EuroNight

EuroNight, abbreviated EN, is a European train category which denotes many main-line national and international night train services within the Western and Central European inter-city rail network.

Overview

The classification and name were brought into use in May 1993.[1] Unlike the equivalent day-running counterparts EuroCity and InterCity trains, the EuroNight trains tend to run during the nighttime and are equipped with various cars for accommodating sleep services. Nearly all EuroNight trains require reservations and additional fare-supplements in addition to the regular cost of a ticket from the destination to the arrival point. These supplements vary in price depending on whether the traveler wishes to sit in a regular seat, a couchette "lying bed" which offers a padded, felt bed with a blanket and small pillow, or a sleeping bed which allows a mattress bed with full bedding (sheets, comforters, pillows).

Nearly all EuroNight services are international and jointly operated by national rail companies sharing cars on a route. EN trains are the standard night-train service for Western and most Central European nations. They are distinct from the older D-Nacht services, many of which still operate in Central and Eastern Europe. EN trains have criteria that rail companies must match in order to receive EN designation; the numbering format is EN 999; many routes also have accompanying names derived in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Operating carriers

The following carriers currently have designated cars and train conductors who work the EN lines. Many railway companies share cars on the same train line between routes; for example, EN 235 between Vienna and Rome share cars of both the ÖBB and Trenitalia.

Deutsche Bahn operated the additional City Night Line hotel-quality night services between Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and The Netherlands. Two of those, the Kopernikus and the Canopus, are designated EuroNight trains as EN 458/459. However, Deutsche Bahn terminated all of its own night train services by December 2016.[2]

List of EuroNight trains
NumberNameRouteOperatorTravel Time
EN 234
EN 235		 Allegro Tosca Wien Hbf – Wien Meidling – Bruck an der Mur – Villach Hbf – Venezia Mestre – Firenze Santa Maria Novella – Roma Termini (with through carriages from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale) ÖBB, Trenitalia 14 h
EN 236
EN 237		 Allegro Don Giovanni Wien Hbf. – St. Pölten Hbf. – Amstetten – St. Valentin – Linz Hbf. – Wels Hbf. – Attnang-Puchheim – Vöcklabruck – Salzburg Hbf. – Villach Hbf. – Tarvisio Boscoverde – Udine – Pordenone – Conegliano – Treviso Centrale – Venezia Mestre – Venezia Santa Lucia ÖBB 12 h
EN 246
EN 247		 EN Vorarlberg
EN LA Renaissance u. Reformation 2010		 Wien Westbf – Linz – Wels – Attnang-Puchheim – Vöcklabruck – Salzburg – Innsbruck – Landeck – Bludenz – Feldkirch – Bregenz ÖBB 10 h
EN 345

EN 346

 Stockholm – Norrköping – Linköping – Nässjö – Alvesta – Hässleholm – Lund – Malmö – Copenhagen Airport – Odense – Hamburg-Altona SJ 13 h
EN 402
EN 403		 Silesia Kraków – Oświęcim – Czechowice-Dziedzice – Bohumín PKP Intercity, ČD 3 h
EN 406
EN 407		 Chopin Wien Hbf. – Břeclav – Přerov – Ostrava – Bohumín – Katowice – Warszawa PKP Intercity, ČD, ÖBB 8 h
EN 420
EN 421		 Wien Westbf – Linz Hbf. – Passau Hbf. – Frankfurt (Main) Hbf. – Köln Hbf. – Düsseldorf Hbf. ÖBB 11 h
EN 442
EN 443
 Bohemia Praha hlavní nádraží – Pardubice – Olomouc – Ostrava – Bohumín – Český Těšín – Žilina – Poprad – Košice – Humenné ČD, ŽSSK 12 h
9 h
EN 444
EN 445
 Slovakia Praha hlavní nádraží – Pardubice – Olomouc – Ostrava – Bohumín – Český Těšín – Žilina – Poprad – Košice ČD, ŽSSK 10 h
9 h
EN 446
EN 447		 D 21JA Warszawa Wschodnia – Poznań Gl. – Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin Hbf. (tief) – Dortmund Hauptbahnhof – Köln Hauptbahnhof PKP Intercity, DB
EN 458
EN 459		 Kopernikus Praha hlavní nádraží – Ústí nad Labem – Dresden Hbf. – Leipzig ČD, DB 4:15
EN 462
EN 463		 Kálmán Imre Budapest Keleti pu – Kelenföld – Tatabánya – Győr – Hegyeshalom (Gr) – Wien Hbf – Wien Meidling – St. Pölten – Linz – Salzburg Hbf – München Ost – München Hbf (with through carriages to Bucuresti Nord) MÁV, ÖBB[4] 9
(24) h
EN 464
EN 465		 Zürichsee Graz – Selzthal – Innsbruck – Feldkirch – Zürich (with through carriages to/from Villach, Zagreb and Belgrade) ÖBB, HŽ, ŽS 11 h
10 h
EN 466
EN 467		 Wiener Walzer Budapest-Keleti pu.;– Kelenföld – Tatabánya – Győr – Mosonmagyaróvár – Hegyeshalom (Gr) – Wien Hbf. – Wien Meidling – St. Pölten – Linz – Salzburg – Innsbruck – Bludenz – Feldkirch – Buchs – Sargans – Zürich Hbf MÁV, ÖBB 12 h
EN 472
EN 473		 Ister Budapest-Keleti pu. – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Lőkösháza – Curtici – Arad – Făgăraș – Brașov – Ploiești Vest – București Gara de Nord MÁV, CFR 14
(30) h
EN 40476
EN 40457		 Metropol Berlin Hbf. – Wroclaw - Budapest 14 h
EN 491
EN 492		 Hans Albers Wien Westbahnhof – St. Pölten – Amstetten – St. Valentin – Linz – Wels – Passau – Nürnberg – Hannover – Hamburg-Harburg – Hamburg – Hamburg-Altona ÖBB 12 h
EN 498
EN 499		 Lisinski München – Salzburg – Schwarzach-St. Veit – Spittal-Millstättersee – Villach – Jesenice

(SL) – Lesce Bled – Kranj – Ljubljana – Zidani Most – Sevnica – Dobova – Savski Marof – Zagreb Glavni kolodvor (with through carriages to Belgrad)

 HŽ, SŽ 9 h
EN 1152
EN 1153		 Bratislava – Wien Hbf – Zagreb – Split 18 h
EN 1236/1238
EN 1237/1239		 Allegro Rossini Roma Tiburtina – Firenze Campo di Marte – Bologna Centrale – Ferrara – Rovigo – Padova – Venezia Mestre – Udine – Tarvisio Boscoverde – Villach – Klagenfurt – Leoben – Bruck an der Mur – Wiener Neustadt – Wien-Meidling – Wien Matzleinsdorf ÖBB 15 h

See also

References
  1. "International Services from May 23" (changes taking effect). Thomas Cook European Timetable (May 1–22, 1993 edition), p. 3. Peterborough, UK: Thomas Cook Publishing.
  2. DB to withdraw all remaining sleeper trains 21 December 2015
  3. "EuroNight to Copenhagen, Prague, Moscow". Dutch Railways NS. 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  4. "EuroNight Kálmán Imre | Eurail.com". Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
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