Austrian state railway ÖBB has amended its rolling stock contract with Siemens Mobility, RailTech reports. This decision puts a hold on further deliveries of its new-generation Nightjet sleeper trains. The move marks a shift in investment priorities, with ÖBB responding to rising passenger numbers by focusing instead on expanding its Railjet 2 daytime fleet.
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Trenitalia, Deutsche Bahn and ÖBB launch Frecciarossa EuroCity trains linking Berlin, Munich, Milan, Rome and Naples
Starting in December 2026, Trenitalia’s sleek Frecciarossa ETR1000 trains will begin linking major cities across Italy, Austria and Germany with five new daily EuroCity services. These international high-speed routes, developed in collaboration with Deutsche Bahn and ÖBB, mark a significant expansion in European cross-border rail connectivity.
Back-on-Track EU: New study confirms climate protection potential of night trains
Night train advocacy group Back-on-Track looks at a recent German study on night trains and ecology. Climate friendliness and energy efficiency are always big issues in the debate.
The end of the Brussels – Berlin ÖBB Nightjet
“The NightJet train to Berlin is no more. The night train departed like a thief into the night”, Alexander Gomme from Back On Track Belgium mailed us. “On Monday evening, the last NightJet Brussels-Berlin night train unexpectedly departed from Brussels-South.”
ÖBB Nightjet stops Brussels – Berlin sleeper train service from 28 March 2025
From Thursday 28 March 2025, ÖBB Nightjet will stop its sleeper train service between Brussels in Belgium and Berlin in Germany. Mark Smith, The Man in Seat 61, posted the news.
European Sleeper now “truly” riding to Venice
European Sleeper will travel to Venice next Tuesday, 4 March 2025. Previously, on 5 and 14 February, the night train was scheduled to reach Venice in Italy, but the journey ended in Innsbruck in Austria instead, as the Italian carrier declined to operate the final leg.
SNCF Réseau confirms feasibility European Sleeper night train linking the Netherlands, Belgium, France to Barcelona in Spain
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.
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.
More Belgians want to go on holiday by train, but in practice not that many do
More Belgians want to travel by train coming summer holiday. ABTO, the Association of Belgian Tour Operators, says 7% indicate of surveyed holidaygoers in Belgium stated that they will travel by train this summer. In 2019, that was only 4%.
2024: rising prices affect travel plans and vacation activities
On 1 January 2023, we wrote 2023 would be a year of coping with staff shortages and industrial action. While both themes were present in 2023 – and still will be in 2024 – they felt less pressing. Perhaps we learned to live with staff shortages and strikes and not dramatize them (anymore). But it…