EuroNight

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

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[4][5][6]
 Slovakia[6] Prague Main – Kolín – Pardubice Main – Česká Třebová – Olomouc Main – Ostrava-Svinov – Ostrava – Bohumín – Čadca – Žilina – Vrútky – Kraľovany – Ružomberok – Liptovský Mikuláš – Štrba – Poprad-Tatry – Spišská Nová Ves – Margecany – Kysak – Košice – Michaľany – Trebišov – Bánovce nad Ondavou – Michalovce – Strážske – Brekov – Humenné ČD, ŽSSK 12 h
9 h
EN 40458
EN 40459 		Canopus 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 – 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 – 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 – 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
EN 476
EN 477[4][7][8][9][10][note 1] 		Metropol[10] Praha Main – Praha-Libeň – Kolín – Pardubice Main – Choceň – Ústí nad Orlicí – Česká Třebová – Brno Main – Břeclav – Kúty – Bratislava Main – Nové Zámky – Štúrovo – Vác – Budapest Nyugati ČD, MÁV 10 h

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Operates as IC 576/577 between Prague and Břeclav.

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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  6. ^ a b "Timetable 2023/2024" (PDF). ŽSSK. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  7. ^ "002 (Praha –) Česká Třebová – Brno – Kúty" (PDF). České dráhy. 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  8. ^ "260 Česká Třebová – Křenovice horní n." (PDF). České dráhy. 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  9. ^ "250 (Brno -) Šakvice - Kúty" (PDF). České dráhy. 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  10. ^ a b "477 METROPOL EuroNight (Breclav - Budapest-Nyugati)". MÁV. Retrieved 2024-06-22.