Night train services linking Paris, Berlin and Vienna are to end from mid-December because of the French government’s withdrawal of funding, the Austrian national rail operator has said, in a blow to sleeper travel on important European routes.
ÖBB, the largest provider of such trains in Europe, has led a drive to revive a once popular form of low-emission transport as an alternative to flying.
But the French public cash crunch has now deprived the service of a crucial lifeline, meaning it will be suspended before the year is out.
“Due to the discontinuation of government subsidies in France from 2026 onwards, we are unfor
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