Dhaka, June 4 -- Night trains are experiencing a surge in popularity in France, with new data from Reseau Action Climat revealing that over one million passengers travelled on sleeper trains in 2024-a significant year-on-year increase. However, the report warns that this growth could stall without improvements in rolling stock availability.

Passenger numbers on night trains rose by 26pc year-on-year between 2023 and 2024, and sleeper services carried more than twice as many passengers as five years ago, the Federation of environmental, transport and energy groups found.

The record passenger numbers mean that night trains had a 76pc occupancy rate on average, while Paris-Toulouse and Paris-Nice routes were over 80pc full.

Indeed, the li...