The Future Of Sustainable Travel
Luna Rail is developing a new generation of night & day trains
optimizing space usage, comfort and economics all at once, providing a sustainable alternative for airline passengers and the best possible travel experience.
Travel with Comfort, without CO2
Night trains offer a sustainable alternative to aviation, at a fraction of the emissions per passenger-km.
The problem of existing night trains is lack of comfort, lack of privacy, that the trains have low capacity and can only run at night. This limits their attractiveness and economics. Our technology will solve those problems and bring night trains into the future.
The Hotel Pod


The Hotel Pods: affordable premium
The hotel pod offers a private single cabin for all passengers while significantly increasing the capacity over conventional sleeper cars.
In day-mode, passengers sit on large couch-like sofa, it’s a little office or living room. During the night the seat lowers down and, together with additional space below the aisle, converts into a large bed.
There are also variants for two or three passengers.
The Seat Pod


The Seat Pods: full privacy with high capacity
The pods provide a big private seat during the day and a lie-flat bed at night. The technology provides the same seating density as six-passenger couchettes, or close to day coaches. But we provide more space, day and night mode, direct aisle access and individual privacy for all.
Developed in the physical world
We believe that the user of a product and their experience should be the central for development. That’s why our process has been accompanied by continuous user-tests in physical full-sized mock ups and rapid iterations based on the feedback we get.






With have run Tests with over hundreds of participants, each trying our various pods. Our “users” have communicated a high attractiveness of our technology both for day and night usage.
Daytime Attractiveness
of our test users consider a day trip in a Seat Pod more attractive than the 2nd class of a high-speed train. 32% consider the Seat Pod more attractive than 1st class.
of our test users consider a day trip in a Hotel Pod more attractive than the 2nd class of a high-speed train. 49% consider the Hotel Pod more attractive than 1st class.
Nighttime Attractiveness
of our test users rate the quality of the sleeping position in a Seat Pod to be “good” or “very good”. 88% rated them “satisfactory” or better.
of our test users rate the quality of the sleeping position in a Hotel Pod to be “good” or “very good”. 94% rated them “satisfactory” or better.
Competitiveness
of our test users consider traveling over night in a Seat Pod attractive, while
- 35% consider a bed in a shared couchette (with 3 others) attractive
- 40% consider a flight with a budget airline attractive
Assuming 1000km trip and ticket cost of 100€.
of our test users consider traveling overnight in a Hotel Pod attractive, while
- 25% of our test users would consider a flight with a full-service airline attractive
Assuming 1000km trip and ticket cost of 150€.
One App.
Manage the entire journey with the Luna Rail app.
This includes the booking process, travel information, ticket validation, controlling the cabin including unlocking doors, as well as ordering service. The design of the app, the cabin and the company is all integrated into one. A consistent design language across app and physical product provides a seamless experience through the whole user journey.


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