couchette
Sleeper car bunk
A couchette is a sleeping berth on a train, typically a narrow fold-down bed in a shared compartment.
Unlike private sleeper cabins, couchettes are budget accommodations where passengers sleep in bunks—usually four or six to a compartment—without much privacy: We booked couchettes on the overnight train to Vienna.
Nonsense or stacked bed
- sleeperOne at rest
- bedFurniture for slumber
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
pillow · blanket · mattress · sheet · curtain · ladder · upper · lower
Hinged to collapse flat
- convertibleCar with folding roof
- space-savingMinimizing area used
- narrowOf small width
- stackedArranged in a heap
shared · utilitarian · functional · efficient · economical · basic · no-frills · communal
bunk
Nonsense or stacked bed
- sleeperOne at rest
- bedFurniture for slumber
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
cabin · pillow · blanket · mattress · sheet · curtain · ladder · upper · lower · fold-down
fold-down
Hinged to collapse flat
- convertibleCar with folding roof
- space-savingMinimizing area used
- narrowOf small width
stacked · shared · utilitarian · functional · efficient · economical · basic · no-frills · communal · practical
railway
Track system for trains
conductor · ticket · platform · station · corridor · overnight · passenger · Eurostar · TGV · express
journey
Travel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
- backpackerTraveler carrying supplies
tourist · destination · adventure · excursion · holiday · vacation · budget · hostel · transit · route
- rail traveltrain, trains, train car, station, stations
- train traveltrain, railway, fare, tracks, rail
- overnight travelsleeper train, red-eye flight, overnight bus, sleeper car, night train
- passenger accommodationsstateroom, berth, cabin, passenger cabin, cruise cabin
- rail carsrailcar, freight car, passenger car, train car, hopper car
- sleeping berthsberth, bunk, sleeper car, pullman, roomette
couchetteprivate cabin
Reserved individual dwelling space
wagon-lit · deluxe cabin · suite · roomette · private suite
couchetteseat
Place for sitting
coach seat · airline seat · reclining seat · recliner seat · bench seat