#nighttrains — Public Fediverse posts
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RE: https://gruene.social/@jon/117094119766424163
#MastoTrains
👇 This is so cool! Kudos to fitting in two nights on #NightTrains out of your epic four-night expedition.👍🍀🤞 #GodSpeed
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Finally, Scandinavia to Paris is possible on nighttrains only, for those who want to!
European Sleeper just (13 July) launched their stop in Hamburg on the Berlin to Paris to Berlin route.
“With departures from Hamburg-Harburg on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Paris is well within reach for a long weekend.”
#EuropeanSleeper
#NightTrains
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Why do all the train booking websites have to suck so much?
I've found a set of connections that work to get me from Amsterdam to #romhack, but I want the first leg of the trip to be earlier. That way I can relax a bit, get some dinner, and have some buffer in case of delays before getting on the night train. I can't find a way to do it without booking each leg separately, which looks like what I'll end up doing. 😞
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[Video] 𝗜𝗺 𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁𝘇𝘂𝗴 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 | 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗲:
Schon als Kind schaute Michal Jaros (29) den Zügen in Prag sehnsüchtig hinterher. Heute ist er Steward im tschechischen Nachtzugunternehmen #ČD
Night und fährt regelmäßig mit dem #Nachtzug #Canopus von #Prag nach #Zürich. Warum will das kleine tschechische Unternehmen trotz vieler Probleme sein #Schlafwagen-netz ausbauen, während andere #Bahn-Unternehmen in Europa aufgeben?Seit einigen Jahren erlebt der Nachtzug eine leise Renaissance. Zwischen Ost und West entsteht ein Netz, geprägt von Idealismus, wirtschaftlichem Risiko und wachsendem Druck, klimaschonender zu reisen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTFoNZSm6C8 by #Arte via #YouTube
Reportage (D 2026, 30 Min)
📷 CC BY-SA 4.0 by Tobias b via Wikimedia
#Travel #Reisen #Zugreisen #Autozug #Railways #Nighttrains #Spoorwegen #Nachttreinen #Europa #Europe
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We get there (from Oslo, Norway) by train.
I really hope the heatwave will not disrupt connections too much, we are on a rather tight schedule tommorrow.
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Taking the night train from Munich to Warsaw. Looking out the window and reading, that's how travel should be 📗
The beds also look cozy
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I love #EuropeanDreamers, a new micro #series telling stories on European #nightTrains. 🤩 https://www.youtube.com/@european_dreamers
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RDC will operate the 🇸🇪Stockholm–🇩🇪 Berlin night train commercially from September, replacing SJ after subsidy cuts. Now out: The service will run 3️⃣ three times weekly during winter. www.nachtexpress.de/en/timetable/ #nighttrains #flygskam #tågskryt
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On my transcontinental #train ride back home #Warsaw -> #Brussels now. I know many people don't like #NightTrains but I admit the service quality at #EuropeanSleeper has been very satisfying so far. I've got a compartment for myself and can even choose the exact time breakfast will be served tomorrow morning.
Wish me a good night. 😴
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First time #öbb nightjet with the small 1-person mini cabins. Ambient light tonight, Vienna tomorrow! #nachtzug #trains #NightTrains
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𝗔 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲
Reporting for BBC Travel Show, Roma Wells finds out if it's still possible to get from #Istanbul to #Paris by sleeper train.
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0n49kwy/watch via #BBC
📷 BBC Travel Show
#TheTravelShow #Train #Trains #Railway #Railways #Railroad #NightTrains #Europe #Travel #RomaWells
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Finally boarded at 23:00. On board, the train manager explained that they had had to replace the locomotive and that the replacement had taken longer than expected to arrive. Why couldn’t they have told us that before? Their web site says “You will be informed of longer delays or important changes before departure by email and/or text message”, but this didn’t happen.
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Nox did it: The 🇩🇪/🇫🇷 startup convinced major investors of plans to offer single/double-cabin #nighttrains in refurbed coaches. The 2M€ pre-seed investment nearly doubles prior pre-seed investments (1.1M for Midnight Trains) allowing NoxMobility to continue operations and to build a 1st prototype.
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Sweden’s long-awaited night train order is here—but with ageing rolling stock, the urgency is clear. What do you think about choosing Talgo? Explore the economic details: https://back-on-track.eu/seden-orders-talgo-nighttrains #NightTrains #Nattåg #SustainableTravel
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We used to take sleepers in the 2010s, but now you have to book months ahead and I'm never that sure of my dates. It's not only the money. #sleepers #nighttrains
Smart sleepers could be the glow-up night trains need
Europe has a bit of an on-off relationship with night trains. A Berlin team's smart cabin concept could lead to greater commitment.
https://www.dw.com/en/sleeper-trains-shrinking-activists-demand-more-routes-in-europe-berlin-private-cabins-price/a-75937028 -
Last night was my first ever aboard a sleeper train! I took the European Sleeper (ES 452) from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Midi in Comfort Standard class.
With disruption on the north-south lines of the Berlin S-Bahn and construction work on sections of the U-Bahn, getting from U-Bahnhof Mehringdamm to Gesundbrunnen was unsettling but thankfully uneventful. After extracting my essential nighttime items - pyjamas and blåhaj - from my suitcase on the platform, I boarded the European Sleeper train, which departed punctually at 22:59.
Upon boarding, I quickly noticed that the air in the train was much warmer and drier than I had expected, and the 500 ml bottle of water provided for each passenger would have been entirely inadequate. Luckily, there was an extra bottle of water, and after a brief discussion with the one other passenger in the compartment, I drank that too. Only in the morning did I notice that there was a climate control panel for the compartment, which was set to 'medium'.
The mattresses were comfortable (as were the pillows) although the bunk was ever so slightly too short for me to lie down straight on. There was also loads of luggage space, both below the seats and on a narrow shelf at the head of the bunks, but I think it would have been much less spacious in the couchette carriages, which fit six passengers into each compartment - there, I would expect space for no more than a rucksack per passenger.
There was another Träwelling user on board, but we didn't get to meet each other! Judging by the tags on our respective check-ins, we were in different carriages.
I got to sleep at approximately midnight, which is pretty typical for me. However, I woke up at 03:00 after a dream in which I had a productive discussion with @marcprux about KeepAndroidOpen.org shortly before the train derailed and plunged off the side of a bridge (metaphor?) - considering the subject matter, this dream did not bother me as much as it perhaps should have. In fairness, I think the dream might have had more to do with some very intense lighting around Rheine than with anything about the ride quality of the train.
At this point the train had stopped at Bad Bentheim, where we stayed for close to an hour. I don't know what the wait was for, but we had a driver change during this time. I also took the opportunity to use the WC (one per carriage, seemingly) while the train was stationary, and I found it to be well-designed, clean and fully functional. I went back to bed at about 04:00 when we started moving again.
I slept pretty soundly until 07:30, when the announcements for the stop in Rotterdam woke me momentarily, and then I fell back to sleep again, finally being woken up for good at 09:20 by my fellow passenger, who alerted me to the fact that we were already at Brussels! We crawled along at a snails pace through the underground North-South connection and arrived in Bruxelles-Midi exactly on time at 09:27.
In total, out of the 10 hours and 28 minutes of travel time, I got about 8 hours of sleep - not bad at all!
The train didn't wait long at Brussels - by 09:40 a member of staff on the train chivvied me politely to leave, the train pulled away at 09:56, and another train had already arrived at the same platform by 10:00.
My suggestions to others taking the European Sleeper: bring long cables to charge whatever devices you have (the compartment I was in only had two electricity sockets, which were situated below the window), bring something to cover your eyes (the curtains did not block much light, and there is lots of artificial lighting on that route), and something to block out the creaking and clanking of the train - my fellow passenger used noise-cancelling headphones.
All in all, it was a fantastic experience, and one which I hope to repeat soon. Not only did it fulfil a key part of my itinerary, but it was also relatively good value: the bunk reservation being priced at €89 with an Interrail pass, it was approximately the same cost as a hotel room in Brussels, which I would have had to book if I'd taken day trains instead.
https://traewelling.de/status/7336542
#CrossBorderRail #traewelling #EuropeanSleeper #NightTrains #NightTrain #SleeperTrains #SleeperTrain
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Some potentially good news for #NightTrains in #Europe: new EU state aid rules for transport will allow operating aid to cover the initial losses of launching new commercial rail connections for passenger night trains, as long as they connect stations that have lacked scheduled night trains for at least three years:
https://www.railtech.com/all/2026/03/17/eu-adopts-new-state-aid-rules-for-transport-including-rail/
Maybe we’ll get that Malmö-Brussels service after all
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Caledonian Sleeper in 'biggest change for 30 years' as new Birmigham stop added | The National https://www.thenational.scot/news/25767563.caledonian-sleeper-trains-get-new-stop-major-english-city/
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𝗗𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘄𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗷𝗲𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗽𝗸𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗷𝗲𝘀
De dagelijkse #Nachttrein van #Nederland naar #Oostenrijk rijdt al sinds 2021, maar in 2025 heeft de #Trein nieuw materieel gekregen. De nieuwe generatie #Nightjet heeft onder meer innovatieve minicoupé’s.
📷 CC BY-SA 4.0 by Mark Smith via Wikimedia
https://www.volkskrant.nl/volkskrant-magazine/de-nagelnieuwe-nightjet-naar-wenen-is-een-rollend-hotel-met-piepkleine-kamertjes~b3ac93d3/ via @volkskrant
#Nachtzug #Zug #Nighttrains #Sleeper #Train #Spoorwegen #Eisenbahn #Railway #Railways #Travel #Wenen #Wien #Vienna
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Will 2026 be the year Europe’s night trains finally take off?
A European night train renaissance has long been teased, but in reality, it has been slow to materialise.
New night trains are launching across Europe, but funding gaps and ageing infrastructure still threaten their revival.
#NightTrains #Trains #SustainableTourism #EIB #Investment #EU #RollingStock #HighSpeedRail #Austria #France #Netherlands #Belgium #Switzerland #Italy #Europe
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These European cities are getting new train connections in 2026.
From a Scandi sleeper to an underrated Scottish city link, here are five new train routes confirmed or planned for 2026.
#HighSpeedRail #Rail #Trains #SleeperTrains #NightTrains #Scandinavia #Scotland #Berlin #Paris #Munich #NewPrague #Copenhagen #Basel #Malmo #Stirling #London #Edinburgh #EuropeanSleeper #EuroNight #Europe
