Sometimes you want to get to your destination as quickly as possible. Others, you fancy avoiding the stress and taking the scenic route, and there’s nothing more relaxing than drifting off in one country and waking up in the next.

Sleeper trains are an ideal way to travel, but they’re less common than their daytime counterparts. While it might have felt like overnight trains in Europe were having a renaissance in the past few years, some of the most popular services are now getting scrapped due to budget cuts .

But, thankfully, the dream isn’t over yet. Two brand-new routes are in the works – and they could begin operation as early as next year.

Back in 2023, European Sleeper announced plans to introduce an Amsterdam-Barcelona sleeper train in 2025 . Obviously, that hasn’t happe

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