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New SNCF couchettes car corail 2nd class rebuilt in Corail Lunéa. Interior. Taken in Paris Austerlitz on "Le Train Bleu" Ventimiglia-Paris. (2004) Photo S Sassi (gisesassi@wanadoo.fr)

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New SNCF couchettes car corail 2nd class rebuilt in Corail Lunéa. Interior. Taken in Paris Austerlitz on "Le Train Bleu" Ventimiglia-Paris. (2004) Photo S Sassi (gisesassi@wanadoo.fr)

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Vestibule of a Refurbished Corail Lunéa 2nd-class Couchettes-car (Bc10ux), seen in the consist of Corail Lunéa 3731 "Paris-Côte Vermeille" (Paris Austerlitz--->Portbou, with through-cars to Latour-de-Carol). 2nd September 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Vestibule of a Refurbished Corail Lunéa 2nd-class Couchettes-car (Bc10ux), seen in the consist of Corail Lunéa 3731 "Paris-Côte Vermeille" (Paris Austerlitz--->Portbou, with through-cars to Latour-de-Carol). 2nd September 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Side-corridor of a Refurbished Corail Lunéa 2nd-class Couchettes-car (Bc10ux), seen in the consist of Corail Lunéa 3731 "Paris-Côte Vermeille" (Paris Austerlitz--->Portbou, with through-cars to Latour-de-Carol). Carpeting consists of thick velvet. 2nd September 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Compartment a Refurbished Corail Lunéa 2nd-class Couchettes-car (Bc10ux), seen in the consist of Corail Lunéa 3731 "Paris-Côte Vermeille" (Paris Austerlitz--->Portbou, with through-cars to Latour-de-Carol). Carpeting and covers consist of thick blue velvet. While this service was branded and priced as a Corail Lunéa, Couchettes had surprisingly not been prepared on that evening, with pillows and comforters still folded and sealed... 2nd September 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Compartment a Refurbished Corail Lunéa 2nd-class Couchettes-car (Bc10ux), seen in the consist of Corail Lunéa 3731 "Paris-Côte Vermeille" (Paris Austerlitz--->Portbou, with through-cars to Latour-de-Carol). Thick leafing has replaced the sliding-curtain on the door to the corridor. 2nd September 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Compartment a Refurbished Corail Lunéa 2nd-class Couchettes-car (Bc10ux), seen in the consist of Corail Lunéa 3731 "Paris-Côte Vermeille" (Paris Austerlitz--->Portbou, with through-cars to Latour-de-Carol). Under the "Lunéa" program, couchettes have been welded in "night" position, thence barring such refurbished cars from wholly-daytime services, as well as from longer overnight journeys, in excess of a typical "Night Spring"... 2nd September 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Compartment a Refurbished Corail Lunéa 2nd-class Couchettes-car (Bc10ux), seen in the consist of Corail Lunéa 3731 "Paris-Côte Vermeille" (Paris Austerlitz--->Portbou, with through-cars to Latour-de-Carol). Under the "Lunéa" program, couchettes have been welded in "night" position, thence barring such refurbished cars from wholly-daytime services, as well as from longer overnight journeys, in excess of a typical "Night Spring"... In 2nd-class accommodation, this also includes a harder shell under the middle and upper couchettes. 2nd September 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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New SNCF couchettes car corail 2nd class rebuilt in Corail Lunéa. Interior. Taken in Paris Austerlitz on "Le Train Bleu" Ventimiglia-Paris. (2004) Photo S Sassi (gisesassi@wanadoo.fr)

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SNCF Corail Lunéa Service - Compartment of second class couchettes car. Roberto V. Sousa (devil.lips63@gmail.com) 11-08-2011 My on-line gallerys: http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=20515 http://www.flickr.com/photos/52197074@N00/

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Intérieur d'une voiture couchette Corail Lunéa de 2ème classe (28 avril 2007) Photo Christian Fincato dfg@waika9.com