US EditionThese 4 European Night Trains Are Debuting In 2026
European Sleeper will operate three weekly night trains with up to 700 seats, replacing Nightjet after French subsidy cuts led to its closure, supported by over 91,000 petition signatures.
- On March 26th, 2026 European Sleeper will launch a new overnight Paris, France–Berlin, Germany service via Brussels, Belgium, restoring night train connections.
- Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB decided to discontinue Nightjet after two years, citing the withdrawal of French government subsidies and costly idle daytime hours.
- Trains will run three times a week from Paris Gare du Nord to Berlin Ostbahnhof and Berlin Hauptbahnhof, with European Sleeper operating 12 to 14 coaches to accommodate up to 700 passengers.
- Supporters and protestors at Paris Gare de l'Est will start ticket sales on December 16th, with beds from 69, while a petition by Oui au train de nuit gathered more than 91,000 signatures.
- A growing night-train network in Europe suggests continued expansion despite ÖBB's mid-December cutbacks, as SBB plans a Basel–Malmö route launching April 15th, 2026, and Berlin gains seven daily trains to Poland.
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This new service will partially compensate for the stoppage of the Paris-Berlin and Paris-Vienne night trains by the French (SNCF), German (Deutsche Bahn) and Austrian (ÖBB) companies, scheduled from mid-December.
Berlin night train to run again from March 2026
The European Sleeper night train from Paris to Berlin via Brussels will be operational again from March 2026. The connection will run every other day, alternating with the existing Brussels–Prague night train. The train will depart from Paris-Nord and travel via Douai, Aulnoye, Mons, Brussels,...
Regional transport by buses instead of trains. Germany ticket commuters between Hamburg and Berlin must exercise patience – or resign.
A new direct train service will run from Paris to the German capital from March 2026, Dutch train operator European Sleeper announced on Wednesday. The night service will run from Paris' Gare du Nord on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and from Berlin's Hauptbahnhof and Ostbahnhof on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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