Between Bunks and Stations

Entre Literas y Estaciones is a journey into the memory of the 1980s night trains—a time when traveling wasn't just about reaching a destination, but about living a unique experience among compartments, couchettes, sleeper cars, and stations shrouded in twilight.

Within these pages, Juan José Álvarez combines personal memories, railway history, and the spirit of an unrepeatable era to lead us into the world of those trains that crossed Spain and Europe under the cover of night. Locomotives, train sets, sleeper cars, occasional travelers, unexpected conversations, and glimpses of landscapes through the window intertwine in a narrative filled with nostalgia, humanity, and a deep love for railways.

This book is not merely a look back at the night trains of a bygone era, but also at the stories born aboard them: fleeting encounters, farewells, silences, broken dreams, and memories etched forever into the mind.

A work for lovers of trains, railway history, and those journeys where the route mattered just as much as the destination.