In an email to its followers and customers European Sleeper announced it will add a dining car to its Brussels – Antwerp – Amsterdam – Berlin – Prague night train from 1 September to 1 November 2024. Dining cars on night trains are rare in Europe as journeys are relatively short.
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European Sleeper finally connects Belgium and the Netherlands to Berlin, Dresden and Prague
It had been the ambition of European Sleeper all along: a night train connecting Brussels in Belgium to Berlin and Dresden in Germany and Prague in Czechia. Via Amsterdam in the Netherlands. From Monday 25 March 2024, the European Sleeper will finally go all the way.
European Sleeper serving Dresden and Prague from 2024, targets Barcelona from 2025
From 25 March 2024, European Sleeper will go further than Berlin and continue to Dresden and Prague. The capital of Czechia had always been its target, but engineering works in Germany prevented this. Barcelona is a next target.
MIDNIGHT TRAINS | Unified Rail Europe? Coping with rail network challenges
Back in June 2021, a company in France called Midnight Trains launched its ‘Hotel on rails‘ project for luxury night train services worthy a hotel experience. Every Friday, Midnight Trains sends a newsletter with some sort of update on its project.
Belgium European champion for rail tourism
Previously, we shared the Eurostat statistics regarding intra-European Union travel in 2021. One notable statistic is the means of transport. Belgium is – or at least was in 2021 – champion at rail tourism.
ÖBB’s Nightjet to connect Berlin to Brussels from December 2023
Austria‘s national railway company ÖBB will connect Brussels in Belgium to Berlin in Germany from December 2023 with its Nightjet sleeper trains. Half December is Europe‘s railway universe’s New Year. Night trains advocate Back On Track Belgium is delighted with the news.
Back On Track Belgium happy with first European Sleeper arrival, but wants more from powers that be
Yesterday evening, 25 May, European Sleeper‘s first commercial run departed Berlin. The first train with passengers left Berlin Gesundbrunnen station and has arrived in Belgium in the morning, passing Amsterdam and Antwerp. The non-profit organisation Back on Track Belgium, the interest group of night train passengers, is pleased with that train.
European Commission supports 10 pilot projects for cross-border train travel, but Back On Track Belgium calls out key weakness
The European Commission will support ten pilot project for new cross-border services and the improvement of existing ones, it announced recently. But that support is not financial. Back On Track Belgium says the initiative is weak.
Midnight Trains secures new night train rolling stock, aims for December 2024 start
Remember Midnight Trains? This night train start-up wants to link France to Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Denmark and even Scotland. And this from 2024. How? By offering comfort. A ‘hotel on rails’. Midnight Trains has offered an update on the proceedings.
NIGHT TRAIN | Brussels – Vienna / Brussels – Berlin Nightjet to run daily from December 2023
From December 2023, the Nightjet service which links Vienna in Austria to Brussels in Belgium will run daily. Half December is the when train schedules change in Europe. Nightjet is the night train brand of the Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB. Back on Tack Belgium revealed the news on Thursday.
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