Off the rails: Night train from Berlin to Brussels will stop running at the end of March
Passengers can nonetheless journey between Berlin and Brussels on an in a single day prepare utilizing the European Sleeper.
A sleeper prepare service connecting Berlin and Brussels will finish operations on the finish of March.
The Nightjet that hyperlinks the German and Belgium capitals presently runs 3 times every week.
The service is operated by ÖBB Austria’s nationwide railway firm and is a part of a wider community of night time trains that join a lot of Germany’s large cities to different European locations.
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The Nightjet sleeper prepare from Berlin to Brussels, which was launched in December 2023, will stop operations on 28 March.
The choice to axe the service indefinitely was introduced by ÖBB and first reported by The Man is Seat 61 – a web site centered on rail journey round Europe.
“A mixture of difficult-to-bypass late-notice trackwork in Germany and (little question) the truth that it now runs on the identical three days of the week because the European Sleeper imply they appear to have given up,” founder Mark Smith wrote.
The in a single day service related Berlin’s Ostbahnhof and Hauptbahnhof to Bruxelles Midi and took round 14 hours.
Different sleeper prepare choices between Berlin and Brussels
Passengers can nonetheless journey between Berlin and Brussels on an in a single day prepare utilizing the European Sleeper.
Just like the Nightjet route, the European sleeper leaves from Berlin’s Ostbahnof and Hauptbahnhof stations on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The prepare stops in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp alongside the best way. The route has additionally been prolonged to connect with Dresden and Prague as effectively.
Tickets for the in a single day service begin at €79 per particular person in a six-berth couchette, €99 in a five-berth couchette and €109 with a mattress in a three-bed sleeper.
“It is price paying the additional for a couchette in a 5-berth compartment as you get more room per particular person than in 6-berth and in a nicer automobile with air-conditioning, too,” Smith writes in his overview of the European Sleeper on The Man in Seat 61.
“With pleasant employees, comfy beds and breakfast included it is a good way to journey.”
