On Britain’s Last Sleeper Train

Jennifer R. Povey
4 min readMar 26, 2020
Photo by Aqib Touheed on Unsplash

A few years back we decided it was time to visit the Highlands of Scotland. Going there we went via Manchester, where most of my blood family reside.

Coming home, we were flying back from London (it’s hard to find a direct flight from DC to anywhere else). This meant a several hour train ride.

Which was when I discovered Britain’s last sleeper train. There’s something romantic about…

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Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.