzance at 07:53 Monday to Friday. Leaves Penzance at 21:45 and arrives at Paddington at 05:23 Monday to Friday.
I was sitting here thinking what were the arrival times...... then you popped up and supplied the answer :) I would have thought Geoff would have taken a shot of the clock upon their arrival...... so many thanks :)
5:23 seems an odd time to arrive in London. Nothing is open. Do you avail yourself of the Paddington posh lounge to crash out for an hour or three?
@@borderlands6606 I don't believe they kick you off immediately, so it's a nice leisurely wakeup, get dressed, head to the lounge and use the showers, grab breakfast and read the papers before grabbing the tube elsewhere and starting work.
Yup, you can board an disembark the train itself early/late (there are specific times), so you can sleep on board before departure or after arrival.
Good info, thanks👍🏻These Dep/Arr times, along with the stops, should’ve been posted by Geoff!! Unusual of him to miss small details, but a good vid anyway👍🏻
4,49 no sound
You both really do great train videos together. No other pair quite like you. It’s always a perfect mix of curiosity, expertise, whimsy - and just plain fun.
Not anymore split up
Why blue night lights? The one colour we're all told to avoid before bedtime...
I've noticed that designers will sometimes make decisions that are poorly considered. I had an alarmclock radio that had blue numbers. It looked really cool in the store but after a few months of poor sleep I finally figured out what the problem was. It now resides in the garden shed.
Something to do with the fact that you can’t find a vein under a blue light? For those poor souls who are that way inclined...
@limeyfox
Bit pointless if you can just turn the main light on.
Tradition on trains, l remember seeing one in "Murder on The Orient Express - 1974"
Presumably the alternative is a red light which might be a bit wrong..?
Man. I did an Amtrak sleeper for two nights from Washington DC to Denver via Chicago and it was straight out of the 80s. Yeah the seats were big and comfortable but a far cry from what i saw in here.
As sleek as those new seats looked in the video, the old Amtrak seats are sooo much cushier!
I did one in India, it was definitely not as relaxing and I was knackered the next morning. I sleep better in Economy on a plane (even on cheap airlines) than I slept in that sleeper. No private rooms or anything, just a carriage with like 12 beds and some curtains. Also, no bunny, and no free tea or coffee. :(
@@Fs3i amen to that we did 36 hours from howrah -chennai nuff said........
“It’s tails!” “Crap.” “Would you like the top bunk?” „Yes!“ „You can have the top bunk.“ Wonderful...! 😂😂😍☺️
Nice video, I would make some jokes about Vickie Explores the toilet but I do not want to waste (sorry) those jokes on a wonderful video, but with all the jokes and puns to one side, it is a wonderful video, I did the sleeper once before but didn't get much sleep since I was sitting in a chair all night but one good thing was Exeter St Davids when you get an hour you can walk around the station and take photos without anyone there :p
Come to Finland and try the sleepers here! Book an upstairs cabin and get an en-suite bog, with genius Transformers shower conversion :)
sounds fantastic!
@@michaelgask I love them (apart from the bit in Tampere where they smash the Turku and Helsinki trains together!) when they make sense for me, which sadly isn't too often nowadays. Ex's family were in Turku, so we'd get the night train back - and since it gets into Oulu before 8am, we'd book all the way up to Rovaniemi to get a lie in and still have time for a shower. We'd spend the day up there undoing the stress of a family visit before getting the evening train home (with a quite civilised dinner on board).
The bog/shower thing is genius, even if it's just a wall swinging across; I can't believe all these camper van conversions haven't cottoned on to it yet. And there can't be too many sleeper compartments in the world with a dedicated place to strap your skis to the wall :)
Also, putting your car on the train is still a thing here, with several car carriers on the back of the sleeper train, so the whole thing feels like a proper adventure.
Just remember to bring duct-tape for the annoying yellow digital clock by each bunk. Grrrr. Oh, and a light jacket to throw over your arm if you plan on smuggling a beer out of the restaurant car, which I'm told is illegal...
@@6yjjk Thanks for these details... I've only been to Finland once, and then only to Helsinki, but I LOVED it... and this sounds like the germ of an idea to get back there. 🔥Kiitos.
@@michaelgask Great news! Let me know if you have questions and I'll do my best to find answers. I've lived here for 7 years and plan on staying.
New but still in 40-year old rolling stock?
Yes, it seems rather odd that rather than order new coaches they’ve merely refurbished the old Mk3 coaches. It’s a shame of course that the sleeping cars which were ordered ( and delivered for the proposed Night Eurostar trains) were never used in public service in the UK but are now in Canada being used by Via Rail Canada. No doubt the ROSCO which owned them sold them at a profit!
Who cares how old they are, the British Rail Mark 3 coaches are probably the single most comfortable trains I've ever been on.
That 40-year old rolling stock is quieter and smoother than anything being built today. My only gripe is that, if you're going to refurb mk3s, at least replace the slam doors with automatic plug doors.
@@hindler Probably cause it's not a multiple unit train like most trains today.
@@hindler It just isn't a proper train without slam doors, just a large bus
I think you should go international.
How about the Ghan from Darwin to Adelaide.
Only takes 3 days and the train is 1100 metres along.
Loved Vikkies toilet break.
A babies change room.
You wouldn't want to be busting for a slash at 2am and someone has commandeered the only nog to change the baby.
Blimey I would have the ump.
How about chamber pots and back to the good old day.
Oh yeah a great vid
I’ll never get bored of these videos. Keep them coming!
why is there a privacy mute? 4:48
I travelled on this sleeper twice before the refurbishment and it does look better now but i imagine that this is now second best to the new Caledonian Sleeper with ensuite and double beds etc.Would love to see the North East South West sleeper reinstated which was the most heaviest used by passengers before it was axed when BR was privatised.
I did the Swedish Rail Polar Circle sleeper from Narvik to Stochholm. They have an onboard shower at the end of the carriage. It was cheaper thsn flying and saved a night's hotel costs.
A brand new ATS to kick off the weekend AND a special bonus “Vicki Explores”. This is the kind of video which highlights UA-cam’s lack of a “love it” button 👍👌. Great stuff as always, guys.
You need to catch the Caledonian Sleeper to Corrour when the new Mk V sleeper coaches come into service>? :-)
yes
Will you be doing the new Caledonian Sleepers, when they eventually start?
Like for the Bunny, it's so cute. Like the Video to.
exactly a year before you got this train, I stood in Paddington station for 5 hours waiting for a friend. it was cold.
c o l d
I did Paddington to Truro in the seated Compartment on the new train and it was AWFUL. It was FREEZING and those seats are bloody uncomfortable
Someone else just complained about the heating being to high... But if you go for a nighttrain, you are better off with taking a cabin, it's not much more expensive (the ticket plus a supplement of £45 solo in a shared cabin, or £70 for guaranteed privacy in your own), and definitely much more comfortable.
Sleeper trains look like a lot of fun - I’ve not been on one since I was 13 and my grandparents took me on a train tour on a special sleeper that went London - fort William and whilst we slept in the train, the sleeper carriages remained at fort William and the rest of the train (with us!) visited Mallaig and Oban.
When I'm older and have some money I'm gonna take my cat on a sleeper train. I think that it would be cute.
All The Freebies.....
Looks better than GWR 1st Class on an IEP which is laughably bad in terms of service and food (was not on Pullman service, which are very thin on the ground).
This reminds me of the The Ghan, Indian Pacific and Amtrak.
3:26 That heads or tails is like football in school. "- Heads or tails? Great. Now what do you want?" Loved it! You 2 are the best!
GWR managed to do proper seats here
how come they failed so miserably with class 800s?
Argh, anyone know what the livery is on the second coach up at 1:44?
I think you’ll find that it is a Greater Anglia Mk3. Apart from that, I would have no idea.
That looked like a really nice over-night trip, short video but still time for a "Vicki Explores" !!
Cheers for the all important height review, Geoff! I'm 6'5.5" so according to your recommendation I should be just fine! :D
Genuinely, though, I've always worried that I'll struggle for space in a cabin, but maybe I'll give it a crack!
Brilliant. Wish we had more of these in Canada.
what's wrong with Via and their trains that might arrive within 24 hours after the scheduled departure :'(
Funnily enough you actually do have the more modern Mark 4 sleepers that we were meant to get :-)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightstar_(train)
Right and I'd be happy with 70mph once in a while.
Nice! cabbed 57602 a while ago when GWR were running the 57's with 3 Mk3's to keep up driver hours
So weird literally booked onto this yesterday. Didn't realise it was this new 😂
13:28 These 6 foot 4 are actually 193 cm. So I would fit perfectly even in the lower bunk. Great.
Gotta do a sleeper sometime in my life. Thank you, great video you two!!!
I did the Night Ri I era in April. Long pause at Reading where I fell asleep after looking out the window at the Reading station sign. Awoke, looked out of the window cos we were stopped again and it said Plymouth! Wonderful nights sleep.
How did the bunny enjoy its journey?
See that breakfast roll at the end? That ain't bacon.
She loved it, yummy greens 😂
Cornish on the train, good to see. It's so similar to my native Welsh that I can more or less read it.
What, exactly, do you mean by "can more or less read" Cornish? Surely you either can, or can't, with nothing in between? In what ways does written Cornish differ from written Welsh?
@@DaveSuperThomas A very similar vocabulary and grammar rather like Breton as it's from the same branch of Celtic languages. The spelling is different (there is no 'V' in Welsh and we have the dd, ll, rh combinations which are actually single letters in Welsh without having their own character (look up Welsh Scrabble) but you can get the gist of what's written. I found the same thing in Brittany. It's vaguely like Spanish and Portuguese. Similar enough to follow the sense but different at the same time.
Cymru am byth!
@Thomas McDonald - Dorothy "Dolly" Pentreath of Mousehole (1692-1777) was the last person raised from birth to speak only Cornish, but she did learn English later in life.
Sorry but I love Floey the wabbit! 😍
You guys are super cute! 💕 Vicki explores...All the Toilets...All of them! Really loved this! 😍
What kind of gin would you like?
Me: Tarquin fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-f'tang-f'tang-olé-biscuitbarrel
Amazing to see how the Night Riviera has changed with the upgrade. I've travelled a few times now, and my first proper video (inspired in part by you two!) was based on a Paddington-Truro Night Riviera journey, pre-refurb! ua-cam.com/video/9VOfEjYFZWg/v-deo.html
Vicki: I've done the Paddington-Truro journey four or five times now. It gets easier to sleep on a moving train every time. You should plan more trips to Devon and Cornwall in the future!
I can still never trust if the toilet door is really locked 🤭
I didn’t realise this has now turned to airplane style seating :(
Unfortunately it has indeed turned to "airplane style" 2 + 2 seating in the Night Riviera's Seated Coach, in order to cram more paying passengers into the same limited space. I believe that the seated coach from the Night Riviera turns around at Penzance and is used for an early-morning commuter train, so GWR wasn't going to give the day travellers a free upgrade to 2 + 1 First Class seats!
Why the audio cut off at 4:48?
01:21 “... All The Snacks. 😳“
New series confirmed.
All sleeper cabins will now come with a complimentary rabbit.
See Paul Lucas Zurich to Hamburg by OBB Nightjet deluxe sleeper car for an excellent sleeper by compari
son.
I have trouble sleeping on trains too, the vigilance or deadman keep waking me.
Cool video Geoff and Vicki and it looks great after the refurbishment and I remember when you went on this before in 2017, your so lucky to be asked to go to all these places and trains. A new series for 2020 All The Toilets and I wonder if people thought Vicki was a bit strange going in the toilet with a camera lol.
Fantastic video as ever! One personal gripe with the refurb as a fairly regular user (and a cheapskate who can't afford a berth), Great Western's refurb has made the non-sleeper car far too bright to sleep in! (The light you see at 04:47 doesn't dim all night). If they sorted that out, I'd be a happy bunny.
Go to oxford again on next video bc i tell my mom to go there
I wish one day you guys would come and check out China Railways high speed trains. Especially the 350kph/400kph rated CR400A/B trains and the 250kph rated CRH1E high speed sleeper trains.
wait i thought utube was banned in china
@@isaacsitu9106 Banned as in you cannot access it using regular Internet accessing methods due to the censorship, but it is still accessible if you have the know-how to bypass it. It is not technically illegal to watch most of UA-cam's content too, however UA-cam is banned on the grounds of lacking built-in censorship and reporting mechanisms.
陈北宗 ohh alright then I’m in Australia so they don’t really care
Yeh, been on many sleeper trains in China, both hard sleeper and soft soft sleeper.
A bit different to the 1979 journey with Mark 1 sleepers, but hell, that was a fun trip! Can't wait to get back to the UK to do both this, and the Caledonian. Not cheap trips, but worth it just for the experience.
Speaking from experience, the best way of avoiding hat hair is to go full skinhead.
Planning on taking this in the fall, been looking forward to the new train
6:39
No as once Ethan Payne said
Liquiddd hapiinesss
Hi
Just wanted say a big thank for all the videos, only found your site by chance, brilliant job both.
I remember steam trains shutting at the end of our garden when I was boy, we really do our railways for granted.
Regards
Rick
Leicester
i wish youd keep the videos more on point with the train stuff and not make it all about you. literally this is 90 per cent vlog and 10 per cent about the train, im not interested in your personal lives and trifes i just want to know about the train
The rooms certainly look nice in the GWR sleeper
What gets me is its OUR train!..Cornwalls train, to get to london in decent shape AND we dont get any new showers at Paddington so get short changed on that. If you londoners ever get to heathrow for long haul flight and are already disheveled you will understand what I mean and know what its like to travel long distance in UK BEFORE you get a flight.
Definitely going to catch this soon! Noticed in the description it says “4 sleeper car births” should this be 4 sleeper cars as I assume they’ve more than 4 rooms!
In British Rail days Sleeper Carriages had either 13 Compartments or 12 Compartments + Room for Steward(ess) so I assume it's the same on the refurbished Night Riviera!
As someone who travelled up to Scotland every year on a sleeper to visit grand parents I can recommend them. I always found the gentle rocking of the train along with the muffled clanks and squeaks rather soothing. One of these days I'll cough up for a first class cabin and travel up to Inverness again. It's such a shame that they're disappearing in Europe. I've also used Canadian sleepers which are a little different but still very comfortable.
The Austrians at ÖBB are trying to revive them, luckily, and there's some momentum for a renaissance for night trains in Europe.
Last summer, I took the train from Belfast to Derry/ Londonderry : it has spectacular scenery.
All you fans are in for a treat.
also it would be cool if a few night a week it went beyond lond to either the south coast or the kentish ferry ports. .
Is anyone else viewing this out of curiosity sparked by the novel "The Sleeper" by Emily Barr? I'm re-listening to the audiobook after 8 years. I love books with drama involving train travel.
Those "door is unlocked/ locked" messages on the mirror in the bathroom. sorry, the toilet is awesome.
Usually in Russian sleepers people fight for a lower bed. It is more convenient.