EuroNight, abbreviated EN, is a European train category which denotes many main-line national and international night train services within the Western and Central

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network.

Overview

The classification and name were brought into use in May 1993."International Services from May 23" (changes taking effect). '' Thomas Cook European Timetable'' (May 1–22, 1993 edition), p. 3. Peterborough, UK: Thomas Cook Publishing. Unlike the equivalent day-running counterparts

EuroCity EuroCity, abbreviated as EC, is a cross-border train category within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains allocated to the lower-level "IC" (InterCity) category, EC trains are international services that meet 20 criteri ...

and

InterCity InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at m ...

trains, the EuroNight trains tend to run during the

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time and are equipped with various cars for accommodating sleep services. Nearly all EuroNight trains require reservations and additional fare-supplements in addition to the regular cost of a ticket from the destination to the arrival point. These supplements vary in price depending on whether the traveler wishes to sit in a regular seat, a couchette "lying bed" which offers a padded, felt bed with a blanket and small pillow, or a sleeping bed which allows a mattress bed with full bedding (sheets, comforters, pillows). Nearly all EuroNight services are international and jointly operated by national rail companies sharing cars on a route. EN trains are the standard night-train service for Western and most Central European nations. They are distinct from the older D-Nacht services, many of which still operate in Central and

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. EN trains have criteria that rail companies must match in order to receive EN designation; the numbering format is ''EN 999''; many routes also have accompanying names derived in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Operating carriers

The following carriers currently have designated cars and train conductors who work the EN lines. Many railway companies share cars on the same train line between routes; for example, EN 235 between

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share cars of both the

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. * Austria's

(introducing in December 2016 its

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-Services) * Croatia's HŽ * Czech Republic's ČD * France's

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(as part of their Intercités de nuit brand) * Germany's DB (as part of their City Night Line brand; shut down by December 2016) * Hungary's MÁV * Italy's

* Luxembourg's

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* Netherlands, The

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* Poland's

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* Romania's CFR * Slovakia's ZSSK * Spain's Renfe Operadora * Sweden's SJ * Switzerland's SBB

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operated the additional City Night Line hotel-quality night services between

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. Two of those, the ''Kopernikus'' and the ''Canopus'', are designated EuroNight trains as EN 458/459. However, Deutsche Bahn terminated all of its own night train services by December 2016.DB to withdraw all remaining sleeper trains
21 December 2015

List of EuroNight trains

References

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Overview

Operating carriers

List of EuroNight trains

See also

References