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] As the name suggests, the EuroNight trains tend to run during the nighttime and are generally equipped with sleeping cars. 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 passenger choose 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.

Deutsche Bahn terminated all of its own night train services by December 2016.[2]. Before termination, Deutsche Bahn operated the 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.

As of 2025, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) were planning to reintroduce an overnight Euronight service from 2026 between Basel‒Copenhagen‒Malmö following the CityNightLine Aurora route withdrawn in 2014.

List of EuroNight trains

NumberNameRouteOperatorTravel Time
  • EN 345
  • EN 346
SJ EuroNightStockholm – Norrköping – Linköping – Nässjö – Alvesta – Hässleholm – Lund – Malmö – Copenhagen Airport – Padborg – Hamburg Hbf – Berlin HbfUntil August 2026: RDC Deutschland, on behalf of SJ
From September 2026: RDC Deutschland[3]		13 h
EN 40456
EN 407		ChopinGraz – Wiener Neustadt – Wien Hbf. – Ostrava – Katowice – Warsaw Gdańska - Warsaw EastPKP Intercity, ČD, ÖBB14 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 – HumennéČD, ŽSSK12 h
9 h
EN 40458
EN 40459		CanopusPrague Main – Ústí nad Labem – Dresden Hbf. – Leipzig Hbf – Erfurt – Frankfurt (Main) South – Mannheim Hbf – Karlsruhe Hbf – Freiburg(Breisgau) – Basel – Zürich HBČD13 h
EN 50466
EN 50467		Prague Main – České Budějovice – Linz – Salzburg Hbf – Innsbruck – Feldkirch – Buchs – Sargans – Zürich HBČD14 h
EN 50462
EN 50237		Budapest Keleti – Kelenföld – Tatabánya – Győr – Hegyeshalom – Wien Hbf – Wien Meidling – St. Pölten – Linz – Salzburg Hbf – München Ost – Augsburg – StuttgartMÁV13 h
EN 40414
EN 40465		ZürichseeZagreb – Dobova – Ljubljana – Jesenice – Villach – Innsbruck – Feldkirch – ZürichHŽ14 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 HBMÁV12 h
EN 472
EN 473		IsterBudapest Keleti – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Lőkösháza – Curtici – Arad – Făgăraș – Brașov – Ploiești Vest – București Gara de NordMÁV, CFR14
(30) h
EN 40457
EN 40476		MetropolBerlin – Wrocław – Opole – Bratislava – BudapestMÁV14 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])HŽ13 h
EN 1272
EN 1273		Bratislava – Wien Hbf – Zagreb – SplitŽSSK, HŽ18 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.)ÖBB13 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 SpeziaÖBB, Trenitalia15 h
EN 237
EN 236		Stuttgart – Augsburg – Munich East – Salzburg – Villach Hbf. – Tarvisio Boscoverde – Udine – Pordenone – Conegliano – Treviso Centrale – Venezia Mestre – Venezia Santa LuciaÖBB12 h
EN 424
EN 425		Berlin – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Frankfurt (Main) – Mainz – Koblenz – Bonn-Beuel – Aachen – Liege-Guillemins – Brussels North – Brussels SouthÖBB14 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 NyugatiČD, MÁV10 h

See also

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. ^ DB to withdraw all remaining sleeper trains 21 December 2015
  3. ^ "RDC Deutschland Group to continue night train service between Berlin – Hamburg – Stockholm". RDC Deutschland. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  4. ^ "001 Praha – Česká Třebová – Přerov – Bohumín". České dráhy. 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  5. ^ "320 (Ostrava –) Bohumín – Čadca, Dětmarovice – Petrovice u Karviné". České dráhy. 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  6. ^ "Timetable 2023/2024". ŽSSK. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  7. ^ "The best new European train journeys for 2023"
  8. ^ "002 (Praha –) Česká Třebová – Brno – Kúty". České dráhy. 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  9. ^ "260 Česká Třebová – Křenovice horní n.". České dráhy. 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  10. ^ "250 (Brno -) Šakvice - Kúty". České dráhy. 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  11. ^ "477 METROPOL EuroNight (Breclav - Budapest-Nyugati)". MÁV. Retrieved 2024-06-22.