Goodnight, night train! ÖBB halts Nightjet routes

OBB's night train Nightjet services halted
Many of OBB's night train Nightjet services have been halted. Shutterstock

Austrian railway company ÖBB is halting several of its night train services—launched only eight months ago—due to “extensive” infrastructure work. Passengers hoping to travel from Berlin and Vienna to Paris and Brussels during the witching hour this summer will have to wait some two months before regular services return. That raises the question of whether Europe’s night train boom can live up to expectations.

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Author: Thomas Wintle

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