Night train
Guides and travel tips
In-depth articles on booking, sleeping on board, travelling with children, taking your bike and comparing rail with flying.
Why these guides?
Most questions about night trains are not about the destination but about the journey: which berth, when sales open, whether bikes are allowed and whether you actually sleep.
Each guide answers one such question in full, with concrete amounts, deadlines and rules. We sell no tickets and always point to the operator.
Night train or plane: an honest comparison
Time, price, comfort and CO₂ side by side for short European distances from Belgium and the Netherlands.
Travelling by night train with children
Which compartment to choose, what to pack and how to keep the night calm — practical tips for families.
Booking a night train: when, where and how
Booking windows, operators, price tiers and the mistakes that cost travellers money.
Taking your bike on the night train
Which trains carry bicycles, what a bike space costs and how to reserve one.
Sleeping better on a night train: 12 practical tips
From choosing the right berth to temperature, noise and a bedtime routine.
Interrail and night trains: how to combine them
What the pass covers, which supplements you pay and how to plan a night-train route.