New Night Trains Across Europe: New Routes Proposed for 2026 🚅

From southeastern Poland to Munich through four countries

📍 Connection: Przemyśl – Rzeszów – Kraków – Katowice – Ostrava – Brno – Vienna – Linz – Salzburg – Munich

🗓️ Start date: From December 14, 2025 (with the timetable change)

In Bohumín, the train splits. Part of the train continues to Bratislava and Budapest.

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From Paris directly to the French Alps

📍 Connection: Paris – Lyon – Chambéry – Aime – Bourg-Saint-Maurice

🗓️ Start date: Planned seasonally for winter 2025/26

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From Birmingham to the Scottish Highlands

📍 Connection: Birmingham International – Preston – Lancaster – Oxenholme – Carlisle –

• Towards Aberdeen: Dundee – Aberdeen

• Towards Inverness: Perth – Pitlochry – Aviemore – Inverness

• Towards Fort William: Crianlarich – Fort William

🗓️ Start date: From the 2026 timetable (expected from the end of 2025 / beginning of 2026)

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From Brussels to Milan across the Alps

📍 Connection: Brussels – Cologne – Bern – Brig – Domodossola – Stresa/Lake Maggiore – Milan

🗓️ Start date: From June 18, 2026 (several times per week)

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From Brussels to Barcelona via France

📍 Connection: Brussels – Paris – Lyon – Montpellier – Perpignan – Barcelona

🗓️ Start date: No confirmed start date yet

🔴 The connection is currently considered a project or plan without a fixed timetable.

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From Paris to Berlin via Brussels

📍 Connection: Paris – Lille – Brussels – Cologne – Dortmund – Hanover – Berlin

🗓️ Start date: From the end of March 2026 (several times per week)

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From Warsaw to the Croatian Adriatic

📍 Connection: Warsaw – Katowice – Ostrava – Vienna – Graz – Ljubljana – Zagreb – Rijeka

🗓️ Start date: Planned for summer 2026

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❌ CANCELED: From Basel to Copenhagen and Malmö ❌

📍 Connection: Basel - Freiburg (Breisgau) - Karlsruhe - Mannheim - Frankfurt (Main) South - Hamburg - Padborg - Kolding - Odense - Høje Taastrup - Copenhagen Airport - Malmö

Canceled shortly before the planned start: The connection will not materialize because the financing was not approved in Switzerland.