couchette
IPA: kuʃˈɛt
noun
- (rare) A couch.
- A compartment on a passenger train having berths for sleeping.
- A berth in such a compartment.
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Examples of "couchette" in Sentences
- I splurged on a first-class couchette – so I had a compartment to myself.
- Prices should be around £120-£165pp return for daytime travel, and £165-£200 return for overnight in a six-berth couchette.
- If you're in Scandinavia, try booking a sleeping berth - called a "couchette" - on a night train for a reasonable $30 to $50.
- Sharing a couchette with five strangers was hardly deluxe travel, but especially in the age before mobile phones, it often fostered moments of true camaraderie.
- Of course there was the dreaded train ride back despite getting a couchette, I was starting to get sick and threw up twice on the ride but I think I covered almost everything.
- You can purchase a return train ticket from London to Madrid through Rail Europe (0844 848 4070), travelling on the Elipsos Train Hotel from £202 return per person with accommodation in a four-berth couchette.
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