Time for a new episode of Kevin’s random train news.
Train news is nearly always happy news.
Today is no exception.
Austria’s new night train from Austria to Belgium has reached Brussels!
“The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) Nightjet from Vienna pulled into Brussels Midi station exactly on schedule at 10.55 local time on a grey, foggy morning in the Belgian capital. It is the first ÖBB night train between the two cities since 2003, as Austria’s state-railway revives its overnight network”.
In fact, it’s the first scheduled regular night train to Belgium since 2003.
Two trains depart from Austria, one from Vienna and slightly later one from Innsbruck. The two trains come together in the night at Nuremberg in Germany, to complete the journey to Liege, Brussels North and Brussels Midi”.
And same back the other way. Twice a week in both directions.
“The ÖBB now runs 27 night trains, alone or with partners, serving cities in Germany, Italy and Switzerland. It plans to have a Vienna to Amsterdam route by the end of the year”.
And their epic new night trains with sleeping pods are due in only two years now. I’m betting they’re going to have to increase their order.
Meanwhile, Russia is introducing double-decker trains on parts of their network.
It will increase capacity by 30% on Moscow-Petrozavodsk and 40% on Moscow-Penza.
Let’s go to Penza!
Have a nice day :)