On this new page we collect potential studies that contain specific proposals for nigh train connections, that have a minimum quality in terms of technical feasibility a quantification of the potential passenger volume and a specified track which is at least in the process of being built. This page is part of the Target Network 2030 project.
- Metz / Zurich <> Barcelona / Bordeaux / Nice
- Paris <> Barcelona
- Paris <> Clermont-Ferrand
- Paris <> Marseille
- Bordeaux / Quimper <> Geneva / Nice
- Paris <> Bourg-St-Maurice / St Gervais-les-Bains
- Paris <> San Sebastian
- Paris <> Madrid
- Paris <> Rome
- Paris <> Malmo
- Bruxelles <> Bourg-St-Maurice (winter only)
- Paris <> Venice
Steer/kcw (2021): Long-distance cross-border passenger rail services
- Brussels <> Prague (partly operational)
- Barcelona <> Zurich
- Malmo <> Brussels
- Rome <> Zurich
- Zurich <> London
- Geneva <> London
- Frankfurt <> London
- Munich <> London
- Rome <> Frankfurt
- Milan <> Amsterdam
- Copenhagen <> Oslo
- Geneva <> Amsterdam
- Munich <> Paris
- Milan <> Frankfurt
- Budapest <> Frankfurt
- Stuttgart <> Vienna
- Venice <> Frankfurt
- Krakow <> Frankfurt
- Munich <> Warsaw
- Lyon <> Frankfurt
- Barcelona <> Paris
- Madrid <> Paris
- London <> Madrid
- Barcelona <> Milan
- Brussels <> Italy
- Cologne <> Warsaw
- Hamburg <> Paris
- Bucharest <> Istanbul (seasonally operational)
- Belgrade <> Istanbul
- Vilnius <> Warsaw
- Belgrade <> Thessaloniki
- Bucharest <> Thessaloniki
- Berlin <> Zagreb
- Berlin <> Venice
- Berlin <> Vilnius (past 2030)
- Berlin <> Lyon / Barcelona (past 2030)
- Prague <> Oslo / Stockholm (past 2030)
- Prague <> London (past 2030)
- Berlin <> Rome (past 2030)
- Berlin <> Lviv (via Prague, past 2030)
- Berlin <> Kyiv (past 2040)
- Berlin <> Istanbul (past 2040)
- Berlin <> Kyiv (past 2040)
- Berlin <> Tallin (past 2040)
- Berlin <> Athens (past 2040)
- Berlin <> Glasgow (past 2040)
- Berlin <> Lisbon (past 2040)
Back-on-Track Belgium v.z.w./a.s.b.l. (2022): Hub4Brussels
- Bruxelles/Brussel <> Malmö
- Bruxelles/Brussel <> Warszawa and Bruxelles/Brussel <> Praha (via Berlin) (partly operational)
- Paris <> Berlin (via Bruxelles/Brussel – Köln – Bremen – Hamburg)
- Bruxelles <> Hendaye, Barcelona and Nice (via Paris – Orléans – Toulouse)
- Amsterdam and Bruxelles/Brussel <> Wien and Innsbruck (partly operational)
Associació per a la Promoció del Transport Públic (PTP) (2023):
- Barcelona <> Amsterdam (via Paris and Bruxelles/Brussel)
- Barcelona <> Vigo, A Coruña and Gijón (via León)
- Barcelona <> Lisboa
- Barcelona <> Cadiz (via Sevilla and Córdoba)
- Barcelona <> Málaga (via Gránada)
- Barcelona <> Roma (via Milano)
- Barcelona <> Zürich
- Barcelona <> Frankfurt
Trafikverket (2020): Nattågstrafik till Europa – Delrapport (in Swedish)
Trafikverket (2020): Nattågstrafik till Europa – Slutrapport (in Swedish)
- Oslo-Frankfurt (not in final report)
- Stockholm-Berlin (operational)
- Stockholm-Brussels (In final report as Malmö-Brussels)
- Malmö-Basel (not in final report)
further studies:
No concrete proposals but systematic analysis of the top 250 connections by air passenger volume (2019) demand-side feasibility for night train connections.
does not contain concrete proposals.
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/transport-and-environment-report-2020
does not contain concrete proposals.