The ÖBB Nightjet train service abroad will be started up again on May 24 after a pause because of the coronavirus. The regular daytime trains to and from Germany, Italy and Czech Republic will also...Read more
A number of interest groups and FlixBus have filed a case to challenge a license and subsidy to Dutch Railways NS for operating a night train connection to Austria. According to them, the decision of...Read more
In roughly a year from now, the new Dutch private rail operator European Sleeper wants to run its first night train from Prague to Brussels. Co-founder Elmer van Buuren: “The time is right for the...Read more
COLUMN – The economic viability of night trains will be insecure if no action is taken on the track access charges. The struggle of Eurostar to keep its head above water showed that high track...Read more
From April 2022, two Belgian entrepreneurs will start the Moonlight Express night train connection between Brussels, Liège and Berlin. Initiators Louis Lammertyn and Louis De Jaeger also have plans to connect Belgium with the south...Read more
European Sleeper, a brand new Dutch railway company dedicated to night trains, is planning to launch a new night train service together with RegioJet connecting Prague – Dresden – Berlin – Amsterdam – Brussels. The...Read more
ÖBB and Slovak Railways (ZSSK) are launching a new seasonal EuroNight train connection from Vienna and Graz to Split in Croatia on June 18, 2021. The new night train is scheduled to run twice a...Read more
ÖBB and Siemens Mobility have presented the exterior design of the new generation of the Nightjet on Tuesday. The first new Nightjets will go in operation from 2022, a total of 33 new trains will...Read more
Czech private operator RegioJet will operate its night trains to Croatia again this summer season. The first train should depart on Friday, May 28 and will operate on the new route Prague – Brno –...Read more
Czech operator RegioJet will launch a regular night train connection to Poland on the route Prague – Krakow – Przemysl in the spring of 2021. In recent days, Polish Railway Authority UTK has given approval...Read more
“This is a good day for the climate, our customers and the coming together of Europe on rails.” Those were the words of Deutsche Bahn CEO Richard Lutz this Tuesday in an online press conference...Read more
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) announced their Nightjet strategy for 2024. Planning is underway for new night trains from Switzerland to Amsterdam, Rome and Barcelona. SBB and ÖBB signed a corresponding...Read more
Swedish transport authority Trafikverket has recently published a tender for a night train connection between Sweden and the European mainland. Starting in 2022 the train will connect Malmö and Stockholm to Brussels and Hamburg. This...Read more
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) started to construct a new hall at Vienna Simmering station. It will be dedicated to the maintenance of the night trains. The facility will be completed in March 2022.Read more
Czech open-access operator RegioJet has started a new long-distance overnight train. It connects five countries of Central Eastern Europe, from land-locked Czechia to Croatia, which is famous for its resorts on the Adriatic Sea.Read more
