Brussels, 5th February 2025
The ALLRAIL team (Nick Brooks, Katharina Dekeyser, Salim Benkirane and Aurélie Csizmazia) celebrated the launch event of the independent operator European Sleeper‘s new long-distance service between Belgium and the Alps, crossing several internal EU borders along the way.
It is a night train, with sleeper coaches (both couchettes and private compartments) as well as standard class seating.
Furthermore, it is Open Access, i.e. 100% commercially driven, meaning that this train operates without PSO taxpayer subsidy.
Mr Kristian Schmidt, Director of Land Transport at the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission, was one of the speakers, wishing the new service well.