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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 03/10/2026

👋🇪🇺 Meet Jim Odenhoven! He has just launched a European Citizens’ Initiative to make European travel by train a true alternative to aviation. He needs a million signatures for it to be heard. Learn more and sign here: eci.ec.europa.eu/065/public/%23/screen/home

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 25/09/2026

This Tuesday at #Innotrans we opened our #nighttrain target network planning tool to the public, and within just 4 days we received more than 1,000 proposals for new night train routes, some dreams, some gems. 🫶 Thanks to all volunteers for joining our booth team 🚄 🛌 🛏️🛏️

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 17/09/2026

🚆🕺 One night, many platforms, and a big push for smarter transporation! Last Sunday we co-hosted a Pyjama Protest Party with Stay Grounded. People showed up at their local train stations across 17+ cities across Europe and Africa. Why?

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 10/09/2026

🚝🤝 Meet us at InnoTrans! We're excited to learn more about how what is happening at the forefront of the rail transportation — and also to launch a new tool our team has been working on. More details coming soon. You can find members our team and our booth with our friends at Luna Rail.

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 13/08/2026

💭🗺️ Could we be seeing the Scottish Caledonian Sleeper in mainland Europe soon? Earlier this month, Transport Scotland announced they are developing a feasibility study with Scottish Rail Holdings Limited and Caledonian Sleeper. The findings will be reported later this year. What do you think?

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 04/08/2026

🆕📣 We're happy to welcome new night train connection! Just last week, Leo Express launched its new line connecting Frankfurt am Main to Przemyśl, close to the Ukrainian border, via Erfurt, Dresden, Praha, Ostrava, Kraków and Rzeszów. Who's taken it? Let us know! Photo credit: Leo Express

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 27/07/2026

🚄🌙 The European Commission released its Passenger Package proposal. What do we think? Here is a summary of the five key improvements we suggested. Read the full report here: back-on-track.eu/passenger-pa... Kudos to our Advocacy Working group for leading this report!

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 13/07/2026

The challenges of a night train startup, strategic hubs in their pipeline, their collaborative approach to competition, and the perks of vintage stock—we hear all this and more in an interview with Chris Engelsman, Co-Founder of European Sleeper. Read it here: back-on-track.eu/in-conversat...

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 28/06/2026

BTW: Aircraft contrails heat up 🇪🇺 14.6× more than the global avg. And night contrails 2.5× more than daytime (Teoh et al. 2024). Contrails make up 57% of aviation's total heating effect – likely even more over Europe's busy skies. More night trains = less of the most damaging emissions. 🌙🚂

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 03/06/2026

The summer travel season is almost here, and we’re proud to announce our updated, community-built, 2026 Night Train Map. 🚅 The results? Six lines added, 11 lines reduced, and one line shortened. More info: back-on-track.eu/all-night-tr... Big thanks to our volunteers!

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 02/06/2026

RDC will operate the 🇸🇪Stockholm–🇩🇪 Berlin night train commercially from September, replacing SJ after subsidy cuts. Now out: The service will run 3️⃣ three times weekly during winter. www.nachtexpress.de/en/timetable/ #nighttrains #flygskam #tågskryt

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 22/04/2026

Nox did it: The 🇩🇪/🇫🇷 startup convinced major investors of plans to offer single/double-cabin #nighttrains in refurbed coaches. The 2M€ pre-seed investment nearly doubles prior pre-seed investments (1.1M for Midnight Trains) allowing NoxMobility to continue operations and to build a 1st prototype.

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 21/04/2026

Sweden’s long-awaited night train order is here—but with ageing rolling stock, the urgency is clear. What do you think about choosing Talgo? Explore the economic details: back-on-track.eu/seden-orders-talgo… #NightTrains #Nattåg #SustainableTravel

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 23/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who supported the community efforts to keep the night train rolling in 2025 — from dancing in pyjamas to thoughtful panel discussions. We’re already looking ahead to 2026. Until then, we wish you a very merry holiday season. 🚅 ✨ #BackOnTrack #NightTrains #ConnectEurope

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 30/10/2025

Some progress: On Tuesday the sustainability committee in the 🇫🇷 Assemblée nationale adopted in 1st reading an amendment to the 2026 budget proposing 5.5 M € for subsidies in order to resume the Berlin/Vienna-Paris night train service in Spring 2026. #ouiautraindenuit buff.ly/jdkFV4q

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 10/10/2025

Bad news for night train lovers: 🌙 The Paris–Berlin/Vienna connection ends this December, and the Berlin–Stockholm route will follow in 2026. Politics, not passengers, are derailing Europe’s night trains. We need fair conditions & stable support for sustainable travel. 🚆💔

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 24/09/2025

Just in time for our conference our volunteers finished our brand new platform for organising future Trans-European Pyjama Parties. Add your missing dream #nighttrains and dance with us in night gear of your choice at selected stations this Friday evening: #nighttrainsforfuture buff.ly/GsZnaOY

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 21/09/2025

120 participants** at #nighttrainconference ! More than 80 on-site and 40 on-line will come together next weekend to discuss the future of #nighttrains in #Europe. On-site registration is now closed due to capacity limits, but you may still join us via zoom. #nighttrainsforfuture #3percentovernight

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 13/07/2025

Join us in Berlin from 26-28 September for the Night Train Conference, focusing on the future of night trains and rail politics. Discover ways to improve and expand night trains. Free for members; non-members pay catering costs. Don’t miss this chance to join the discussion.

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 10/07/2025

Bad news: ÖBB has amended its contract with Siemens Mobility for the delivery of new passenger coaches. This means that no further Nightjet trains will be ordered (for the time being) – 33 seven-coach units were planned, 24 of which have been delivered to date.

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 12/05/2025

📅 On 07/05, EU 🇪🇺Commission finally published its Guidelines on Track Access Charges. We urged recognition of #nighttrains as own segment. ✅ While regulatory change is still needed, the Guidelines now promote this and ✅ recommends to only charge direct cost for night trains. A great step forward!

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 26/04/2025

TravelFactory announced the return of a ⛷️ #Ski #nighttrain route between Paris and Aime, Moutiers and Bourg-Saint-Maurice in the French Alps, connecting #LaPlagne, #LesArcs, #Tignes, #Méribel, #Vald’Isère, #LesMénuires, #ValThorens and #Courchevel weekly between 19/12 and 20/03. buff.ly/ka9d2JT 1/4

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 02/04/2025

New study on the greenhouse gas reduction potential of night trains for Germany partly confirms Back-on-Track report: In response to the Back-on-Tracks 2022 assessment of the potential for Europe, the German Ministry of Transport has commissioned a study. #nighttrains 🧵 1/5

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 20/12/2024

C‘est fait! Today at a notary‘s office in Brugge🇧🇪 we finally signed the French-language deed establishing Back-on-Track Europe AISBL as an international non-profit association - to be better represented at EU level. For practical reasons founding groups were 🇧🇪🇩🇪🇨🇭&🇬🇧 others follow soon.

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 26/11/2024

Here is an overview of the changes to the #nighttrains network that we are aware of. Recently we took two steps forward, now we are taking another step back. Please let us know if we have forgotten anything. Please note that we do not cover occasional services and cruise trains.🧵

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 01/11/2024

Together with Stay Grounded, Flight Free UK, ATERRA & Alternatiba, we hosted the worlds first silent disco demanding more night train connections! We danced in: 🇪🇸 Barcelona, 🇩🇪 Berlin, 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, 🇩🇪 Erfurt, 🇩🇪 Hamburg, 🇵🇹 Lisbon, 🇬🇧 London, 🇫🇷 Nantes, 🇩🇪 Stuttgart & 🇨🇭Zurich

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 08/10/2024

Short-term track works and a lack of international coordination led to the complete cancellation of several #nighttrains this year. The EU wants to remedy this - but how? Take part in our live discussion with @MetzTilly and others. back-on-track.eu/where-are-we...

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 04/10/2024

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 02/10/2024

Already making plans for Friday 25 Oct 2024, 20:30 CET? Join the cross-continental silent disco #pyjamaparty to draw attention to the missing #nighttrains, together with other groups on @StayGroundedNet: back-on-track.eu/trans-europe-pyjam… @MenosAvioes...

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 19/07/2024

Now upgraded to a promise in the EU Commission President's application speech: "We will propose a Single Digital Booking and Ticketing Regulation, to ensure that Europeans can buy one single ticket on one single platform and get passengers’ rights for their whole trip."

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 21/06/2024

Cześć! 🌍🚆 Szukamy polskojęzycznych przyjaciół zrównoważonego podróżowania, którzy wesprą nas podczas polskiej prezydencji w Radzie UE w 2025 r. w rozbudowie europejskiej sieci pociągów nocnych. Kto do nas dołączy? 🙌💚 dir.lat/4AmYec #ZrównoważonePodróże #PociągiNocne

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 01/05/2024

🍾 We did it. On Monday we transformed ourselves into Back-on-Track Europe a.i.s.b.l., an international non-profit under Belgian law in order to gain more influence on EU 🇪🇺 institutions (partly requiring legal status). Thanks to our donors from 14 countries who supported this!

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 11/04/2024

Last week the EU transport ministers meeting concluded to make night trains a viable alternative to short- and medium haul flights. Here is our comprehensive action plan how to do it - unanimously concluded by our groups from nine European countries: buff.ly/3vU7PjF

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 10/04/2024

Help us to register as a non-profit association in Belgium! We need to raise 600€ more. Then we can officially take part in meetings at the EU level - key to changing policy around night trains, and making them more affordable. Share & donate now! buff.ly/4aLFLxY

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 30/03/2024

A nice update for our #nighttrains map and database (dir.lat/WSKRTr Last week two routes were extended to each connect one more country @EuropeanSlpr now connecting 🇧🇪🇳🇱🇩🇪 with 🇨🇿 and RegioJet connecting 🇨🇿🇸🇰 with 🇺🇦. Photos: @jurim (ES) @GlobalUARailTF (RJ)

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 20/03/2024

EP report proposes better planning rules for #nighttrains: More time for booking ahead, guaranteed slots for up to 3 years and considering social benefit when competing for capacity. Let's hope Council can help pushing this buff.ly/3PtmRUa @GeorgesGilkinet @EU2024BE

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 11/12/2023

Here's our new #nighttrains map for 2024 including the new lines starting now. Anything missing? Any mistakes? (Please note we don't include irregular car-only and cruise trains.) PDF version here: www.back-on-track.eu/night-train-...

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 10/12/2023

Here's our new #nighttrains map for 2024 including the new lines starting today. Anything missing? Any mistakes? Please note we don't include irregular car-only and cruise trains.

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 07/12/2023

To get more long-distance #nighttrains Europe should prepare its network for higher average speeds. A new study funded by the German Environmental Agency (UBA) suggests to focus on these 9 core lines (partly following the TEN-T network of main lines): buff.ly/3TeKgvj

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 06/12/2023

Some people have asked us why Back-on-Track is missing as a co-signatory of the open letter calling on the EU Commission to present a strategy for night trains. Good question! Here is the reason. buff.ly/3Nfurk7

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 24/11/2023

Ukrainian Railways improves international night&day connections to the West with a new #nighttrain connection from Київ/Kyiv to Чоп/Chop 🇺🇦🇸🇰🇭🇺 optimised for connectivity to a daytrain to Vienna 🇦🇹adding to the existing direct service! Добраніч - Jó reggelt - Servus!

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 22/11/2023

What does the new ÖBB #Nightjet bring for passengers & #shift2rail, how does it sleep in a #MiniCabin - and a seating carriage with everything except rubbish bins: Our in-depth analysis & lots of extra info on the first new #sleeper coaches in 30 years. buff.ly/3MQD0ln

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 21/11/2023

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 13/11/2023

You see night trains as an alternative to business flights? You would like to report on best practice and make business and politics aware of the increase in demand for this service? Join our LinkedIn group “Night trains for Business” - it's now public. buff.ly/47cnmZA

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 18/10/2023

Night trains, should be treated in the upcoming EU Guidelines as independent market segment throughout Europe & exempted from markups. The cost reduction could pay off for network operators after just 5 years, according to our case study of Germany buff.ly/3X7xn61

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 09/10/2023

Did you know? Pre-Covid aviation emissions grew 3% every year. This means that by 2040 aviation GHG emissions from aviation alone will be larger than from any other sector (heat, agriculture, industry, waste, ...) if its emissions continue to develop as until 2019. #3percentOverNight

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 09/10/2023

Did you know? Night Trains emit 28 times less Greenhouse Gases than planes (European average). #3percentOverNight

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 05/10/2023

Planning for the 2024 issue of our night train map: Since many have asked us not to cut off the Iberian peninsula for its lack of night trains - how should we print? VERTICAL - maybe with night trains in North Africa or HORIZONTAL with the night trains to Asia? Poll below.

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 27/09/2023

"Pillow fight for #SleeperTrains" - a new action format accompanying last week's meeting of EU transport ministers in Barcelona, calling for #Barcelona to be reconnected to the night train network. Thx to Mark and Clau, all the activists and @photojowy (photo). #3percentOverNight

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Back-on-Track.eu @back-on-track.eu · 20/09/2023

Also last Saturday: our German group organised a roundtable at #TagDerSchiene in Wustermark, a rail depot for @EuropeanSlpr and others, highlighting the lack of service capacity (much of which has been dismantled in recent years) needed to expand the #nighttrain network.

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