Topic: Night trains

European Sleeper’s Amsterdam-Barcelona night train faces French hurdles

European Sleeper plans to operate night trains between Amsterdam and Barcelona starting in 2025 but faces opposition from the French rail infrastructure manager. Co-founder Elmer van Buuren revealed…
Irish railway project takes Scottish sleeper cars

The rolling stock formely used for the Caledonian Sleeper, the overnight service between London and Scotland, has found a new home. In an exciting development for railway enthusiasts,…
Renfe dusts off luxury night trains for new season

Renfe will this week restart its luxury night train services with the return of the Al Ándalus and the resumption of the Transcantábrico Gran Lujo, which is now…
Night train tickets to Finnish ski resorts in demand (and tax-free)

Finland’s national operator VR is seeing a big demand for night train services to the country’s major ski resorts. Demand is partly fuelled by the fact that tickets…
EU to back new cross-border pilots by European Sleeper, SJ, Eurostar, among others

The European Commission will support 10 pilot project for new cross-border services and the improvement of existing ones, it announced on Tuesday. Among the proposals selected are those…

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Opinion New operators and the difficulties to obtain rolling stock

The European Sleeper night train service should finally start in 2023. The Dutch company is close to securing sufficient suitable rolling stock. This brings us to an observation…