European Railroad Discussion > ÖBB unveils its new overnight services

Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced that starting December 11th, 2016 it will roll out its new overnight service offering under the branding "Nightjet". The following services will be offered;

Feldkirch - Graz
Wien - Bregenz
Wien – Firenze – Roma
Wien – Venezia
Wien – Hamburg
Wien – Düsseldorf
Zürich – Wien/Graz
Hamburg – Berlin – Basle
Hamburg – München – Innsbruck
Düsseldorf – München – Innsbruck

The Wien - Roma service will operate via Tarvisio instead of Brennero

This is welcome news. Assume trains with sleepers. What equipment will they use. This helps to replace the CNL trains being abandoned by DB...supposedly due to old equipment, not lack of ridership. Any sleepers I've been on recently have been full. 

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> This is welcome news. Assume trains with sleepers.
> What equipment will they use. This helps to
> replace the CNL trains being abandoned by
> DB...supposedly due to old equipment, not lack of
> ridership. Any sleepers I've been on recently have
> been full. 

We'll see how long these last.  

DB likely viewed the specialized overnight services as losing money and perhaps a distraction to its core mission of providing fast daytime services.  The fact that they continued to attract some ridership was not sufficient to overcome the perceived disadvantages.  Most people prefer to fly for these longer distances, especially with air services being more economical to the consumer.
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/28/16 09:28 by reindeerflame.