Do the new European night trains have a chance of success?

“The French government would actually also like to have a train run from Paris to Berlin, via Brussels, via the SNCF, but that’s where the problem is,” says Baeyens. “Belgium is one of the few countries that requires a foreign train to have a domestic locomotive and train conductor.” That would mean a loss of 20 minutes in Aachen, then straight from France to Germany.

Back on Track therefore advocates more European coordination in the field of payments to national infrastructure managers, uniform ticketing and more investments in modern coaches to make the story of night trains successful again.

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