The night train between Berlin and Paris is back after nine years

ÖBB and Deutsche Bahn restore night train between Berlin and Paris.Compared to the plane, it is very advantageous in terms of impact on the climate.

• After nine years, ÖBB and Deutsche Bahn are restoring the night train between Berlin and Paris.
• It starts in December with three weekly trips, and then reaches one per day from the autumn of 2024.
• Especially on short routes, the train is enormously advantageous in terms of climate impact.

Berlin, Halle, Erfurt, Mannheim, Strasbourg and, finally, Paris.They are the stops of the night train between Berlin and Paris That, after nine years of absence, will be reinstated starting from December 2023.Offering passengers a much more eco-friendly alternative to flying.

The night train between Berlin and Paris

The night train between Berlin and Paris was canceled nine years ago but, already at the end of 2020, Austrian, German and French railway companies had begun to evaluate the possibility of reintroducing it.Now the he confirms comes fromAustrian railway operator ÖBB which will manage this and other routes together with the German Deutsche Bahn.

Starting from December 2023, it will be possible to travel by rail at night from Berlin and Vienna up to Paris and Brussels.We will start with three trips a week, a frequency that will become daily starting from autumn 2024.This doubles the number of night trains available in the German capital.ÖBB's stated goal is to also double the number of passengers by 2030.

A more eco-friendly alternative to flying

The means of transport has a very significant impact on the climate impact of a trip.Especially when the route is short and therefore the travel times are similar, the train is enormously advantageous.To get to Milan from Zurich, for example, the plane it takes about an hour but, adding the times for check in, security checks and transfers to and from the airports, it comes to a total of five hours.All this, emitting 254 kilograms of carbon into the atmosphere CO2.In train, within an hour and 44 minutes you can arrive directly in the city center.And the emissions?Just 13 kilos of CO2.This is what emerges from an analysis of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.