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.

• 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 [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 (previously extended to Rijeka [7] )	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] [8] [9] [10] [11] [note 1]	Metropol [11]	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

• Train categories in Europe
• EuroCity
• Rail transport in Europe

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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5. "320 (Ostrava –) Bohumín – Čadca, Dětmarovice – Petrovice u Karviné" (PDF). České dráhy. 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
6. "Timetable 2023/2024" (PDF). ŽSSK. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
7. "The best new European train journeys for 2023".
8. "002 (Praha –) Česká Třebová – Brno – Kúty" (PDF). České dráhy. 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
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10. "250 (Brno -) Šakvice - Kúty" (PDF). České dráhy. 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
11. "477 METROPOL EuroNight (Breclav - Budapest-Nyugati)". MÁV. Retrieved 2024-06-22.