NITN | @notintownlive | 18 Jan 2022, 10:42 am
Night Trains
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Prague: Night trains will run between Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Brussels as of this summer.
The new Belgian-Dutch rail company European Sleeper announced a schedule on Twitter.
“The timetable is out there! And we are actually quite proud of it! Initially, three times a week, expanding to daily service ASAP,” the rail company tweeted.
Trains will depart from Prague’s main station Hlavní nádraží on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 6:31 pm.
It will also stop at Prague’s Holešovice station as well as in Ústí nad Labem and Děčín before entering Germany, where stops will include Dresden, Berlin, and Hannover.
Dutch stops include Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The final stop at Brussels, Belgium, is at 9:54 am the next morning.
Service from Brussels starts at 7:22 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
The train arrives at Prague’s main station at 10:24 am the next morning.
In April of this year, the service had been promised for early 2022, but the launch has been slightly delayed.
In the Czech Republic, the service will run in cooperation with Czech rail company RegioJet.
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