DB Netz has a thing for night trains.
The track access charging system of the German rail infrastructure operator DB Netz, which will be valid from 2024, hides a little goodie for night trains.
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Celebrating the first run of European Sleeper night train
As foreseen the night train of European Sleeper started on May 25th in Berlin for its way to Bruxelles. Some activists of the german NGO Back on… Read More »Celebrating the first run of European Sleeper night train
Chaos and no timetable: DB slows down Swedish night train
No timetable, no track displays, no information: Back-on-Track Germany e.V. criticizes the extent to which DB continues to thwart night trains operated by other railroads and scares away their customers.
Chaos and no timetable: DB slows down Swedish night train
Picture from Berlin Gesundbrunnen on the 2.4. 2023 Did Deutsche Bahn think it was an April Fool’s joke that the SJ night train from Stockholm… Read More »Chaos and no timetable: DB slows down Swedish night train
17 new sets of night trains for Norway
Norway has some of the most spectacular night train connections. In February 2023, Norske Tog announced that it would order new rolling stock to serve… Read More »17 new sets of night trains for Norway
Sustainable travel to Kiruna?
Press release, 2023-01-11 The first major meeting during the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union will take place on 12–13 January. The… Read More »Sustainable travel to Kiruna?
”Enough is enough” – has Eurostar been strangled?
Open letter to the British Transport Minister Dear Mr Harper, As we face a Climate Emergency, why is it still so difficult and expensive to… Read More »”Enough is enough” – has Eurostar been strangled?
Action Days 16-18 September 2022: Brussels-Malmö Hop on
In the spring of 2021, a feasibility study was announced with great optimism for, among other things, a night train between Malmö in Sweden and… Read More »Action Days 16-18 September 2022: Brussels-Malmö Hop on
Waking up in Malmö is still a utopia
On 14 September 2020, the Swedish Ministry of Transport published a public tender for a night train between Stockholm and Hamburg and between Malmö and… Read More »Waking up in Malmö is still a utopia
The Global Warming Reduction Potential of Night-Trains
New report: Night trains can cut 3% of total EU greenhouse gas emissions According to opinion polls, 7 out of 10 Europeans would be willing to take the night train instead of the plane if the offer seemed reasonable to them. Back-on-Track, a European network of night train initiatives, has used this as a basis… Read More »The Global Warming Reduction Potential of Night-Trains