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.

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

NumberNameRouteOperatorTravel Time
EN 233/232
EN 235/234
Allegro Tosca Wien HbfWien Meidling – Klagenfurt – Villach Hbf – PaduaVicenzaVerona Porta NuovaBrescia – 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-PuchheimVöcklabruckSalzburg Hbf. – Villach Hbf. – Tarvisio Boscoverde – Udine – Pordenone – Conegliano – Treviso CentraleVenezia MestreVenezia Santa Lucia ÖBB 12 h
EN 40233
EN 40294
Wien HbfWien Meidling – Klagenfurt – Villach Hbf – Bologna CentraleFlorence SMNRome Termini (with through carriages from Villach to Bologna, Rimini, and Ancona.) ÖBB 12 h, (14) h
EN 345
EN 346
Stockholm – Norrköping – Linköping – NässjöAlvestaHässleholm – Lund – MalmöCopenhagen AirportOdenseHamburg HbfBerlin SJ 13 h
EN 402
EN 403
Silesia KrakówOświęcimCzechowice-DziedziceBohumín PKP Intercity, ČD 3 h
EN 40456
EN 407
Chopin GrazWiener NeustadtWien Hbf. – Ostrava – Katowice – Warsaw Gdańska - Warsaw East PKP Intercity, ČD, ÖBB 14 h
EN 442
EN 443
Bohemia Praha hlavní nádražíPardubiceOlomoucOstravaBohumínČeský TěšínŽilinaPopradKošiceHumenné ČD, ŽSSK 12 h
9 h
EN 40458
EN 40459
Prague MainÚstí nad LabemDresden Hbf.Leipzig HbfErfurtFrankfurt(Main) HbfMannheim HbfKarlsruhe HbfFreiburg(Breisgau)BaselZürich 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 ZagrebDobovaLjubljana – Jesenice – Villach Innsbruck – Feldkirch Zürich 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.SzolnokBékéscsaba – Lőkösháza – CurticiAradFăgărașBrașovPloiești Vest – București Gara de Nord MÁV, CFR 14
(30) h
EN 40457
EN 40476
Metropol BerlinWrocław – Opole – BratislavaBudapest MÁV 14 h
EN 414
EN 40237
Stuttgart Ulm Augsburg München Ost Salzburg – Schwarzach-St. Veit – Villach – Jesenice – Lesce Bled – KranjLjubljanaZidani MostSevnicaDobova – Savski Marof – Zagreb 13 h
EN 1152
EN 1153
Bratislava Wien Hbf Zagreb Split ŽSSK, HŽ 18 h
EN 295
EN 294
Munich CentralMunich EastSalzburg – Villach – Bologna CentraleFlorence SMNRome Termini (with through carriages from Villach to Bologna, Rimini, and Ancona.) ÖBB 13 h (13) h
EN 40295
EN 40235
Munich CentralMunich EastSalzburg – Villach Hbf – PaduaVicenzaVerona Porta NuovaBrescia – Milan Rogoredo – Genoa Piazza Principe – La Spezia ÖBB, Trenitalia 15 h
EN 237
EN 236
StuttgartAugsburgMunich EastSalzburg – Villach Hbf. – Tarvisio Boscoverde – Udine – Pordenone – Conegliano – Treviso CentraleVenezia MestreVenezia Santa Lucia ÖBB 12 h
EN 424
EN 425
BerlinHalle (Saale)ErfurtFrankfurt (Main)MainzKoblenz – Bonn-Beuel – AachenLiege-GuilleminsBrussels NorthBrussels South ÖBB 14 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. "EuroNight to Copenhagen, Prague, Moscow". Dutch Railways NS. 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  3. DB to withdraw all remaining sleeper trains 21 December 2015
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