European Sleeper plans to operate night trains between Amsterdam and Barcelona starting in 2025 but faces opposition from the French rail infrastructure manager. Co-founder Elmer van Buuren revealed this to BNR. Among other issues, the...Read more
The Deutsche Bahn (DB) Navigator app does not display services offered by the independent night-train operator, European Sleeper. The Dutch-Belgian start-up will turn to the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt), reports German media. This is...Read more
European Sleeper, the Dutch-Belgian night train operator, announces the expansion of its service into the Czech Republic with the inauguration of its first ride to Prague on 25 March 2024. The expansion comes ten months...Read more
European Sleeper has announced the starting date for extending its night train connecting Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin to destination Prague – which always was the plan. From 25 March 2024, the train will run to...Read more
Plusgrade, a Montreal-based company that offers ancillary revenue solutions for the travel industry, has announced a partnership with European Sleeper, the Dutch-Belgian railway company breathing new life into overnight train travel across Europe. This partnership,...Read more
The Belgian measure in which night train operators will pay nothing for track access fees and energy over the next two years should be adopted across Europe, says ALLRAIL, which represents new entrants in passenger...Read more
The dream has come true for founders Elmer van Buuren and Chris Engelsman: the first night train of their start up European Sleeper set off last Thursday night from Berlin to Brussels. Despite the bureaucratic...Read more
After decades of decline for night trains, there is momentum again with various new night train start-ups popping up and renewed interest from the public. But will there be a true night train comeback? And...Read more
Taking a night train can be cheaper than taking a flight, new research by on-profit UK consumer organisation Which? has found. This applies mostly to groups or families. Especially when such items as baggage costs...Read more
A European operator has their overnight sights set on Edinburgh. Wake up in the capital of Scotland, having gone to sleep in the capital of France. That is the Midnight Trains modern take on the...Read more
GreenCityTrip will launch a night train service between Amsterdam and Prague from April 21 onwards, the company announced on Tuesday. The operator will run a maximum of three trains per week, which also call at...Read more
The European Commission will support 10 pilot project for new cross-border services and the improvement of existing ones, it announced on Tuesday. Among the proposals selected are those by night train startup European Sleeper, the...Read more
European Sleeper will run its first planned night train service to from Brussels to Berlin instead of Prague in 2023, the company has announced. Infrastructure works in Germany mean that the company did not receive...Read more
InterviewEuropean Sleeper is working to launch its first night train service to Prague in 2023. In the process it has to overcome a host of obstacles. But in seeing the enduring appeal of the night...Read more
European Sleeper and travel organisation Sunweb will not be able to offer their planned night train service to the French Alps this winter, the companies announced on Thursday. Too many obstacles remain for a timely...Read more