Passengers can nonetheless journey between Berlin and Brussels on an in a single day practice utilizing the European Sleeper.
A sleeper practice service connecting Berlin and Brussels will finish operations on the finish of March.
The Nightjet that hyperlinks the German and Belgium capitals at present 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 lots of Germany’s massive cities to different European locations.
Sleeper practice axed over building work in Germany
The Nightjet sleeper practice 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 – an internet 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 linked Berlin’s Ostbahnhof and Hauptbahnhof to Bruxelles Midi and took round 14 hours.
Different sleeper practice choices between Berlin and Brussels
Passengers can nonetheless journey between Berlin and Brussels on an in a single day practice 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 practice stops in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp alongside the best way. The route has additionally been prolonged to hook up with Dresden and Prague as properly.
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 value paying the additional for a couchette in a 5-berth compartment as you get extra space per particular person than in 6-berth and in a nicer automotive with air-conditioning, too,” Smith writes in his evaluate 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.”