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A new night train service between Berlin and Brussels launched this week, following collaborative efforts between major European railway operators SNCB, SNCF, Deutsche Bahn and Austria’s ÖBB.
The first NightJet train arrived in Brussels on Tuesday morning (12 December) and will operate three times per week.
The service will depart Brussels every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 19:03 and will arrive Berlin Hauptbahnhof at 8:26 the following morning. Meanwhile, services from Berlin depart Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 20:18 and arrive in Brussels the next morning at 9:56.
The NightJet trains, which also serve routes between Berlin and Paris, are operated by ÖBB, but when trains run on the Belgian network, SNCB said its own staff “are at work”. The Belgian operator will also carry out maintenance work and market tickets on its own sales channels.
Tickets for seated cars start from €34.90 per person per way, while tickets for couchette compartments (four to six people) start from €49.90 and sleeper cars (one, two or three people with private shower and bathroom) from €79.90.
SNCB CEO Sophie Dutordoir said the rail operator is “actively investing” in the project with support from the Belgian government, which is offering financial aid to every railway company providing night trains that serve the country.
ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä added: “With these new international connections, we are resolutely continuing to develop our business in the area of night trains… Cooperation between our four railway companies has made it possible to create an attractive new offer of night connections for climate-friendly travel between Berlin, Brussels and Paris.”
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