The Dutch start-up European Sleeper is introducing a night train that will take you from the Dutch capital via Rotterdam and Berlin to the city of Prague in one fell swoop.
If you’ve been planning on doing a little trip around Europe next summer, then this is the news you need to hear. With trains already running between Amsterdam and London, this is another milestone in connecting the Netherlands’ capital with different corners of Europe.
Connecting European gems
The European Sleeper night train will connect major European cities — Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Hannover, Berlin, Dresden, and Prague — and is supposed to start running in April 2022.
The plan is to offer the train connection three times a week for the first months. After that, there could be as many as one of these sleepers running a day, the train operator announced on its website.
Ticket prices announced soon
Travelling by train is not only an exciting Murder-on-the-Orient-Express-like experience but it can also help reduce the environmental costs of flying, which — let’s be honest — are still very real even despite numerous flight cancellations during the pandemic.
The first private railway company to enter the Dutch market since 1999, European Sleeper aims to put overnight trains back into the limelight.
The company has partnered with the Czech railway operator RegioJet to offer their first route. Ticket prices and the exact travel times are to be announced soon.
So @EuropeanSlpr has announced their route will be Brussels-Amsterdam-Berlin-Dresden-Prague, and in cooperation with RegioJet… I will still believe this when I see it! But Brussels-Berlin – sure, I’m in! https://t.co/hX6GvHYTwi pic.twitter.com/z4gMsuatV5
— Jon Worth (@jonworth) April 6, 2021
Breakfast in bed
For the trip to Prague, the company advertises friendly staff, free internet, privacy, free coffee, and even breakfast in bed. Sounds like a pretty good way to start your adventures in the heart of Europe, right?
If you’re not jumping with excitement already (why aren’t you, though?), maybe you’ll be happy to know there have also been plans to introduce trains from Amsterdam to Scandinavia, or cities like Vienna and Zurich.
Will you be taking this overnight train from Amsterdam to Prague next year? Tell us in the comments below!
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Definitely
Is any information regarding the time schedule from/to Prague available?
Oh, yes! I will. Count in my as a regular passenger. I guarantee you to use Ams-Prg train every 3 months
Looking at fall 2022, are you wheelchair accessible?
Oh yeah, that’s amazing news. It would be good to know the train’s schedule. Thanks
Hi, Rodica! You can check out new train schedules by going to the Travel Planner here: https://www.ns.nl/reisplanner/#/ or through the NS app which you can download on your phone. Hope this helped 🙂
Yes..Yes….Yes…count me in
I would love to, and bring along three guests.