According to European Sleeper, which shared the news with Treinreiziger.nl, French railway infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau conducted a feasibility study stating an acceptable timetable is possible in France for the European Sleeper night train to Barcelona in Catalonia.
Tag: Night train
Madrid – Lisbon night train set to return in 2025 ahead of AVE
The governments of Spain and Portugal are advancing negotiations to reactivate the Lusitânia night train, which will reconnect capitals Madrid and Lisbon before the long-awaited AVE high-speed rail.
SOLO TRAVEL | More expensive, but also some advantages
In the advent of Valentine’s Day 2025, Gazet van Antwerpen (GvA) analysed the situation of single people. The number of households consisting of one person is on the rise. While ‘living alone’ isn’t the same as ‘being alone’ (romantically), it’s an indication. GvA looks into housing, the fiscal situation… but also travel. Travelling solo is…
Back On Track Belgium not surprised inaugural European Sleeper from Brussels to Venice didn’t reach Italy
European Sleeper inaugurated its night train service from Brussels in Belgium to Venice in Italy, via the Netherlands, Germany and Austria, in the night from Wednesday 5 February to Thursday 6 February 2025. But the sleeper train never made it passed Innsbruck. “And this is unfortunately not a surprise”, Back On Track Belgium says in…
European Sleeper now rides from Brussels to Venice via the Netherlands, Germany and Austria
In the night from Wednesday 5 February to Thursday 6 February 2025, the Belgo-Dutch night train company European Sleeper operates its first service from Belgium to Italy for the 2025 ski season.
Back On Track Belgium sees recognition for night trains in new Government Agreement but questions practicalities
Sleeper train travel advocacy group Back On Track Belgium has mixed feelings regarding the new Government Agreement in Belgium. The Kingdom has now a government after some eight months since the June 2024 elections. Such a long formation period is nowadays not unusual in Belgium and in Europe.
REVIEW | Amtrak’s Crescent overnight sleeper train from New Orleans to New York in a roomette
June 2024. For our first visit to the United States of America since the COVID-19 pandemic, we flew to New Orleans via London Heathrow with British Airways. After two days of exploring NOLA, Amtrak‘s Crescent overnight train brought us from Louisiana to New York, where we we stayed one night only before flying home.
Do engineering works in Germany’s railways block European Sleeper from operating night trains from Brussels to Prague?
Non-governmental night train operator European Sleeper fears that it will have to stop the night train from Brussels in Belgium to Berlin in Germany and Prague in Czechia from the summer of 2025. In a press release reported by Treinreizeiger.nl, European Sleeper says that there are gaps in the timetable that will make it impossible…
European Sleeper night train service from the Netherlands and Belgium to Barcelona delayed to 2026
A night train service from the Netherlands and Belgium to Barcelona in Spain? Not before 2026. European Sleeper announces a delay and blames SNCF Réseau, the railway infrastructure manager in France.
European Sleeper introduces a new night train to the Austrian Alps and Venice in 2025
European Sleeper schedules night trains from Brussels in Belgium to Venice in Italy in the coming ski season, in February and March 2025. This train will connect Belgium to Utrecht in the Netherlands, Cologne and Munich in Germany, Innsbruck in Austria and Verona and Venice in Italy.