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FEATURE LENGTH video! Here's my trip on the epic Intercity Notte sleeper train from Milan down to Palermo on the island of Sicily. This is a mustcomplete trip for any serious rail enthusiast from the awesome Milano Centrale station to the splendid tunnels at Genoa, to the beaches of the Tyrrhenian coast and the unique shunting operation at Villa san Giovanni onto the ferry for the short ride to Messina, this is a train trip that has just about everything (except a DINING CAR!). Thank you for clicking on this video and I hope you enjoy this especially long vlog of this trip, filmed during the gorgeous Italian summer this year.

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Fare/route into from Seat61 (just about my first port of call for European rail journey inspiration): https://www.seat61.com/international...

Full timetable of the train, ICN 1963: https://rail.cc/nighttrain/milanpal...

Some background info to Milano Centrale station, one of Europe's grandest terminals: https://retours.eu/en/29milanocentr...

Milan's strange signal cabins demystified:   / 80_years_later_a_highspeed_train_passing_u...  

Lamezia Terme sugar factory: https://issuu.com/gabriele.perotto/do...

Inland narrow gauge railways of southern Italy: https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/...

Sinopoli railway information: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrovi...

Galleria Peloritana: https://www.ferroviesiciliane.it/tag/...

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0:51 Milano Centrale station
3:15 ICN 1963 MilanPalermo
4:02 Fare breakdown
4:35 Boarding
6:00 Departing Milano Centrale/route map
7:08 Dinner and catering (lack of!)
8:06 Amenity/hygiene kit
8:47 Room tour!
10:53 Other accommodation
11:58 Genoa Piazza Principe and bedtime
13:30 Morning stroll through the train
14:11 Scenic ride
15:30 Breakfast
18:18 Incident at Palmi
19:18 Villa san Giovanni
20:55 Shunting onto the ferry at Villa san Giovanni
23:45 Ferry crossing and tour
27:49 Galleria Peloritana and abandoned mountain alignment
28:50 Staying safe, clean and entertained onboard
30:01 Final stretch to Palermo
31:15 Thank you for watching!