twenty second August 2024
The in a single day service runs from Brussels to Venice calling on the ski gateway stops of Munich, Innsbruck and Bolzano. NEW
It should run twice every week with the primary departure schedule for February fifth 2025.
Twice weekly departures are deliberate between Brussels and Venice from February 5, 2025, together with calls into ski gateways reminiscent of Munich in Germany, Innsbruck in Austria and Bolzano in northern Italy.
The provisional timetable has been drafted as European Sleeper works with the related authorities to finalise departure and arrival instances throughout February and March subsequent yr.
The schedule is designed to cowl faculty holidays and the height winter sports activities season.
Bookings are on account of open on September 1st , however ticket costs haven’t but been launched.
Earlier we reported on the opportunity of the brand new service:
“Passengers will have the ability to board our practice from Belgium and the Netherlands, and calm down within the consolation of the restaurant automobile, whereas the practice transports them by way of Germany and Austria, and throughout the Alps, ending within the historic cities of Verona and Venice the next day,” mentioned the European Sleeper co-founder, Chris Engelsman.
“This marks a brand new essential milestone for European Sleeper and the comfort of evening journey throughout Europe extra sustainably.”
The brand new evening practice comes “in response to the excessive demand for winter sports activities journey, metropolis journey choices and the shortage of appropriate practice connections.”
British skiers would want to journey to Brussels on the Eurostar or there may very well be a devoted coach service by highway from the south of England through the Channel Tunnel to hyperlink with departures from the Belgium metropolis.
Every practice would have a capability for 750 passengers in sleeper compartments with the journey time to Innsbruck estimated at 15-hours, and 20-hours to Venice.
