We’ve previously examined the headaches finding rolling stock (i.e. carriages) for the new Zürich – Amsterdam NightJet that will run from December this year, but now another problem has come to light – the locomotives, and specifically that they are too heavy. We’ve been pointed towards this PDF issued by […]
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2021 is the EU Year of Rail, and so the European Commission DG MOVE and Community of European Railways are running the “Connecting Europe Express” in September and October to try to show what rail can do for Europe and for the green transition. The train departed from Lisbon on […]
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As we reported yesterday, Swiss railways SBB are keen to increase their night train offer. But they, like every other player in this market, have the same rolling stock problems to overcome as anyone else. In this post we are going to look at the new NightJet service due to be launched […]
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Tagesanzeiger Sonntagszeitung features a long interview with boss of Swiss Railways SBB Vincent Ducrot – you can read the whole interview here (free registration required). The headline strikes us as slightly off. “Nachtzüge werden nie profitabel sein” “Night trains will never be profitable” he says. Perhaps he ought to have a […]
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Private night train operator RegioJet offered a Prague 🇨🇿 – Rijeka 🇭🇷 in summer 2020 and is back for more in 2021… This time the train serves Bratislava 🇸🇰, Budapest 🇭🇺 and Zagreb 🇭🇷, and then splits – with one portion for Rijeka 🇭🇷 and the other for Split 🇭🇷 […]
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Today's #NightTrain pic is an #InterCityNotte at #Lecce, sent to us by Noam Schaulin
🇸🇰 locomotive
🇨🇿 carriages
🇭🇺 station
Budapest-Keleti – start and end point for some of the very best railway adventures!
Photo thanks to @hvondelen
We're happy to have our first guest post on Trains for Europe – João Cunha explains how to reintroduce the Sud Express, and sent us this picture of it! https://trainsforeurope.eu/the-future-of-night-trains-in-iberia/ #sudexpress #renfe #portugal #spain #lisboa #hendaye
A night train approaches the #greatbeltbridge #storbæltsbroen – pic von @hvondelen Night trains will run once more here in late June!
Sent to us by Walter Weiss. What a trip! #BalkanExpress #HellasExpress
One of Europe’s great stations: Frankfurt (Main) Hbf. But poorly served by night trains just now. Something we’d love to fix! #TrainsForEurope #FrankfurtMain #FrankfurtHbf #eisenbahnbilder
I’m often asked: is ÖBB’s #nightjet not an answer to the problems of night trains in Europe? The service is super, but is ÖBB ever going to run Köln-Warsaw or Amsterdam-Marseille? I doubt it. We need Europe wide solutions instead.
