"European Sleeper" New Sleeper Train from Brussels to Berlin

From Berlin to Brussels, the night train renaissance gathers speed with the new European Sleeper

The latest capital-to-capital sleeper is one of Europe’s most eagerly awaited new routes – and connects London to Berlin in 16 hours

European Sleeper’s Brussels to Berlin route runs three times a week each way and stops at Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The new line by the Dutch-Belgian startup is the first direct overnight train route between the Belgian and German capitals in more than a decade.

It’s now possible to jump on a two-hour Eurostar from London’s St Pancras station to Brussels-Midi station on a Friday afternoon, then catch the evening European Sleeper from the same Brussels station, and be in Berlin for breakfast. Leaving Berlin on Sunday night, you can again connect with Eurostar in Brussels and arrive in London Monday lunchtime, after a full weekend of Berlin culture/chaos.
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The European Sleeper’s electric NS Class 86 engine is met at the platform like it’s arriving at a film premiere. Train obsessives, passengers, journalists, YouTubers and transport ministry officials whoop and clap. Members of Back on Track, which promotes night trains to address global heating, wave flags that read TRAINS NOT PLANES! as carriages clunk to a halt.
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