Night Trains

Traveling while sleeping at night allows your clients to explore a city during the day, board an overnight train that evening, and arrive at their next destination the following morning ready to go. Not to mention, it’s one hotel night clients don’t have to pay for! All night trains require reservations and normally offer a wide range of accommodations. They vary according to the train and route, but the most common compartments are Singles, Doubles, and Couchettes. Some offer reclining seats, T3, T4, and Deluxe Sleepers.

A Single is a first-class compartment that contains one bed, a private wash basin, linens and towels.

A Double is the same as a single with 2 beds (bunked beds).

Deluxe Sleepers include a private restroom in the compartment and many include breakfast and/or dinner.

T3 compartments contain 3 beds, a private wash basin, fresh linens and towels. The T4 compartments contain 4 beds plus the amenities of a T3. Compartments are gender specific.

A Couchette is a very affordable second-class option with 6 bunked beds and a public washroom within each car. There is no distinction by gender, so clients should expect to sleep in their daytime clothes.

Reclining Seats are the most affordable option and have individually controlled reading light built into the headrest, seating/sleeping area at a higher level than the center aisle. Neck cushion (extra charge) and blanket are available. WC and washroom located at either end of the carriage.

Reservations

When you book a ticket on our website that offers reserved seats, we’ll reserve them and it’s included in the cost of the ticket. If you’re booking an overnight train, the type of accommodations available will be displayed. With a rail pass, the fare for the journey is covered, but the cost for a reservation is an additional fee at discounted passholder rates.

Booking Horizon

Tickets can be purchased from 60 to 180 days in advance depending on the route. See the chart below for more information on the booking horizon.

Premier Day Trains

TRAIN NAME	PRIMARY ROUTES	TRAVEL TIME	APPLICABLE PASSES / PASSHOLDER FARES	Advanced Booking Window	REMARKS
Allegro (aka Finland to/from Russia)	Helsinki – St Petersburg	3h 36m	Passholder fares are not available. Travelers holding a pass would purchase a ticket.	60 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket and reservation.
Berlin-Warsaw Express	Berlin – Warsaw Berlin – Poznan	5h 38m 2h 48m	Passholder fares are available for holders of: Pass 1: Any pass that includes Germany AND Poland Pass 2: Any pass that includes Germany OR Poland	60 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket and reservation.
Bruxelles-France TGV	Brussels – Avignon Brussels – Lyon CDG – Brussels	4h 51m 3h 42m 1h 35m	Pass 1: Any pass that includes France AND Belgium Pass 2: Any pass that includes France Pass 3: Any pass that includes Belgium	90 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket & reservation.
Eurostar	London – Paris London – Brussels London – Lille	2h 15m 1h 51m 1h 20m	Passholder fares are available for holders of any Eurail pass that includes France or Benelux.	9 months	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket & reservation.
France Freiburg (Breisgau) TGV	Paris – Freiburg Dijon – Freiburg	3h 47m 2h 09m	Passholder fares are available for holders of any pass that includes France.	90 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket and reservation.
France Italy TGV	Paris – Milan Paris – Turin Lyon Airport – Milan Lyon Airport – Turin	7h 02m 5h 36m 4h 59m 3h 33m	Passholder fares are available for holders of: Pass 1: Eurail pass including France AND Italy Pass 2: Eurail Pass including France	90 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket and reservation.
France-Spain High Speed	Paris – Barcelona Lyon – Barcelona Toulouse – Barcelona	6h 27m 5h 08m 3h 15m	Passholder fares are available for holders of Eurail Global Pass, Eurail France-Spain Pass, Eurail Select Pass including France AND Spain, France Rail Pass and Eurail Spain Pass	90 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket and reservation.
Germany-Italy Day (Brennero)	Munich – Verona Munich – Bolzano Munich – Venice Innsbruck – Verona	5h 18m 3h 58m 6h 27m 3h 29m	Passholder fares are available for holders of: Pass 1: Any pass that covers the entire route OR the German Rail Pass Pass 2: Any pass that covers at least 2 of the countries traveled through Pass 3: Any pass that covers at least 1 of the countries traveled through	120 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket and reservation.
ICE	Throughout Germany and Switzerland		Passholder fares are available for holders of any pass that includes the country or countries traveled through.	180 days	Reservations recommended. Tickets and reservations issued separately.
Italo	Milan – Naples Milan – Rome Florence – Rome Bologna – Venice Venice – Rome Venice – Naples	4h 31m 3h 20m 1h 21m 1h 25m 3h 35m 4h 45m	Passholder fares are not available. Travelers holding a pass would purchase a ticket.	minimum 120 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket and reservation.
TGV / Intercités (aka: French Journey)	Throughout France (Domestic Routes)		Passholder fares are available for holders of any pass that includes France	90 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket and reservation.
Lyria	Paris – Lausanne Paris – Geneva Paris – Bern Paris – Zurich Dijon – Lausanne Dijon – Zurich Geneva – Marseille Geneva – Nice	3h 40m 3h 09m 4h 27m 4h 03m 2h 00m 2h 24m 3h 37m 6h 23m	Passholder fares are available for holders of : Pass 1: Any pass that includes France AND Switzerland Pass 2: Any pass that includes France Pass 3 Any pass that includes Switzerland	90 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket & reservation.
Paris-Luxembourg TGV	Paris – Luxembourg	2h 08m	Passholder fares are available for holders of any pass that includes France.	90 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket and reservation.
Spanish Day Trains	Madrid – Alicante Madrid – Barcelona Madrid – Cordoba Madrid – Pamplona Madrid – Seville Madrid – Valencia Madrid – Cadiz Madrid – Algeciras	2h 20m 2h 30m1h 42m 3h 05m 2h 30m 1h 35m 4h 06m 5h 12m	Passholder fares are available for holders of any pass that includes Spain	60-90 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket & reservation.
Swedish Day Trains (SJ High-Speed Trains)	Gothenberg – Copenhagen Stockholm – Copenhagen Stockholm – Gothenberg Stockholm – Malmo Stockholm – Sundsvall	3h 33m 5h 02m 3h 01m 4h 26m 3h 33m	Passholder fares are available for holders of any pass that includes Sweden	180 days	Reservations recommended. Issued as combined tickets and reservation.
France-Germany High Speed	Paris – Frankfurt Paris – Stuttgart Paris – Munich	3h 52m 3h 39m 6h 11m	Passholder fares are available for holders of: Pass 1 Any pass that includes both France AND Germany Pass 2 Any pass that includes France Pass 3 Any pass that includes Germany	90 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket & reservation.
Thalys	Paris – Amsterdam Paris – Antwerp Paris – Brussels Paris – Cologne Brussels – Amsterdam	3h 17m 2h 02m 1h 22m 3h 20m 1h 50m	Passholder fares are available for holders of: any pass covering part of or the entire journey EXCEPT the German Rail Pass	90 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket & reservation.
Trenitalia Domestic	Rome – Florence Rome – Venice Florence – Venice Milan – Venice	1h 22m 3h 35m 1h 53m 2h 23m	Passholder fares are available for holders of any pass that includes Italy	120 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket & reservation.
Trenitalia International	Milan – Zurich Milan – Geneva Milan – Basel	4h 03m 3h 58m 4h 06m	Passholder fares are available for holders of: Pass 1 – Any pass covering all countries traveled through Pass 2 – Any pass covering at least one of the countries traveling through (except Swiss Travel Pass) Pass 3 – Valid for Swiss Travel Pass or Swiss Transfer Ticket holders	120 days	Reservations mandatory. Issued as combined ticket and reservation.

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