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- Setback for Night Trains: ÖBB Cuts Orders Amid Ongoing EU Coordination Challenges
Yesterday, the EU’s largest night train operator, ÖBB, announced that it would reduce its order for new night trains from 33 to 24. This is another clear sign that the… Read More »Setback for Night Trains: ÖBB Cuts Orders Amid Ongoing EU Coordination Challenges - Nox night trains: More than just a new cabin concept.
At first glance, the night train concept presented by the Franco-German founding duo with the brand “Nox” (Latin for “night”) on 10 June 2025 is reminiscent of the start-up Midnight… Read More »Nox night trains: More than just a new cabin concept. - Our NGO in the European media from France to Finland
🇩🇪 ZEIT Online, 3.6.25 – Night trains are taxed unfairly ‘The competitiveness of night trains is highly dependent on the development of airfares,’ says night train activist Maier [chairman of Back-on-Track.].… Read More »Our NGO in the European media from France to Finland - Not alone: Connecting Europe through high-speed rail
The European Commission has called on feedback on the development of HSR. All feedback can be studied here (the call was closed 21.5.25). This is our feedback: Back on Track… Read More »Not alone: Connecting Europe through high-speed rail - New Night Train from Prague to the Baltic Sea
As a trial, PKP Intercity add a sleeper to the newly inaugurated Baltic Express Since April 14th, the new night connection on the Baltic Express route between the Polish sea… Read More »New Night Train from Prague to the Baltic Sea - New study confirms climate protection potential of night trains.
In the study “Consideration of the ecological and overall social balance of night train transport by rail in an intermodal and intramodal comparison” (English version, auto-transated with Deepl), the consulting… Read More »New study confirms climate protection potential of night trains.
