EuroNight

EuroNight, abbreviated EN, is a European train category which denotes many main-line national and international night train services within the Western and Central European inter-city rail network.

EuroNight

Overview

European night trains with sleeper and/or couchette cars. EuroNight trains are designated "EN".

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 services (though a few large nations, including France and Germany, operate EN services nationally) and are jointly operated by various national rail companies, with many rail companies sharing cars on the route. EN trains developed and became the standard night-train service for all Western and most Central European nations, receiving special designation from the older D-Nacht services (many of which still operate in Central and Eastern Europe). EN trains have special criteria that rail companies must match in order to receive the EN designation.

Train numbers follow the EN designation. Many routes also have accompanying names that originally designated the route in the 19th and 20th centuries (EN 264 still operated on the classic Orient Express route from Vienna to Strasbourg, until its cancellation and withdrawal in 2009 for example).

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, are designated EuroNight trains as EN 458/459. However, Deutsche Bahn terminated all of its own night train services by December 2016.[2]

List of EuroNight trains

NumberNameRouteOperatorTravel Time
EN 17
EN 18
Moscow SmolenskayaOrsha CentralnayaMinsk-PassazhirskyBrest-TsentralnyTerespolWarszawa WschodniaWarszawa CentralnaKatowiceBohumínBřeclavWien HauptbahnhofInnsbruck HauptbahnhofBrenneroVerona Porta NuovaMilano RogoredoGenova Piazza PrincipeVentimigliaMonaco – Monte-CarloNice-Ville RŽD, , PKP, ČD, ÖBB, TI,

SNCF

48 h
EN 220
EN 221
Venezia Santa LuciaVenezia MestrePadovaVicenza railway stationVerona Porta NuovaBresciaMilano CentraleDijon-Ville stationParis Gare de Lyon Thello 13 h 30
EN 234
EN 235
Allegro Tosca Wien HbfWien MeidlingBruck an der MurVillach HbfVenezia MestreFirenze Santa Maria NovellaRoma Termini (with through carriages from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale) ÖBB, Trenitalia 14 h
EN 236
EN 237
Allegro Don Giovanni 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 246
EN 247
EN Vorarlberg
EN LA Renaissance u. Reformation 2010
Wien Westbf Linz Wels Attnang-Puchheim – Vöcklabruck Salzburg Innsbruck Landeck Bludenz Feldkirch Bregenz ÖBB 10 h
EN 300
EN 301
Scandinavia-Night-Express
Berlin-Night-Express
Berlin Hbf.Malmö Central Veolia Transport, GVG 9:30 h
8:30 h
EN 402
EN 403
Silesia KrakówOświęcimCzechowice-DziedziceBohumín PKP Intercity, ČD 3 h
EN 404
EN 405
Vltava Praha hlavní nádražíOstravaKatowiceWarszawaBrestMinskSmolenskMoscow Smolenskaya railway station RZD 25 h
EN 406
EN 407
Chopin Wein Hbf.BřeclavPřerovOstravaBohumínKatowiceWarszawa PKP Intercity, ČD, ÖBB 8 h
EN 420
EN 421
Wien WestbfLinz Hbf.Passau Hbf.Frankfurt (Main) Hbf.Köln Hbf.Düsseldorf Hbf. ÖBB 11 h
EN 436
EN 437
Jan Kiepura Amsterdam CentraalDuisburg Hbf.Köln Hbf.Wuppertal Hbf.Bielefeld Hbf.BerlinFrankfurt (Oder) (Gr) – Poznań GlownyWarszawa CentralnaWarszawa Wschodnia (with through carriages to Minsk and Moskva Byelorusskaya, also Basel SBBWarsaw – Moscow and München Hbf.WarsawMoscow) PKP Intercity, DB AutoZug, , RŽD 17 h
EN 442
EN 443
Bohemia Praha hlavní nádražíPardubiceOlomoucOstravaBohumínČeský TěšínŽilinaPopradKošiceHumenné ČD, ŽSSK 12 h
9 h
EN 444
EN 445
Slovakia Praha hlavní nádražíPardubiceOlomoucOstravaBohumínČeský TěšínŽilinaPopradKošice ČD, ŽSSK 10 h
9 h
EN 446
EN 447
D 21JA Warszawa Wschodnia – Poznań Gl. – Frankfurt (Oder)Berlin Hbf. (tief) – Dortmund HauptbahnhofKöln Hauptbahnhof PKP Intercity, DB
EN 452
EN 453
Ost-West-Express Moskva BelorusskajaMinsk(BY) – Warszawa Wschodnia – Poznań Gl. – Frankfurt (Oder)Berlin Hbf. (tief) – Hannover Hbf – Fulda – (Aschaffenburg) – Frankfurt (Main) SüdKarlsruheStrasbourgParis-Est Deutsche Bahn, RŽD, SNCF, PKP, 38 h
EN 458
EN 459
Kopernikus Praha hlavní nádražíÚstí nad LabemDresden Hbf.Leipzig ČD, DB 4:15
EN 459 Canopus Zürich HbfBasel SBBFrankfurt Südbahnhof.Erfurt Hbf.Leipzig Hbf.Dresden Hbf.Ústí nad Labem hl.n. – Praha hlavní nádraží ČD, DB 14:47 h
EN 462
EN 463
Kálmán Imre Budapest Keleti pu Kelenföld Tatabánya Győr Hegyeshalom (Gr)Wien Hbf – Wien Meidling – St. Pölten – Linz Salzburg Hbf – München Ost München Hbf (with through carriages to Bucuresti Nord) MÁV, ÖBB[4] 9
(24) h
EN 464
EN 465
Zürichsee Graz Selzthal Innsbruck Feldkirch Zürich (with through carriages to/from Villach, Zagreb and Belgrade) ÖBB, , ŽS 11 h
10 h
EN 466
EN 467
Wiener Walzer Budapest-Keleti pu.;– Kelenföld Tatabánya Győr Mosonmagyaróvár Hegyeshalom (Gr) Wien Hbf. Wien Meidling St. Pölten Linz Salzburg Innsbruck Bludenz Feldkirch Buchs – Sargans Zürich Hbf MÁV, ÖBB 12 h
EN 472
EN 473
Ister Budapest-Keleti pu.SzolnokBékéscsabaLőkösházaCurticiAradTeiușBrașovPloiești Vest – București Gara de Nord MÁV, CFR 14
(30) h
EN 476
EN 477
Metropol Berlin Hbf.Berlin SüdkreuzDresden – Schöna (Gr) – PrahaBrnoBřeclavKúty (Gr) – BratislavaSzob (Gr) – Budapest (with through carriages to Wien Westbahnhof from Břeclav) MÁV 14 h
EN 491
EN 492
Hans Albers Wien WestbahnhofSt. Pölten Amstetten St. Valentin – Linz – Wels – Passau – Nürnberg – Hannover – Hamburg-Harburg – Hamburg Hamburg-Altona ÖBB 12 h
EN 498
EN 499
Lisinski München Salzburg – Schwarzach-St. Veit – Spittal-Millstättersee – Villach Jesenice(SL) – Lesce Bled – KranjLjubljanaZidani MostSevnicaDobovaSavski MarofZagreb Glavni kolodvor (with through carriages to Belgrad) HŽ, SŽ 9 h
EN 1236/1238
EN 1237/1239
Allegro Rossini Roma TiburtinaFirenze Campo di MarteBologna CentraleFerraraRovigoPadovaVenezia MestreUdineTarvisio BoscoverdeVillach Klagenfurt Leoben Bruck an der MurWiener Neustadt Wien-Meidling – Wien Matzleinsdorf ÖBB 15 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. DB to withdraw all remaining sleeper trains 21 December 2015
  3. "EuroNight to Copenhagen, Prague, Moscow". Dutch Railways NS. 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2014-11-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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