In the study “Consideration of the ecological and overall social balance of night train transport by rail in an intermodal and intramodal comparison“, the consulting… Read More »New study confirms climate protection potential of night trains.
In her working plan accompanying her application speech in front of the EU Parliament Commission President Ursula von der Leyen did not really raise high… Read More »Single Ticketing: A broken promise?
Live Discussion on November 20th, 2024 at 17:00 CET With Tilly Metz MEP, followed by Q&A with Kurt Bauer and Elmer van Buuren. Short notice track works… Read More »Where are we with the track works & capacity regulation?
By withdrawing from Gothenburg, SJ is gambling on further subsidies – at the expense of the passengers. On 2024-08-19 Swedish night train operator SJ announced… Read More »Keep Göteborg connected to night trains!
Back-on-Track Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, photo: ÖBB / Lukas Bezila The Nightjet operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) is the subject of constant discussion –… Read More »Nightjet community in dialogue with ÖBB – A meeting at the Open Innovation Factory in Vienna
Ever wondered who supports the return of the night train on the European level? We sent out a questionnaire to EU election candidates asking them… Read More »EU parliamentary election candidates in favour of night trains
Photo licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 Alina Zienowicz – source In 2021, the EU published a new report and a plan to relaunch night trains. However,… Read More »Questionnaire for the EU Elections 2024
We did it: On April 29, 2024, we transformed ourselves into Back-on-Track Europe a.i.s.b.l., an international non-profit under Belgian law. Before that day, Back-on-Track was… Read More »We founded the Back on Track Europe a.i.s.b.l.
Back-on-Track Europe has so far been a loose network of national initiatives and individuals. In November, we decided to take things one step further and… Read More »Help us to transform our network into a formal NGO
Last week, the EU transport ministers meeting concluded to make night trains a viable alternative to short- and medium haul flights. This is great news.… Read More »How we get more night trains: Our General Position Paper