2nd-class compartment of a "convertible" 1st/2nd-class Corail Couchettes car (AcBcux, VU-84), diagrammed on Corail Nuit 5507/6 (Ventimiglia-->Portbou).
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Whenever a compartment is used as 2nd-class accommodation, the middle couchettes are unfolded. This means 6 couchettes per compartment, as on Bc10ux cars, yet with more comfort: textile covers, head elevation device and moquette on the floor.
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As this service was merely branded "Corail Nuit" (and not "Corail Lunéa"), passengers had to prepare their couchette themselves, using bag beds and an outdated Scottish blanket...
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Ventimiglia.
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24th July 2005.
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P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)