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A new night train linking Brussels with Milan will no longer launch in June as planned. <\/p>\n
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The route operated by European Sleeper will now take to the rails in September, instead. <\/p>\n
The company said track works in Germany during summer 2026 and the certification process for Switzerland \u2013 a new country for its networks \u2013 had caused the delay. <\/p>\n
The new European sleeper<\/a> route was due to start running on 18 June; it will now start operating on 9 September. <\/p>\n “Although the first departure comes a few months later than originally planned, the new connection marks an important milestone,” the company said in a press release.<\/p>\n It will create \u201can important north-south connection at the European level\u201d which \u201cserves both leisure and business travellers, linking major economic and cultural regions overnight\u201d. <\/p>\n The train<\/a> will link Brussels with Cologne, Z\u00fcrich and Milan. <\/p>\n Later, a direct connection to and from the Netherlands will also be added. This is slated for 2027, as \u201cstarting a separate train section to and from Amsterdam is less viable during the off-peak season\u201d, the company said. <\/p>\n This will be European Sleeper’s third route. It already operates a service between Brussels and Prague<\/a>, and a new connection between Paris and Berlin is launching later this month.<\/p>\n When will the new route run?<\/p>\n The European Sleeper is scheduled to depart from Brussels on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings, arriving in Z\u00fcrich and Milan the following morning. <\/p>\n The return service from Milan will operate on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday nights.<\/p>\n There are some modifications to the originally planned route. <\/p>\n