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EuroNight, abbreviated EN, is a European train category that denotes many mainline national and international night train services within the Western and Central European inter-city rail network.

EuroNight

Overview

The classification and name were brought into use in May 1993.[1] As the name suggests, the EuroNight trains tend to run during the nighttime and are generally equipped with sleeping cars. 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 passenger choose 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 Eastern Europe. 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 Vienna and Rome share cars of both the ÖBB and Trenitalia.[2]

Deutsche Bahn terminated all of its own night train services by December 2016.[3]. Before termination, Deutsche Bahn operated the City Night Line hotel-quality night services between Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Two of those, the Kopernikus and the Canopus, were designated EuroNight trains as EN 458/459.

As of 2025, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) were planning to reintroduce an overnight Euronight service from 2026 between Basel‒Copenhagen‒Malmö following the CityNightLine Aurora route withdrawn in 2014.

List of EuroNight trains

More information Number, Name ...
NumberNameRouteOperatorTravel Time
  • EN 345
  • EN 346
 SJ EuroNight Stockholm – Norrköping – Linköping – Nässjö – Alvesta – Hässleholm – Lund – Malmö – Copenhagen Airport – Padborg – Hamburg Hbf – Berlin Hbf Until August 2026: RDC Deutschland, on behalf of SJ
From September 2026: RDC Deutschland[4]		 13 h
EN 40456
EN 407		 Chopin Graz – Wiener Neustadt – Wien Hbf. – Ostrava hl.n. – Katowice – Warsaw Gdańska - Warsaw East PKP Intercity, ČD, ÖBB 14 h
EN 442
EN 443[5][6][7]		 Slovakia[7] Prague hl.n. – Kolín – Pardubice hl.n. – Česká Třebová – Olomouc hl.n. – Ostrava-Svinov – Ostrava hl.n. – Bohumín – Čadca – Žilina – Vrútky – Kraľovany – Ružomberok – Liptovský Mikuláš – Štrba – Poprad-Tatry – Spišská Nová Ves – Margecany – Kysak – Košice – Michaľany – Trebišov – Bánovce nad Ondavou – Michalovce – Strážske – Brekov – Humenné ČD, ŽSSK 12 h
9 h
EN 40458
EN 40459		 Canopus Prague hl.n. – Ústí nad Labem – Dresden Hbf. – Leipzig Hbf – Erfurt – Frankfurt (Main) South – Mannheim Hbf – Karlsruhe Hbf – Freiburg(Breisgau) – Basel – Zürich HB ČD 13 h
EN 50466
EN 50467		 Prague hl.n. – České Budějovice – Linz – Salzburg Hbf – Innsbruck – Feldkirch – Buchs – Sargans – Zürich HB ČD 14 h
EN 50462
EN 50237		 Budapest Keleti – Kelenföld – Tatabánya – Győr – Hegyeshalom – Wien Hbf – Wien Meidling – St. Pölten – Linz – Salzburg Hbf – München Ost – Augsburg – Stuttgart MÁV 13 h
EN 40414
EN 40465		 Zürichsee Zagreb – Dobova – Ljubljana – Jesenice – Villach – Innsbruck – Feldkirch – Zürich HŽ 14 h
10 h
EN 40462
EN 40467		 Budapest Keleti – Kelenföld – Tatabánya – Győr – Hegyeshalom – Wien Hbf – Wien Meidling – St. Pölten – Linz – Salzburg Hbf – Innsbruck – Feldkirch – Buchs – Sargans – Zürich HB MÁV 12 h
EN 472
EN 473		 Ister Budapest Keleti – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Lőkösháza – Curtici – Arad – Făgăraș – Brașov – Ploiești Vest – București Gara de Nord MÁV, CFR 14
(30) h
EN 40457
EN 40476		 Metropol Berlin – Wrocław – Opole – Bratislava hl.st. – Budapest MÁV 14 h
EN 414
EN 40237		 Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – München Ost – Salzburg – Schwarzach-St. Veit – Villach – Jesenice – Lesce Bled – Kranj – Ljubljana – Zidani Most – Sevnica – Dobova – Savski Marof – Zagreb (previously extended to Rijeka[8]) HŽ 13 h
EN 1272
EN 1273		 Bratislava hl.st. – Wien Hbf – Zagreb – Split ŽSSK, HŽ 18 h
EN 295
EN 294		 Munich Central – Munich East – Salzburg – Villach – Bologna Centrale – Florence SMN – Rome Termini (with through carriages from Villach to Bologna, Rimini, and Ancona.) ÖBB 13 h (13) h
EN 40295
EN 40235		 Munich Central – Munich East – Salzburg – Villach Hbf – Padua – Vicenza – Verona Porta Nuova – Brescia – Milan Rogoredo – Genoa Piazza Principe – La Spezia ÖBB, Trenitalia 15 h
EN 237
EN 236		 Stuttgart – Augsburg – Munich East – Salzburg – Villach Hbf. – Tarvisio Boscoverde – Udine – Pordenone – Conegliano – Treviso Centrale – Venezia Mestre – Venezia Santa Lucia ÖBB 12 h
EN 424
EN 425		 Berlin – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Frankfurt (Main) – Mainz – Koblenz – Bonn-Beuel – Aachen – Liege-Guillemins – Brussels North – Brussels South ÖBB 14 h
EN 476
EN 477[5][9][10][11][12][note 1]		 Metropol[12] Prague hl.n. – Praha-Libeň – Kolín – Pardubice hl.n. – Choceň – Ústí nad Orlicí – Česká Třebová – Brno hl.n. – Břeclav – Kúty – Bratislava hl.st. – Nové Zámky – Štúrovo – Vác – Budapest Nyugati ČD, MÁV 10 h
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  1. [1]
    Operates as IC 576/577 between Prague and Břeclav.

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