EuroNight
EuroNight, abbreviated EN, is a European train category that denotes many mainline 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.
- Austria's ÖBB (introducing in December 2016 its Nightjet-Services)
- Croatia's HŽ
- Czech Republic's ČD
- France's SNCF (as part of their Intercités de nuit brand)
- Hungary's MÁV
- Italy's Trenitalia
- Netherlands, The NS Hispeed[2]
- Poland's PKP Intercity
- Romania's CFR
- Slovakia's ZSSK
- Slovenia's SZ
- Sweden's SJ
- Switzerland's SBB
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, were designated EuroNight trains as EN 458/459. Deutsche Bahn terminated all of its own night train services by December 2016.[3]
List of EuroNight trains
Number | Name | Route | Operator | Travel Time |
---|---|---|---|---|
EN 233/232 EN 235/234 |
Allegro Tosca | Wien Hbf – Wien Meidling – Klagenfurt – Villach Hbf – Padua – Vicenza – Verona Porta Nuova – Brescia – Milan Rogoredo – Genoa Piazza Principe – La Spezia | ÖBB, Trenitalia | 16 h |
EN 40466 EN 40236 |
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 40233 EN 40294 |
Wien Hbf – Wien Meidling – Klagenfurt – Villach Hbf – Bologna Centrale – Florence SMN – Rome Termini (with through carriages from Villach to Bologna, Rimini, and Ancona.) | ÖBB | 12 h, (14) h | |
EN 345 EN 346 |
Stockholm – Norrköping – Linköping – Nässjö – Alvesta – Hässleholm – Lund – Malmö – Copenhagen Airport – Odense – Hamburg Hbf – Berlin | SJ | 13 h | |
EN 402 EN 403 |
Silesia | Kraków – Oświęcim – Czechowice-Dziedzice – Bohumín | PKP Intercity, ČD | 3 h |
EN 40456 EN 407 |
Chopin | Graz – Wiener Neustadt – Wien Hbf. – Ostrava – Katowice – Warsaw Gdańska - Warsaw East | PKP Intercity, ČD, ÖBB | 14 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 40458 EN 40459 |
Prague Main – Ústí nad Labem – Dresden Hbf. – Leipzig Hbf – Erfurt – Frankfurt(Main) Hbf – Mannheim Hbf – Karlsruhe Hbf – Freiburg(Breisgau) – Basel – Zürich HB | ČD | 13 h | |
EN 50466 EN 50467 |
Prague Main – České Budějovice – Linz – Salzburg Hbf – Innsbruck – Feldkirch – Buchs – Sargans – Zürich HB | ČD | 14 h | |
EN 50462 EN 50237 |
Budapest Keleti pu – Kelenföld – Tatabánya – Győr – Hegyeshalom – Wien Hbf – Wien Meidling – St. Pölten – Linz – Salzburg Hbf – München Ost – Augsburg – Stuttgart | MÁV | 13 h | |
EN 40414 EN 40465 |
Zürichsee | Zagreb – Dobova – Ljubljana – Jesenice – Villach – Innsbruck – Feldkirch – Zürich | HŽ | 14 h 10 h |
EN 40462 EN 40467 |
Budapest Keleti pu – Kelenföld – Tatabánya – Győr – Hegyeshalom – Wien Hbf – Wien Meidling – St. Pölten – Linz – Salzburg Hbf – Innsbruck – Feldkirch – Buchs – Sargans – Zürich HB | MÁV | 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 40457 EN 40476 |
Metropol | Berlin – Wrocław – Opole – Bratislava – Budapest | MÁV | 14 h |
EN 414 EN 40237 |
Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – München Ost – Salzburg – Schwarzach-St. Veit – Villach – Jesenice – Lesce Bled – Kranj – Ljubljana – Zidani Most – Sevnica – Dobova – Savski Marof – Zagreb | HŽ | 13 h | |
EN 1152 EN 1153 |
Bratislava – Wien Hbf – Zagreb – Split | ŽSSK, HŽ | 18 h | |
EN 295 EN 294 |
Munich Central – Munich East – Salzburg – Villach – Bologna Centrale – Florence SMN – Rome Termini (with through carriages from Villach to Bologna, Rimini, and Ancona.) | ÖBB | 13 h (13) h | |
EN 40295 EN 40235 |
Munich Central – Munich East – Salzburg – Villach Hbf – Padua – Vicenza – Verona Porta Nuova – Brescia – Milan Rogoredo – Genoa Piazza Principe – La Spezia | ÖBB, Trenitalia | 15 h | |
EN 237 EN 236 |
Stuttgart – Augsburg – Munich East – Salzburg – Villach Hbf. – Tarvisio Boscoverde – Udine – Pordenone – Conegliano – Treviso Centrale – Venezia Mestre – Venezia Santa Lucia | ÖBB | 12 h | |
EN 424 EN 425 |
Berlin – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Frankfurt (Main) – Mainz – Koblenz – Bonn-Beuel – Aachen – Liege-Guillemins – Brussels North – Brussels South | ÖBB | 14 h |
See also
References
- "International Services from May 23" (changes taking effect). Thomas Cook European Timetable (May 1–22, 1993 edition), p. 3. Peterborough, UK: Thomas Cook Publishing.
- "EuroNight to Copenhagen, Prague, Moscow". Dutch Railways NS. 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
- DB to withdraw all remaining sleeper trains 21 December 2015