Live Discussion on November 20th, 2024 at 17:00 CET With Tilly Metz MEP, followed by Q&A with Kurt Bauer and Elmar van Buuren … and you. Short… 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
To ensure smooth cross-border traffic, it is crucial to apply the same processes throughout Europe when train operators apply for a cross border train path.… Read More »Smooth access to cross border train paths in sight
The network Back-on-Track welcomes new night trains and advocates for a pan-European sleeper train network On December 11th, we will celebrate the return of the… Read More »Welcome to the new night trains!