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Aurora (CityNightLine)
''Aurora'' was the name given to Basel‒Copenhagen night train services operating as part of the CityNightLine network until 2014. ''Aurora'' still carried the through sleeping cars bound to/from Moscow. , Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) were planning to reintroduce night trains on the route from early-2026. CityNightLine Southbound the ''Aurora'' train used to depart Copenhagen at 18:10 in the evening with a locomotive change at Padborg, and then a non-advertised shunting (rail), shunting stop at Hannover between 02:13 and 02:51 for coupling and uncoupling the parts of the train connecting to Amsterdam, Berlin, and Prague. Northbound the ''Aurora'' would stop for shunting in Hannover between 02:03 and 02:36, then again for 25 minutes to change locomotives at Padborg, arriving Copenhagen at 10:07 in the morning. Reintroduction , Swiss Federal Railways were planning to restart night train services from Switzerland to Copenhagen and Malmö—within one year. The train would sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Night Line
City Night Line, abbreviated CNL, was a train category of German railway company Deutsche Bahn for overnight passenger train services between Germany and neighbouring European countries. In late 2015, Deutsche Bahn announced that it planned to terminate all night train services in December 2016, and this plan was implemented on 11 December 2016."What's new this month". '' European Rail Timetable'' (Winter 2016/2017 edition), p. 3. UK: European Rail Timetable Ltd. The service on some CNL routes was replaced by ÖBB's ''Nightjet'' services. History Early years In 1998, Deutsche Bahn hived off its night train services, which were provided with the train categories EN (EuroNight) and UEx (''Urlaubsexpress''), from DB Fernverkehr AG to DB AutoZug GmbH. One year later, the CityNightLine AG company, domiciled in Zurich and until then a joint venture operated by Deutsche Bahn and the state-owned railways of Austria and Switzerland, ÖBB and SBB, became a wholly owned subsidiary of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
