{{Short description|Night train service in Europe}} {{Infobox rail service | box_width = | name = SJ EuroNight | color = | logo = | logo_width = | image = File:2022-09-01-mark-smith-seat61-sj-euronight-hamburg-altona.jpg | image_width = | alt = | caption = Mark Smith (Seat61) on the inaugural SJ EuroNight departure in 2022 | type = | status = | locale = | predecessor = | first = {{Start date|2022|09|01|df=y}} | last = <!--{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}--> | successor = | operator = {{plainlist| * SJ AB * BahnTouristikExpress }} | formeroperator = Hector Rail (Padborg‒Malmö, 2022‒2024) | ridership = | ridership2 = | website = {{url|https://www.sj.se/en/about-the-journey/sj-euronight}} | start = Stockholm Central | stops = {{plainlist| * Norrköping C. * Linköping C. * {{rws|Nässjö}} * {{rws|Hässleholm}} * Lund C. * Malmö C. * Copenhagen Airport * Padborg * Hamburg Hbf }} | end = Berlin Hauptbahnhof | distance = | journeytime = 15 hours | frequency = nightly | trainnumber = {{plainlist| * EN 344 ({{abbr|Sun‒Fri|Sunday‒Friday}}) * EN 345 ({{abbr|Sun‒Fri|Sunday‒Friday}}) * <s>EN 346</s> ({{abbr|Sun‒Fri|Sunday‒Friday}}) * EN 13471 ({{abbr|Sat|Saturday}}) * EN 13472 ({{abbr|Sat|Saturday}}) }} | line_used = {{plainlist| * Western Main Line * {{ill|Grödingebanan|sv|Grödingebanan|de|Grödingebanan}} * Southern Main Line * Continental Line * Øresund Line * Copenhagen–Fredericia * Fredericia–Padborg * Neumünster–Flensburg * Hamburg-Altona–Kiel * Hamburg-Altona link line * Berlin–Hamburg * {{ill|Hamburg‒Stadtbahn connecting line|de|Hamburger Stadtbahnanschluss}} * Berlin Stadtbahn }} | class = | access = Wheelchair-accessible ({{abbr|PRM|persons with reduced mobility}}) compartment | seating = {{plainlist| * International seated (Stockholm‒Berlin) * Domestic seated (Stockholm‒Malmö) }} | sleeping = {{plainlist| * Couchette (1‒6 passengers) * Sleeping car (1‒2 passengers) * En-suite Deluxe Sleeping car (1‒3 passengers) }} | catering = {{plainlist| * SJ {{abbr|RB7|Restaurant and second class}} Buffet car (Stockholm‒Malmö) * Mini-Kiosk (Padborg‒Berlin) }} | baggage = Private compartment, or second bed required | otherfacilities = | stock = | gauge = {{Track gauge|standard}} | el = | speed = {{convert|160|kph|mph|round=10|abbr=on}} | trainlength = | owners = | routenumber = | maintenance = {{plainlist| * {{ill|Hagalund Depot|sv|Hagalunds bangård|de|Bahnhof Hagalund|v=sup}} * Berlin-Lichtenberg * Talgo (Deutschland) }} | sharing = | map = {{Routemap |title=SJ EuroNight 345/346 |embed=yes |inline=yes |legend=no |map= KINTa~~ ~~'''Stockholm Central'''~~ ~~ ~~ HST~~ ~~Norrköping C.~~ ~~ ~~ HST~~ ~~Linköping C.~~ ~~ ~~ HST~~ ~~{{rws|Nässjö}}~~ ~~ ~~ HST~~ ~~{{rws|Alvesta}}~~ ~~ ~~ HST~~ ~~{{rws|Hässleholm}}~~ ~~ ~~ LKBHFa\STR\~~ ~~Gothenburg Central~~ ~~ LHST\STR\~~ ~~‒ Helsingborg C. LHST\STR\~~ ~~‒ Halmstad C. LKRWl\STR!~LKRW+r\~~ ~~‒~~West Coast Line diversions BHF~~ ~~'''Lund C.'''~~ ~~ ~~ lBHF~L\ABHFr+r\~~ ~~'''Malmö C.'''~~ ~~(reversal)~~ TZOLLWo<!--hKRZWae--><!--GRENZE-->~~ ~~ ~~Øresund Bridge~~(SE/DK)~~ bg=#ade TUNNEL2~~ ~~ ~~Øresund Tunnel~~ ~~ bg=#ade \tINT\FLUGg~~ ~~{{rws|Copenhagen Airport}}~~ ~~(CPH)~~ TUNNEL2~~ ~~ ~~Great Belt Tunnel~~ ~~ bg=#ade hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Great Belt Bridge~~ ~~ bg=#ade epBHF~~ ~~Odense~~ (2022‒2024)~~ ~~ hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Little Belt Bridge~~ ~~ bg=#ade DST+GRZq~~ ~~Padborg~~ ~~(DK/DE)~~ \STR%2Blo-STRl!~lhSTRa(r)<!--!~lhSTR+1a-->\vWSLeq~~ ~~ ~~Rendsburg Loop~~ ~~ <!--uexSTRq-->WASSERq\hKRZWe\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~Rendsburg High Bridge~~ ~~ exKHSTaq\eABZgr\~~ ~~Hamburg-Altona~~ (2022‒2023)~~ ~~ INT~~ ~~'''Hamburg Hbf'''~~ ~~ ~~ bSHI2lr!~lhSTRa@f~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ etKDSTaq!~lhBHF!~KINTe\tSTRr!~STR~~ ~~'''Berlin Hauptbahnhof'''~~ ~~ ~~ lhSTRe@g\KHSTe~~ ~~ Berlin Gesundbrunnen~~ ~~ ~~ }} | map_state = | module = }} '''SJ EuroNight''' ('''{{abbr|EN|Euronight}} 344'''/'''345''') is a night train service between Stockholm Central Station in Sweden and Berlin Hauptbahnhof in Germany. The overnight train is part of the Euronight (EN) network, and operates with sleeping car, couchette car and seated carriages. A buffet car from SJ AB (Swedish Railways) is attached between Malmö Central and Stockholm.
==Background== In January 2020, the Swedish Transport Administration ({{lang|sv|Trafikverket}}) published a draft investigation into re-introduction of night trains between Sweden and Germany.<ref name="kattler-20200115"/> Proposed routes were Malmö‒Cologne‒Aachen and Stockholm‒Malmö‒Hamburg.<ref name="kattler-20200115"/> Västra Götaland County ({{abbr|VGR|Västra Götalandsregionen}}) separately investigated and proposed Oslo‒Gothenburg‒Hamburg.<ref name="trivector-20210120"/>
In January 2021, bids were invited by the Swedish Transport Administration for public service obligation operation of night train connections between Sweden and Germany.<ref name="irj=20210422"/> In June 2021 the Danish law covering operation of rail transport in Denmark was changed to allow the Swedish Transport Administration to procure overnight train services between the Denmark–Sweden border and the Denmark–Germany border.<ref name="dk-ft-l214-20210604"/> Inside Germany the train cannot be financially supported.<ref name="nystrom-2025-10-09"/>
===Contract=== The Stockholm‒Germany tender was won by SJ AB, for four-years of service from 2022 until 2026, with up to 244 nights per year eligible for financial assistance.<ref name="burroughs-20210831"/><ref name="global-railway-review-20210906"/><ref name="nystrom-20240327"/> Existing operator Snälltåget did not bid.<ref name="irj=20210422"/>
Snälltåget subsequently increased the frequency of its own Stockholm‒Berlin overnight service along the same route up to 220 nights per year;<ref name="thoenig-2025-10-10"/> so by {{As of|2025|10|bare=yes}}, SJ were only receiving partial financial support for 190 nights per year.<ref name="nystrom-2025-10-09"/>
==Route== The route runs from Stockholm through Sweden to Malmö, across Denmark using the Øresund Bridge, Great Belt Bridge and Little Belt Bridge,<ref name="dahlberg-20210830"/> then inside Germany via the Rendsburg High Bridge towards Hamburg—initially ending at Hamburg-Altona station.
From 1 April 2023 the service inside Germany was extended via Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Berlin Hauptbahnhof, running as an open-access operator with SJ operating the extension at its own risk.<ref name="rushton-20230405"/> During the summer months both the Snälltåget and SJ Euronight night trains run on the Berlin‒Stockholm route.<ref name="neumann-20230913"/>
SJ had originally planned to extend the new service south-east of Hamburg through the Ruhr-area of Germany in the direction of Cologne, to better serve travellers continuing towards London, Paris, Amsterdam, and parts of Western Europe.<ref name="nystrom-2023-01-16"/> When no acceptable timetable or rolling stock solution could be found, a reserve Plan B heading south-east of Hamburg was initiated.<ref name="nystrom-2023-01-16"/>
For 2026, several weekend closures of the Swedish Southern Main Line will mean diversions up the West Coast Line to Gothenburg Central Station.<ref name="nystrom-2025-10-09"/>
===Rolling stock=== In 2021 Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) proposed the use of refurbished AB32 sleeping carriages.<ref name="irj=20210422"/> From the start of service on 1 September 2022 only couchette carriages could be used.<ref name="dahlberg-20241009"/> Delays in authorising rolling stock through Denmark, meant initial trains consisted of two couchette carriages.<ref name="trafikverket-20221031"/> After 7 December 2022 sleeping cars started to be added to the SJ Euronight.<ref name="dahlberg-20241009"/> In 2023, SJ purchased three dining cars from Germany for potential renovation;<ref name="dahlberg-20241009"/> in the interim, a Swedish RB7 Bistro wagon began to be coupled to the train between Stockholm‒Malmö.<ref name="dahlberg-20241009"/> From 3 October 2024, five seated cars were available, thus enabling the previous couchette carriages to return to being available for passengers wishing to sleep.<ref name="dahlberg-20241009"/>
SJ began operating the train using SJ Rc6 locomotives between Stockholm and Malmö. Alstom Traxx locomotives from Hector Rail were chosen for the journey across Denmark, instead of locomotives from DSB.<ref name="planinski-20220504"/> In mid-December 2024, SJ took over full operation to the Denmark–Germany border at Padborg using their own drivers, for this SJ use Siemens Vectron locomotives leased from Green Cargo across Denmark.<ref name="wintle-20241024"/> Inside Germany the train is operated with locomotives and crew from {{ill|BahnTouristikExpress|de|Bahntouristikexpress|vertical-align=sup|display=yes}}, a part of Railroad Development Corporation, on behalf of SJ.<ref name="wintle-20241024"/>
===2026=== The public service obligation contract runs until the beginning of September 2026.<ref name="nystrom-20250624"/> {{As of|2025|10}}, partial financial support would remain until 31 July 2026, with SJ continuing to run the service for another month until 31 August 2026.<ref name="nasland-2025-10-09"/><ref name="becker-2025-10-10"/><ref name="irj-2025xxxx">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.railjournal.com/financial/sj-puts-sweden-germany-night-trains-to-bed/|title=SJ puts Sweden - Germany night trains to bed|first=Jonathan|last=Newton|date=2025-10-24|access-date=2026-05-22|magazine=International Railway Journal|quote="In general, it’s quite a challenge to make night trains profitable," Christer Litzell, business manager at SJ, tells IRJ. "It's a long route, and there are relatively few spaces on the trains." … While coaches that had previously operated in Denmark were automatically approved for operation, all individual coaches that have never operated in Denmark had to go through a six-month approval process even if the type of coach was the same. … "Half of the couchette cars were approved and half were not, even though they were exactly the same cars," Litzell says. "It took us two years before everything was in place."}}</ref>
{{blockquote|text=We have operated on commercial terms almost half the route throughout the full year, and the entire route six months a year, … even though we have had many passengers and the trains have often been fully booked during peak season, it is definitely not profitable for SJ if you exclude the government support.|author=Christer Litzell, SJ|title=in Järnvägar.nu (October 2025)<ref name="nystrom-2025-10-09"/>}}
===Future=== During mid-2025, SJ had registered future interest in running a night train Oslo‒Copenhagen or Oslo‒Copenhagen‒Hamburg‒Berlin.<ref name="nystrom-20250624"/> The night trains would consist of a restaurant wagon, one or two seated carriages (60‒120 seats) and five overnight couchette or sleeping cars (up to 244 beds<!-- 3*60 + 2*32 -->).<ref name="nystrom-20250624"/>
{{As of|2025|10}}, Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) had proposed to continue operation of the Stockholm‒Malmö‒Hamburg‒Berlin route on a commercial basis with 50% of the previous number of departures.<ref name="neumann-2025-10-13"/> RDC had already been providing carriages and personal for the SJ Euronight service.<ref name="neumann-2025-10-13"/> Each eight-carriage train has 390 spaces: 60 in sleeping carriages, 210 in couchettes, and 120 seats.
RDC were investigating the possibility of assembling a single longer twelve-carriage train with four sleeping cars.<ref name="falkner-2025-10-28"/> The train would then run with three roundtrips per week, instead of daily.<ref name="falkner-2025-10-28"/> Departure frequency could be further reduced during November and January/February months.<ref name="falkner-2025-10-28">{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUdHNhEO9Qs|title=RDC takes over the Berlin–Stockholm night train: Interview with CEO Dr. Markus Hunkel|language=de,en|work=Night trains in Europe|first1=René|last1=Falkner|first2=Marcus|last2=Hunkel|author2-link=Markus Hunkel|date=2025-10-28|access-date=2025-10-31|via=Youtube|format=Video interview}}</ref>
In May 2026, a provisional winter timetable for October‒December 2026 was published:
; Train 345 (southbound) : leaving Sweden on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday evenings from Stockholm Central Station; arriving into Germany on Wednesday/Friday/Sunday mornings at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, extended on Friday/Sunday mornings to Berlin Gesundbrunnen station.<ref name="nachtexpress-2026-05-13-south">{{cite web|url=https://www.nachtexpress.de/assets/Files/Fahrplaene/rdc-euronight_fahrplan_stockholm-berlin_26-05-13.pdf|title=RDC Euronight Fahrplan Stockholm‒Berlin EN345|date=2026-05-13|access-date=2026-05-22|publisher=RDC Deutschland|website=Nacht Express|language=de|quote=1. September bis 12. Dezember 2026 … {{abbr|Di|Dienstag}} + {{abbr|Do|Donnerstag}} + {{abbr|Sa|Samstag}} … Stockholm Central 17:29 … [Göteborg Central 22:10] … Berlin Gesundbrunnen 08:56 / 11:10}}</ref> ; Train 346 (northbound) : leaving Germany on Monday/Wednesday/Friday nights from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and starting on Monday/Friday evenings from Berlin-Lichtenberg station; arriving into Sweden on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday mornings.<ref name="nachtexpress-2026-05-13-north">{{cite web|url=https://www.nachtexpress.de/assets/Files/Fahrplaene/rdc-euronight_fahrplan_berlin-stockholm_26-05-13.pdf|title=RDC Euronight Fahrplan Berlin‒Stockholm EN346|date=2026-05-13|access-date=2026-05-22|publisher=RDC Deutschland|website=Nacht Express|language=de|quote=5. Oktober bis 12. Dezember 2026 … {{abbr|Mo|Montag}} + {{abbr|Mi|Mittwoch}} + {{abbr|Fr|Freitag}} … Berlin Lichtenberg 18:39 … Hamburg Hbf 21:53 … Stockholm Central 09:45}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:SJ Euronight - 20240426 - 06.jpg|SJ Rc6 locomotive in Stockholm Central File:20240828 Deutschland SJ EuroNight EN345 Ankunft Hamburg Hbf Kennedybrücke Verspätung 510 Minuten BR 101 099 Nachtzug RDC BahnTouristikExpress BTE Alsterdampfer Goldbeck Binnenalster.jpg|Binnenalster bridge in Hamburg File:20241204 Dänemark Padborg SJ EuroNight EN345 EN346 zugleich am Bahnsteig Betriebsstörung mit hoher Verspätung EN346 BTE RDC.jpg|Padborg border station File:20240707 Dänemark SJ EuroNight RDC 101 099-0 Padborg Lokwechsel BTE Bahntouristikexpress Hectorrail Vectron Alpha Trains 193.jpg|Locomotive change at Padborg File:20240707 Deutschland SJ EuroNight RDC 101 099-0 Rendsburger Hochbrücke Liegewagen Schlafwagen.jpg|Rendsburg High Bridge </gallery>
==References== <references>
* <ref name="kattler-20200115">{{cite web|url=https://back-on-track.eu/swedish-draft-night-train-report-will-set-night-trains-on-the-tracks-from-scandinavia-in-2022/|title=Swedish (draft) night train report will set night trains on the tracks from Scandinavia in 2022|first=Poul|last=Kattler|department=News|website=Back-on-Track.eu|date=2020-01-15|access-date=2025-07-21|quote=one train from Sweden in each direction every day. A train with all supply options is estimated to provide about 300 seats per train, a total of about 600 seats per day. This means a supply of about 219.000 places per year … recommends a daily run between Malmö and Cologne (Köln) / Aachen. Times are just an illustration. Malmö: 19:40; Köpenhamn: 20:40; Köln: 06:00; Aachen: 06:50 … ''Frankfurt: 07:41'' … ''Basel: 10:47'' … Second step to Europe: Stockholm: 20:00 … Malmö: 01:50; Kastrup: 02:15; Hamburg Altona: 07:00; ''Berlin: 09:22''; ''Hannover: 09:24''; ''Frankfurt 12:00'' … {{lang|sv|Trafikverket}} is mentioning an estimated subsidy of 60 {{abbr|M|million}} SEK a year and a gross capacity of 210.000 travels. If we assume a occupancy rate of 2/3 that gives us 146.730 sold tickets. That will give 38,7 Euro of subsidy to each sold ticket. That seems rather fair. … Considerations of some late evening passengers from/to Hamburg are left out in the Swedish proposal. … Maybe a train Copenhagen (departure 18:40) – Hamburg (departure 23:40) – Zürich/Munich could be more attractive to ÖBB.}}</ref>
* <ref name="trivector-20210120">{{cite report|url=https://www.trivectortraffic.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/nattag-oslo-hamburg-ver-1-0.pdf|title=Nattågstrafik Oslo-Göteborg-Hamburg: Möjligheter och utmaningar på uppdrag av {{abbr|VGR|Västra Götalandsregionen}}|language=sv|trans-title=Night train traffic Oslo‒Gothenburg‒Hamburg: Opportunities and challenges in commission of Region Västra Götaland|date=January 2021|publisher=Trivector; Region Västra Götaland|first1=PG|last1=Andersson|first2=Stephan|last2=Bösch|first3=Olivia|last3=Dahlholm|editor-first=Mats|editor-last=Améen|location=Lund|quote=nattågstrafik mellan Hamburg-Köpenhamn-Göteborg-Oslo. … avgångstiden i Oslo och Hamburg inte är för tidigt (inte före 18:00) … Göteborg samma som för slutdestinationerna – ankomst inte före 06:00, avgång inte efter 23:00. … I dagsläget är Göteborg C en säckstation som kräver rangering och lokbyte|version=1.0}}</ref>
* <ref name="dk-ft-l214-20210604">{{cite act|url=https://www.ft.dk/samling/20201/lovforslag/l214/20201_l214_som_vedtaget.htm|title={{abbr|L|Lov}}214 Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om trafikselskaber. (Trafikverkets indkøb af nattogstrafik i Danmark).|language=da|trans-title={{abbr|L|Law}}214 Bill amending the Act on Transport Companies. (The Swedish Transport Administration's procurement of night train services in Denmark).|date=2021-07-01|access-date=2025-07-25|first=Benny|last=Engelbrecht|author-link=Benny Engelbrecht|quote=»Stk. 17. Den svenske statslige trafikkøber, Trafikverket, kan efter aftale med transportministeren foretage indkøb af nattogstrafik som offentlig servicetrafik på jernbanestrækningen mellem den dansk-svenske grænse og den dansk-tyske grænsedansk-tyske grænse.«|trans-quote="Subsection 17. The Swedish Transport Administration {{lang|sv|Trafikverket}}, may, in agreement with the Danish Minister of Transport, purchase public service obligation night train traffic on the railway section between the Denmark–Sweden border and the Denmark–Germany border."}}</ref>
* <ref name="irj=20210422">{{cite journal|url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/sn%C3%A4llt%C3%A5get-will-not-bid-for-stockholm-brussels-night-train-contract/58980.article|title=Snälltåget will not bid for Stockholm – Brussels night train contract|work=Railway Gazette International|date=2021-04-22|access-date=2025-07-09|quote={{lang|sv|Trafikverket}} is currently tendering the night train operation on behalf of the [Swedish] government, which signed an agreement with Denmark earlier this year. … invitation to tender was sent to operators in January [2021], … to prepare for a start of service by 1 August 2022 … ÖBB's Nightjet business is expected to bid, having reportedly invited expressions of interest in refurbishing a batch of AB32 sleeping cars for use on the route.}}</ref>
* <ref name="dahlberg-20210830">{{cite web|url=https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/item/27422-schweden-sj-euronight-geht-2022-in-betrieb-partner-dsb-und-rdc.html|title=Schweden: SJ EuroNight geht 2022 in Betrieb - Partner DSB und RDC|language=de|trans-title=Sweden: SJ Euronight operates from 2022 ‒ partners DSB and RDC|date=2021-08-30|access-date=2025-05-30|first=Bengt|last=Dahlberg|work=Lok-Report|quote=Nach Kopenhagen fahren die Nachtzüge über die Große und die Kleine Beltbrücke und dann weiter nach Hamburg. … Die Beschaffung ist das Ergebnis der im Januar getroffenen Vereinbarung zwischen der Regierung, der Zentrumspartei und den Liberalen ab 2019.}}</ref>
* <ref name="burroughs-20210831">{{cite journal|url=https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/main-line/sj-awarded-stockholm-hamburg-overnight-contract/|title=SJ awarded Stockholm - Hamburg overnight contract|first=David|last=Burroughs|work=International Railway Journal|date=2021-08-31|access-date=2025-01-28}}</ref>
* <ref name="global-railway-review-20210906">{{cite web|url=https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/127541/sj-night-train-stockholm-hamburg/|title=SJ wins Stockholm to Hamburg night train contract|department=News|work=Global Railway Review|date=2021-09-06|access-date=2025-01-28|language=en|quote=Swedish Transport Administration has announced that SJ has won the procurement for Stockholm‒Hamburg night train traffic … Railroad Development Corporation, for staffing, carriages and train driving in Germany … with [couchettes], sleeping cars and sleeping [cars] that have European dimensions. SJ's Swedish carriages are too wide. … four years with a possible two-year extension and covers traffic for 244 days per year. … night trains will be advertised as "SJ EuroNight" … depart Stockholm early in the evening and arrive in Hamburg between 06:00 and 07:00. … departs from Hamburg after 21:00 and arrives in Stockholm at approximately 10:00}}</ref>
* <ref name="trafikverket-20221031">{{cite report|format=Final report|title=Upphandling av nattågstrafik till Europa|language=sv|trans-title=Procurement of night train traffic to Europe|url=https://trafikverket.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1707609/FULLTEXT01.pdf|date=2022-10-31|access-date=2025-07-25|id=TRV 2020/81418|isbn=978-91-8045-099-7|first=Dan|last=Lundholm|issue=170|volume=2022|quote=mellan Trafikverket och SJ AB reglerar trafik mellan Stockholm och Hamburg Altona, … ut mot Hamburg Hbf. … 244 dagar per år under perioden 1 augusti 2021‒30 juli 2025, … ersättning på ca 79 miljoner kronor, totalt för fyra år ca 317 miljoner kronor. … varje avgång innehålla sittplatser och liggplatser … Dessutom ska ett visst antal sovplatser produceras per trafikår. … Kostnaden för den upphandlade sträckan Stockholm‒Padborg (‒Hamburg) … en nystartad trafik har i allmänhet lägre beläggning och därmed lägre biljettintäkter till en början. Trafikens fulla potential har ännu inte uppnåtts på grund av att de flesta vagnarna ännu inte blivit godkända för trafik i Danmark. Det har inneburit att varje avgång hittills endast har bestått av två liggvagnar istället för att även innehålla sittvagnar och sovvagnar.}}</ref>
* <ref name="planinski-20220504">{{cite news|url=https://railcolornews.com/2022/05/04/eu-expert-no-dsb-traction-for-sjs-night-trains-to-hamburg-first-car-appears/|title=No DSB traction for SJ's night trains to Hamburg; first car appears|department=EU / Expert|date=2022-05-04|access-date=2025-07-09|first=Konstantin|last=Planinski|work=Railcolor|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* <ref name="nystrom-2023-01-16">{{cite news|url=https://jarnvagar.nu/snalltaget-irriterat-pa-sj/|title=Snälltåget irriterat på SJ|language=sv|trans-title=Snälltåget irritated by SJ|date=2023-01-16|access-date=2025-10-11|first=Ulf|last=Nyström|others=photographers Kasper Dudzik & Linus Hall|work=Järnvägar.nu|quote=Enligt SJ har man ansträngt sig för att skapa bra förbindelser med västra Tyskland. "Vår önskan har hela tiden varit att få till en förlängning mot Ruhr-området, helst till Köln, för att underlätta för resor mot västra Europa och destinationer som Bryssel, Paris, Amsterdam och London", säger Dan Olofsson på SJ. När SJ inte lyckades få acceptabla tåglägen till Köln eller stationer i närheten valde man Berlin. "Tyvärr tvingades vi under hösten att konstatera att vi måste gå på plan B. Vi får inte ihop en stabil lösning till Köln som inte kostar enormt mycket i form av fler tågsätt"}}</ref>
* <ref name="rushton-20230405">{{cite newspaper|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/bahn-verkehr-berlin-schweden-test-erfahrungsbericht-direkt-mit-dem-nachtzug-nach-stockholm-funktioniert-das-ueberhaupt-li.334985|title=Direkt mit dem Nachtzug nach Stockholm: Funktioniert das überhaupt?|language=de|trans-title=Direct night train to Stockholm: Does that even work?|date=2023-04-05|access-date=2025-05-30|first=Elizabeth|last=Rushton|quote=eine zweite direkte Nachtzugverbindung zwischen den deutschen und schwedischen Hauptstädten; betrieben wird sie von der schwedischen Staatsbahn SJ. Doch es gibt noch etwas, das diesen Zug besonders macht – es ist die einzige Verbindung auf der Tafel, für die kein Bahnsteig angezeigt wird. Fährt der Zug überhaupt? … Das Nachtzugangebot des Privatbetreibers Snälltåget soll es weiterhin geben. … hatte mich bereits vorgewarnt, dass die meisten deutschen Passagiere in Hamburg zusteigen. … Um Mitternacht wache ich noch einmal auf, um im dänischen Padborg meinen Reisepass vorzuziehen, aber bin fast sofort wieder eingeschlafen.}}</ref>
* <ref name="neumann-20230913">{{cite newspaper|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/nachtzug-euronight-sj-schweden-daenemark-ausgebucht-zwischen-stockholm-und-berlin-reicht-ein-nachtzug-nicht-aus-li.388887|title=Ausgebucht: Zwischen Stockholm und Berlin ist ein Nachtzug nicht genug|language=de|trans-title=Booked out: Between Stockholm and Berlin one night train is not enough|date=2023-09-13|access-date=2025-05-30|first=Peter|last=Neumann|work=Berliner Zeitung|quote=der Euronight der schwedischen Staatsbahn SJ weiterhin über Hamburg hinaus bis Berlin fahren. Statens Järnvägar, kurz SJ, mit ihrem deutschen Partner {{abbr|BTE|BahnTouristikExpress}} und Snälltåget, Teil der französischen Transdev-Gruppe. Beide zeigen sich mit der Nachfrage zufrieden, … Nach einem Vergabeverfahren bekam SJ den Auftrag, zwischen Stockholm und Hamburg eine tägliche Nachtzugverbindung einzurichten. Später entschied das Unternehmen, die vom Staat bezuschusste und für bis zu zehn Jahre finanzierte Route auf eigenes Risiko in die deutsche Hauptstadt zu verlängern. Die Premierentour des EN 346 nach Dänemark und Schweden, dessen Wagen RDC Deutschland gehören, begann am 1. April 2023 in Berlin. Die eigenwirtschaftliche Fortführung war als Test gedacht, der am 30. September [2023] enden sollte. Nun bekräftigte der Betreiber, dass der Zug weiterfährt – auch 2024.}}</ref>
* <ref name="nystrom-20240327">{{cite web|url=https://jarnvagar.nu/fortsatta-problem-for-euronight/|title=Fortsatta problem för Euronight|trans-title=Continued problems for Euronight|date=2024-03-27|access-date=2025-01-28|first1=Ulf|last1=Nyström|first2=Johan|last2=Hellström|work=Järnvägar.nu|language=sv}}</ref>
* <ref name="dahlberg-20241009">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/item/53371-daenemark-schweden-sj-faehrt-die-nachtzuege-nach-berlin-bis-padborg-mit-eigenen-lokfuehrern.html|title=Dänemark/Schweden: SJ fährt die Nachtzüge nach Berlin bis Padborg mit eigenen Lokführern|language=de|trans-title=Denmark/Sweden: SJ drives the Berlin night trains to Padborg with its own drivers|first=Bengt|last=Dahlberg|agency=Järnvägar|work=Lok-Report|date=2024-10-09|access-date=2025-07-09|quote=Am [2022-12-07] war die Premiere der Schlafwagen. … Seit letzter Woche, [2024-10-03], verfügen beide Züge nun auch noch über einen Sitzwagen. … "Jetzt, da wir fünf Sitzwagen zur Verfügung haben, können wir unsere Liegewagen endlich als Liegewagen nutzen und damit mehr Reisenden die Möglichkeit geben, einen Liegeplatz in unseren Zügen zu wählen", sagt Christer Litzell. … SJ hat vor einem Jahr drei gebrauchte Restaurantwagen aus Deutschland … gekauft … Während des Wartens auf die Restaurantwagen setzt SJ in den Zügen auf der Strecke Stockholm-Malmö Bistrowagen vom Typ RB7 ein.}}</ref>
* <ref name="wintle-20241024">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.railtech.com/all/2024/10/24/very-very-complicated-sj-reveals-hidden-hurdles-of-taking-denmark-night-trains-in-house/|first=Thomas|last=Wintle|title="Very, very complicated": SJ reveals hidden hurdles of taking Denmark night trains in-house|date=2024-10-24|access-date=2024-01-28|magazine=Rail Tech}}</ref>
* <ref name="nystrom-20250624">{{cite news|url=https://jarnvagar.nu/sj-kan-kora-nattag-oslo-kopenhamn/|title=SJ kan köra nattåg Oslo–Köpenhamn|date=2025-06-24|access-date=2025-07-01|first=Ulf|last=Nyström|others=photographer Kasper Dudzik|work=Järnvägar.nu|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250701065419/https://jarnvagar.nu/sj-kan-kora-nattag-oslo-kopenhamn/|archive-date=2025-07-01|quote=SJ har också anmält till Jernbanetilsynet att företaget kan komma att inleda nattågstrafik antingen mellan Oslo och Berlin via Göteborg, Malmö och Hamburg eller mellan Oslo och Köpenhamn med vagnar till och från Stockholm. Nattågen kan, enligt anmälan, bestå av Rc6- eller Vectronlok samt fem sov- och liggvagnar, en-två sittvagnar och en restaurangvagn. Antal sov- och liggplatser anges till 244 och antalet sittplatser till 60–120. … Avtalet mellan Trafikverket och SJ om nattågstrafik mellan Stockholm och Padborg … löper ut i september 2026.}}</ref>
* <ref name="nasland-2025-10-09">{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/regeringen-vill-utreda-nattagens-framtid-kostnader-okar-vasentligt/|title=Regeringen vill utreda nattågens framtid – "kostnader ökar väsentligt"|language=sv|trans-title=Government wants to investigate the future of night trains – "costs will increase significantly"|date=2025-10-09|access-date=2025-10-10|work=Dagens Nyheter|department=Ekonomi|first=Lars|last=Näslund|quote=Trafikverkets avtal med SJ om Norrlandstrafiken från Stockholm sträcker sig till december [2026] nästa år, medan Hamburg/Berlin-avtalet går ut några månader tidigare, 31 juli [2026], men trafiken pågår en månad till.}}</ref>
* <ref name="nystrom-2025-10-09">{{cite news|url=https://jarnvagar.nu/sj-staller-in-nattagen-till-berlin/|title=SJ ställer in nattågen till Berlin|language=sv|trans-title=SJ cancels night trains to Berlin|date=2025-10-09|access-date=2025-10-10|first=Ulf|last=Nyström|others=photographer Kasper Dudzik|work=Järnvägar.nu|quote="Avtalet med Trafikverket gäller till 31 juli nästa år. Vi kör en månad till men sedan är det slut", säger Christer Litzell, affärschef på SJ. … "Vi har alltså kört på kommersiella villkor nästan halva sträckan under hela året och hela sträckan sex månader om året", säger Christer Litzell. "Även om vi haft många resenärer och tåget ofta varit fullbokat under högsäsong är det definitivt inte lönsamt för SJ om man exkluderar det statliga stödet." … Det senaste året har SJ fått ersättning för att köra 190 dagar per år. … Under ett antal veckoslut nästa år [2026] kommer nattåget till och från Berlin att köras från och till Göteborg i stället för till Stockholm på grund av banarbeten på Södra stambanan.}}</ref>
* <ref name="thoenig-2025-10-10">{{cite news|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article410195055/ab-2026-nachtzugverbindungen-von-berlin-nach-stockholm-fallen-weg.html|title=Ab 2026: Nachtzugverbindungen von Berlin nach Stockholm fallen weg|language=de|trans-title=From 2026: Night train connection from Berlin to Stockholm will be discontinued|first=Louisa|last=Thönig|date=2025-10-10|access-date=2025-10-10|work=Berliner Morgenpost|location=Berlin|quote=Snälltåget … kaufmännische Leiter Marco Andersson gegenüber dem schwedischen Medium: „Heute fahren wir rund 220 Tage im Jahr, ungefähr von Ostern bis zu den Herbstferien. Nur im Hochsommer gibt es wirklich einen Markt für zwei Betreiber. Aber wenn SJ nicht kandidiert, werden wir mehr anbieten.“}}</ref>
* <ref name="becker-2025-10-10">{{cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/erst-paris-jetzt-stockholm-weitere-nachtzugverbindung-nach-berlin-wird-gestrichen-14536253.html|title=Erst Paris, jetzt Stockholm: Weitere Nachtzugverbindung nach Berlin wird gestrichen|language=de|trans-title=First Paris, now Stockholm: another night train connection to Berlin is cancelled|first=Lea|last=Becker|work=Der Tagesspiegel|date=2025-10-10|access-date=2025-10-10}}</ref>
* <ref name="neumann-2025-10-13">{{cite news|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/eine-gute-nachricht-fuer-bahn-fans-nachtzug-berlin-stockholm-gerettet-li.2361788|department=Verkehr|title=Eine gute Nachricht für Bahn-Fans: Nachtzug Berlin–Stockholm gerettet|language=de|trans-title=Good news for train fans: night train Berlin‒Stockholm rescued|first=Peter|last=Neumann|author-link=:de:Peter Neumann (Autor)|date=2025-10-13|access-date=2025-10-14|work=Berliner Zeitung|quote=Doch dann springt RDC Deutschland in die Bresche. Das Unternehmen betreibt den Nachtzug im Auftrag von SJ. Es stellt Wagen und Personal. RDC wird die Verbindung auf eigene Rechnung übernehmen, … Aller Voraussicht nach wird der Zug künftig nicht mehr über die gesamte Fahrplanperiode hinweg und nicht immer täglich verkehren. Im Gespräch sei, 50 Prozent der bisherigen Verkehrstage zu erhalten … In der Hochsaison werden bis zu 390 Plätze angeboten, davon 60 im Schlafwagen, 210 im Liege- sowie 120 im Sitzwagen.}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official website|https://www.sj.se/en/about-the-journey/sj-euronight}} * {{commons cat inline|SJ EuroNight}}
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