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Go to sleep in France, wake up in Germany: Paris-Berlin night train restarts
European Sleeper resumed the Paris-Berlin night train without subsidies after SNCF withdrawal, serving up to 700 passengers with tickets from €39.99, aiming to break even by end of 2026.
- On Thursday, March 26, the Dutch-Belgian European Sleeper cooperative relaunched night train service between Paris and Berlin, filling a gap left by France's SNCF which abandoned the route in December 2025.
- The previous service ended in December 2024 when the French government ceased a $11.5 million subsidy, rendering it unviable; European Sleeper stepped in without public funding, hoping the Brussels-based route proves more profitable than the former Strasbourg connection.
- Financed by over 6,000 investors, the service runs via Belgium with stops in Aulnoye, Mons, and Hamburg, aiming to break even by end of 2026; it will carry up to 700 passengers in 14 carriages during peak summer travel.
- Travelers like 25-year-old Victor Falzon lauded the service, saying "when we saw that a new line was opening, we said to ourselves: 'This is the moment!'" Ulrike Jendrezok, traveling with her two children, called the journey "comfortable and straightforward."
- Co-Founder Chris Engelsman plans new routes to Milan and Barcelona, citing "much more demand" from passengers; he suggests night trains serve as "more sustainable" options amid soaring energy costs in both economic and environmental terms.
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HandelsblattA new night train connects Paris and Berlin: European Sleeper starts with three trips a week. From mid-July there will also be a stopover in Hamburg-Harburg.
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