Night train route
European Sleeper Paris–Berlin
Paris → Berlin · France · Belgium · Germany
The night train that replaced the lost Nightjet: Paris to Berlin via Brussels three times a week since March 2026, the open-access sleeper’s boldest route yet.
How this line was checked
- The 308 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 19302063 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 26 m); the longest stretch away from it is 4.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: European Sleeper — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the European Sleeper?
The European Sleeper runs 1,100 km from Paris to Berlin. It runs through France, Belgium and Germany.
How long does the European Sleeper take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 13 h 30 min for the 1,100 km. That is an average of 81 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the European Sleeper?
European Sleeper, with Sleeper, couchettes.
How old is the European Sleeper?
The line has been in service since 2026. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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