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
Estimated demand of 600 carriages (1.2 Billion €)
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)
Kennisistituutvoor Mobiliteitsbeleid (2019): Slapend onderweg – Potentieel van de internationale nachttrein
van en naar Nederland
High-speed options were excluded a priori,based on UIC-study from 2013 (see our studies page)
- Amsterdam-Copenhagen
- Amsterdam-Warsaw
- Amsterdam Prague (operational Spring 2024)
- Amsterdam Vienna (operational since 2021)
- Amsterdam-Munich (covered by Amsterdam-Vienna)
- Amsterdam-Zurich (operational since 2021)
- Amsterdam-Milan
- Amsterdam Turin
- Amsterdam Lyon (discarded)
- Amsterdam-London (discarded)
Bündnis Bahn für Alle: “Lunaliner” Mockup (2016)
- Amsterdam/Cologne – Warsaw/Copenhagen (X-concept, node in Osnabruck)
- Hamburg – Strockholm/Oslo (Y-concept, node in Malmö)
- Copenhagen – Basel/Munich (Y-concept, node in Fulda)
- Barcelona – Zurich/Milan (Y-concept, node in Lyon)
- Rome – Zurich
- Milan/Chur – Dortmund (Y-concept, node in Basel)
- Paris-Hamburg/Berlin (Y-concept, node in Cologne) (partly operational as Paris/Brussels – Berlin/Vienna)
- Berlin-Copenhagen (Y-concept, attached to the X-leg Amsterdam/Cologne-Copenhagen, node in Hamburg) (operational as Berlin-Stockholm)
- Rome/Turin – Munich/Vienna (X-Concept, node in Verona) (operational, as Y-concept w/o Turin with node in Villach)
- Zurich/Munich – Venice/Maribor/Zagreb (X+Y-concept, node in Villach) (operational as Stuttgart/Munich/Wien – Venice/Zagreb/Graz with node in Villach)
- Geneva/Munich – Budapest (Y-concept, node in Kufstein) (operational as Stuttgart/Zurich – Budapest, Y concept with node in Salzburg)
- Berlin/Warsaw – Vienna/Budapest (XConcept with node in Breclav, operational as Berlin – Vienna/Budapest and Vienna/Prague – Warsaw)
- Zurich/Munich – Berlin/Prague (X-Concept, node in Würzburg) (partly covered by Zurich-Prague [ČD] and Zurich-Berlin [ÖBB])
- Paris – Munich (operational as Paris-Vienna)
- Zurich/Munich – Amsterdam/Hamburg (X-concept, node in Frankfurt) (operational as Zurich/Vienna – Amsterdam/Hamburg)
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.