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.

EuroNight

Overview

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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

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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

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Number Name Route Operator Travel Time
EN 233/232
EN 235/234
Allegro Tosca Wien HbfWien MeidlingKlagenfurtVillach HbfPaduaVicenzaVerona Porta NuovaBresciaMilan RogoredoGenoa Piazza PrincipeLa Spezia ÖBB, Trenitalia 16 h
EN 40466
EN 40236
Wien Hbf.St. Pölten Hbf.AmstettenSt. ValentinLinz Hbf.Wels Hbf.Attnang-PuchheimVöcklabruckSalzburg Hbf.Villach Hbf.Tarvisio BoscoverdeUdinePordenoneConeglianoTreviso CentraleVenezia MestreVenezia Santa Lucia ÖBB 12 h
EN 40233
EN 40294
Wien HbfWien MeidlingKlagenfurtVillach HbfBologna CentraleFlorence SMNRome Termini (with through carriages from Villach to Bologna, Rimini, and Ancona.) ÖBB 12 h, (14) h
EN 345
EN 346
StockholmNorrköpingLinköpingNässjöAlvestaHässleholmLundMalmöCopenhagen 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.OstravaKatowiceWarsaw Gdańska - Warsaw East PKP Intercity, ČD, ÖBB 14 h
EN 442
EN 443[4][5][6]
Slovakia[6] Prague MainKolínPardubice MainČeská TřebováOlomouc MainOstrava-SvinovOstravaBohumínČadcaŽilinaVrútkyKraľovanyRužomberokLiptovský MikulᚊtrbaPoprad-TatrySpišská Nová VesMargecanyKysakKošiceMichaľanyTrebišovBánovce nad OndavouMichalovceStrážskeBrekovHumenné ČD, ŽSSK 12 h
9 h
EN 40458
EN 40459
Canopus Prague MainÚstí nad LabemDresden Hbf.Leipzig HbfErfurtFrankfurt(Main) HbfMannheim HbfKarlsruhe HbfFreiburg(Breisgau)BaselZürich HB ČD 13 h
EN 50466
EN 50467
Prague MainČeské BudějoviceLinzSalzburg HbfInnsbruckFeldkirchBuchsSargansZürich HB ČD 14 h
EN 50462
EN 50237
Budapest KeletiKelenföldTatabányaGyőrHegyeshalomWien HbfWien MeidlingSt. PöltenLinzSalzburg HbfMünchen OstAugsburgStuttgart MÁV 13 h
EN 40414
EN 40465
Zürichsee ZagrebDobovaLjubljanaJeseniceVillachInnsbruckFeldkirchZürich 14 h
10 h
EN 40462
EN 40467
Budapest KeletiKelenföldTatabányaGyőrHegyeshalomWien HbfWien MeidlingSt. PöltenLinzSalzburg HbfInnsbruckFeldkirchBuchsSargansZürich HB MÁV 12 h
EN 472
EN 473
Ister Budapest KeletiSzolnokBékéscsabaLőkösházaCurticiAradFăgărașBrașovPloiești Vest – București Gara de Nord MÁV, CFR 14
(30) h
EN 40457
EN 40476
Metropol BerlinWrocławOpoleBratislavaBudapest MÁV 14 h
EN 414
EN 40237
StuttgartUlmAugsburgMünchen OstSalzburg – Schwarzach-St. Veit – VillachJeseniceLesce BledKranjLjubljanaZidani MostSevnicaDobovaSavski MarofZagreb 13 h
EN 1152
EN 1153
BratislavaWien HbfZagrebSplit ŽSSK, 18 h
EN 295
EN 294
Munich CentralMunich EastSalzburgVillachBologna CentraleFlorence SMNRome Termini (with through carriages from Villach to Bologna, Rimini, and Ancona.) ÖBB 13 h (13) h
EN 40295
EN 40235
Munich CentralMunich EastSalzburgVillach HbfPaduaVicenzaVerona Porta NuovaBresciaMilan RogoredoGenoa Piazza PrincipeLa Spezia ÖBB, Trenitalia 15 h
EN 237
EN 236
StuttgartAugsburgMunich EastSalzburgVillach Hbf.Tarvisio BoscoverdeUdinePordenoneConeglianoTreviso CentraleVenezia MestreVenezia Santa Lucia ÖBB 12 h
EN 424
EN 425
BerlinHalle (Saale)ErfurtFrankfurt (Main)MainzKoblenzBonn-BeuelAachenLiege-GuilleminsBrussels NorthBrussels South ÖBB 14 h
EN 476
EN 477[4][7][8][9][10][note 1]
Metropol[10] Praha MainPraha-LibeňKolínPardubice MainChoceňÚstí nad OrlicíČeská TřebováBrno MainBřeclavKútyBratislava MainNové ZámkyŠtúrovoVácBudapest Nyugati ČD, MÁV 10 h

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  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
  4. ^ a b "001 Praha – Česká Třebová – Přerov – Bohumín" (PDF). České dráhy. 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  5. ^ "320 (Ostrava –) Bohumín – Čadca, Dětmarovice – Petrovice u Karviné" (PDF). České dráhy. 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  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.