Rumors have been flying around these past days and have now been confirmed. On Monday, September 29, 2025, the Austrian railway company ÖBB, which operates the two railway lines in partnership with SNCF and Deutsche Bahn, announced that the night trains connecting Paris to Berlin and to Vienna will be permanently discontinued. This new measure will take effect starting December 14. It’s a real blow for the tourism sector.
A decision made following budget cuts
These lines had experienced a revival in 2021 and 2023, marking a trendy return of night train travel across Europe. However, the French government doesn’t seem to share this enthusiasm as the subsidy that allowed these lines to...
xister — a funding envelope ranging from 5 to 10 million euros annually — has been withdrawn from SNCF this year. « SNCF was informed by the Ministry of Transport that public orders for the operation of overnight trains from Vienna to Paris and Berlin to Paris would be halted for the year 2026 », explains the Austrian company in a statement.Voir cette publication sur Instagram
The End of International Night Train Services
While these two lines enjoyed some success, they remained unprofitable and thus not sustainable without financial support from the state. « Night trains can only operate with the participation of international partners », adds ÖBB.
Until now, three trips per week were offered. The Ministry of Transport accuses SNCF of not establishing daily service, to which the railway company responds: « Considering the major construction work on the network in France and Germany, transitioning to daily services starting in 2026, as originally planned, was no longer feasible. Therefore, a frequency of three round trips was ...
cute; the maintained té [...] in accordance with the State. » The removal of these two lines thus ends the only international night connections offered by train from Paris.Voir cette publication sur Instagram