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. Overview The classification and name were brought into use in May 1993."International Services from May 23" (changes taking effect). Thomas Cook European Timetable (May 1–22, 1993 edition), p. 3. Peterborough, UK: Thomas Cook Publishing. 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.

Austrian Federal Railways Croatian Railways České dráhy Hungarian State Railways Polish State Railways Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko

Deutsche Bahn terminated all of its own night train services by December 2016.DB to withdraw all remaining sleeper trains 21 December 2015. 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.

, 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

Number Name Route Operator Travel Time Stockholm – Norrköping – Linköping – Nässjö – Alvesta – Hässleholm – Lund – Malmö – Copenhagen Airport – Padborg – Hamburg Hbf – Berlin Hbf Until August 2026: RDC Deutschland, on behalf of SJFrom September 2026: RDC Deutschland 13 h EN 40456EN 407 Chopin Graz – Wiener Neustadt – Wien Hbf. – Ostrava hl.n. – Katowice – Warsaw Gdańska - Warsaw East PKP Intercity, ČD, ÖBB 14 h EN 442EN 443 Slovakia 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 h9 h EN 40458EN 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 50466EN 50467 Prague hl.n. – České Budějovice – Linz – Salzburg Hbf – Innsbruck – Feldkirch – Buchs – Sargans – Zürich HB ČD 14 h EN 50462EN 50237 Budapest Keleti – Kelenföld – Tatabánya – Győr – Hegyeshalom – Wien Hbf – Wien Meidling – St. Pölten – Linz – Salzburg Hbf – München Ost – Augsburg – Stuttgart MÁV 13 h EN 40414EN 40465 Zürichsee Zagreb – Dobova – Ljubljana – Jesenice – Villach – Innsbruck – Feldkirch – Zürich HŽ 14 h10 h EN 40462EN 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 472EN 473 Ister Budapest Keleti – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Lőkösháza – Curtici – Arad – Făgăraș – Brașov – Ploiești Vest – București Gara de Nord MÁV, CFR14(30) h EN 40457EN 40476 Metropol Berlin – Wrocław – Opole – Bratislava hl.st. – Budapest MÁV 14 h EN 414EN 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) HŽ 13 h EN 1272EN 1273 Bratislava hl.st. – Wien Hbf – Zagreb – Split ŽSSK, HŽ 18 h EN 295EN 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 40295EN 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 237EN 236 Stuttgart – Augsburg – Munich East – Salzburg – Villach Hbf. – Tarvisio Boscoverde – Udine – Pordenone – Conegliano – Treviso Centrale – Venezia Mestre – Venezia Santa Lucia ÖBB 12 h EN 424EN 425 Berlin – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Frankfurt (Main) – Mainz – Koblenz – Bonn-Beuel – Aachen – Liege-Guillemins – Brussels North – Brussels South ÖBB 14 h EN 476EN 477Operates as IC 576/577 between Prague and Břeclav. Metropol 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

See also Train categories in Europe EuroCity Rail transport in Europe

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