Understanding preferences for night trains and their potential to replace flights in Europe. The case of Sweden

Possible strategies to mitigate the climate impact of tourism transport include encouraging closer destinations and supporting more sustainable modes transport, including trains. Today international trips by railways only have a small market share but night trains are considered an important part future green Europe. However, little is known about travelers' preferences for long-distance travel in The results integrated choice latent variable model (ICLV) applied stated preference (SP) data collected from 1691 residents Sweden show that, depending on place origin Sweden, response set innovations, reduced time emanating ongoing infrastructure investments, introduction new, comfortable trains, plane users willing switch Central Europe could reach 20–30% Southern Europe, 6–10%.