EuroNight (Night Train)

EuroNight (EN) (Night Train)

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

The classification and name were brought into use in May 1993. 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.

EuroNight 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
• 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.

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 Slovakia 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 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 [note 1] Metropol 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

EuroNight Notes

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