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If you decide to take a 2-day journey on one of the Long-Distance Trains (LDT), you have a choice.
You can spend a small amount of money in the Coach Car and have to bring all your food (or buy food in the Sightseer Lounge). The bathrooms are pretty icky, and there is no shower.
It is a way to travel, but for me, not the best way.
I personally like getting a Roomette (which is the cheapest private room). Along with that option, you get 4 bathrooms in the car for a maximum of 15 rooms, and a shower!
Most Long Distance Trains leave mid afternoon, or early evening. The next day, in the late afternoon, I am ready to clean off the road dirt and get myself ready to leave the train the following day. I have noticed that the shower seems to be the less used feature, which confuses me. As a matter of fact, I have taken several showers over the years and I have never seen another person. Though the towels in the bag give a hint that others have taken one during our journey. Maybe I choose a less busy time, and people use it early in the morning or late at night.
Thankfully, it has a hand-held shower head, so you can point the water where you want it to be. My preferred way to shower. Many hotels now days, to not have that amenity.
It may look a bit strange, at first, but it works out well and the feeling of cleanliness, is not to be beat.
Definitely a feature that is worth the money.
