
Night train fees in Europe
This is an overview of reservation fees for European night trains. Reservations for night trains are always mandatory. The reservation fee depends upon the type of seat or sleeping accommodation you choose.
You can make your reservations through our Reservation Service.
Popular night train routes
Train route |
Train name |
Reservations |
Reservation fee |
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Vienna - Venice | ÖBB Nightjet (EN) | Mandatory | 9 - 124 euros |
Munich - Venice | ÖBB Nightjet (EN) | Mandatory | 14 - 140 euros |
Madrid - Lisbon | HotelTren (HOT) | Mandatory | 7 - 116 euros |
Helsinki - Rovaniemi | VR Night Train (IC) | Mandatory | 21 - 124 euros |
Split - Zagreb | Night Train (NT) | Mandatory | 3.60 - 60 euros |
Reservation fees for international night trains
- Dacia Express (Austria, Hungary, Romania)
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Route:
Vienna (Austria) - Bucharest (Romania)
Via Budapest (Hungary) and Brasov (Romania)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 3 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 13.40 euros p.p.
- 4-bed couchette: 20 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper: 28 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 42 euros p.p
- Single sleeper (1st class): 98 euros
- Berlin Night Express (Germany, Sweden)
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Route:
Berlin (Germany) - Malmö (Sweden)
Reservation fees:
6-bed couchette: 29 euros p.p.
Please note that this train has limited dates of operation.
Read more about the EuroNight Berlin Express and how to book reservations
- EuroNight Czech Republic - Poland (Czech Republic, Poland)
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Route:
Prague (Czech Republic) - Warsaw (Poland)
Via Krakow (Poland)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 3.60 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 13.40 euros p.p.
- 4-bed couchette: 20 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper: 20 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 33 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 70 euros
- Deluxe single sleeper: 80 euros
Read more about the EuroNight Czech Republic-Poland and how to book reservations
- EuroNight Czech Republic - Slovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
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Routes:
Prague (Czech Republic) - Prešov (Slovakia)
Via Brno (Czech Republic), Bratislava (Slovakia) and Košice (Slovakia)
Euronight Bohemia route: Prague (Czech Republic) - Humenne (Slovakia)
Via Ostrava (Czech Republic) and Košice (Slovakia)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 3 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 6 euros p.p.
- 4-bed couchette: 9 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper: 12 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 18 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 42 euros
Please note that not all accommodation types are available on all routes.
- EuroNight Czech Republic - Switzerland (Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland)
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Route:
Prague (Czech Republic) - Zurich (Switzerland)
Via Innsbruck (Austria)
Reservation fees:
- Triple sleeper: 45 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 58 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 110 euros
- Triple deluxe sleeper: 65 euros p.p.
- Double deluxe sleeper: 78 euros p.p.
- Single deluxe sleeper: 150 euros
Please note that 1st class Pass holders are in Deluxe compartments, 2nd class Pass holders are in Economy compartments.
- Triple sleeper: 45 euros p.p.
- EuroNight Chopin (Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland)
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Routes:
Budapest (Hungary) - Warsaw (Poland)
Via Bratislava, Ostrava and Krakow
Budapest (Hungary) - Wroclaw (Poland) (EuroNight Metropol, destination Berlin)
Via Bratislava and Ostrava
Please note that no reservation fees are currently available for the route Budapest - Wroclaw.
Reservation fees:
- EuroNight Ister (Romania, Hungary)
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Route:
Bucharest (Romania) - Budapest (Hungary)
Via Brașov (Romania) and Szolnok (Hungary)
Reservation fees:
Budapest - Brașov Budapest - Bucharest Seat 3 euros 3 euros 6-bed couchette: 13.40 euros p.p. 13.40 euros p.p. 4-bed couchette 20 euros p.p. 20 euros p.p. Triple sleeper 22 euros p.p. 28 euros p.p. Double sleeper 33 euros p.p. 42 euros p.p. Single sleeper 60 euros 98 euros Read more about the EuroNight Ister and how to book reservations
- EuroNight Poland - Germany (Germany, Poland)
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Route:
Krakow (Poland) - Berlin (Germany)
Via Katowice and Wroclaw in Poland
Reservations fees:
- Seat: 4 euros
- 3-bed sleeper: 25 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 40 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 65 euros
- EuroNight Kálmán Imre (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland)
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Routes:
Munich (Germany) – Budapest (Hungary)
Through Austria: via Salzburg and Vienna
Zürich (Switzerland) - Budapest (Hungary)
Through Austria: via Innsbruck, Salzburgh and Vienna
Reservations fees:
- Seat: 14 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 34 euros p.p.
- 4-bed couchette: 44 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper: 54 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 74 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 114 euros
Read more about the EuroNight Kálmán Imre and how to book reservations
- EuroNight Croatia (Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Switzerland)
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Routes:
Zagreb – Ljubljana – Munich
Via Ljubljana (Slovenia), Lake Bled (Slovenia) and Salzburg (Austria)
Zagreb – Ljubljana – Feldkirch – Zurich
Via Ljubljana (Slovenia), Lake Bled (Slovenia) and Innsbruck (Austria)
Rijeka – Opatija – Ljubljana – Munich
Via Ljubljana (Slovenia), Lake Bled (Slovenia) and Salzburg (Austria)
Split – Vienna – Bratislava
Via Maribor (Slovenia) and Graz (Austria)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 14 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 34 euros p.p.
- 4-bed couchette: 44 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper: 54 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 74 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 114 euros
- For the Euronight to/from Split an addtional 40 euros p.p.
Read more about the EuroNight Croatia and how to book reservations
- EuroNight Metropol (Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic)
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Route:
Prague (Czech Republic) - Budapest (Hungary)
Via Bratislava (Slovakia)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 14 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 34 euros p.p.
- 4-bed couchette: 44 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper: 54 euros p.p.
- 3-bed deluxe sleeper with private bathroom: 64 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 74 euros p.p.
- Double deluxe sleeper with private bathroom: 94 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 114 euros
- Single deluxe sleeper with private bathroom: 134 euros
Read more about the EuroNight Metropol and how to book reservations
- SJ EuroNight Stockholm - Hamburg (Sweden, Denmark, Germany)
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Route:
Stockholm (Sweden) - Hamburg Altona (Germany)
Via Malmö (Sweden) and Copenhagen (Denmark)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 14 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 34 euros p.p.
- 4-bed couchette: 44 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 74 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 134 euros
- Single deluxe sleeper with private bathroom: 144 euros
- Deutsche Bahn IC/ICE night trains (Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic)
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Routes:
Kiel (Germany) - Basel (Switzerland)
Through Germany: via Hamburg, Cologne and Frankfurt
Hamburg (Germany) - Chur (Switzerland)
Via Hannover and Frankfurt (Germany), and Basel and Zurich (Switzerland)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 4.50 - 5.90 euros
- Adriatic Express (Hungary, Croatia)
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Route:
Budapest (Hungary) - Split (Croatia)
Via Zagreb (Croatia)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 3 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 13.40 euros p.p.
- 4-bed couchette: 20 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper: 22 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 33 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 60 euros
- Istria Express (Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia)
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Route:
Budapest (Hungary) - Koper (Slovenia)
Via Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Budapest (Hungary) - Rijeka (Croatia)
Via Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Reservation fees:
Budapest - Koper Budapest - Rijeka Seat 3 euros 3 euros 6-bed couchette: 13.40 euros p.p. 13.40 euros p.p. 4-bed couchette 20 euros p.p. 20 euros p.p. Triple sleeper - 20 euros p.p. Double sleeper - 30 euros p.p. Single sleeper - 70 euros
- Hellas Express (Greece, Macedonia, Serbia)
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Route:
Thessaloniki (Greece) - Belgrade (Serbia)
Via Skopje (Macedonia)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 3 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 8 euros p.p.
Read more about the Hellas Express and how to book reservations
- ÖBB Nightjet and Nightjet-Partners (Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium)
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Destinations: Berlin**, Hamburg**, Cologne, Munich, Vienna, Zurich**, Milan, Florence, Rome, Warsaw, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Brussels, Budapest, Prague and more.
Reservation fees
Accommodation type
Reservation fee (domestic / international route)
Seat 6 euros / 14 euros 6-bed couchette 26 euros / 34 euros per person 4-bed couchette 36 euros / 44 euros per person 3-bed sleeper 46 euros / 54 euros per person* Double sleeper 66 euros / 74 euros per person* Single sleeper 116 euros / 124 euros* 3-bed deluxe sleeper 66 euros / 74 euros per person* Deluxe double sleeper 86 euros / 94 euros per person* Deluxe single sleeper 136 euros / 144 euros* * For sleeper compartments on the routes Innsbruck - Hamburg / Düsseldorf / Brussels and Vienna - Hamburg / Düsseldorf / Brussels the price increases with € 20.
**For ÖBB Nightjet trains with a seating carriage run by Deutsche Bahn on the routes Zürich - Hamburg and Zürich - Berlin, seat reservations are not mandatory. You can purchase your reservations via the DB website (€3), the ÖBB website (€4) or via our Reservation Service (€6).
Read more about ÖBB Nightjet trains and Nightjet-Partner trains and how to book reservations
- Regiojet night train (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
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Route:
Prague (Czech Republic) - Košice (Slovakia)
Via Ostrava (Czech Republic)
Reservation fees:
- 3-bed sleeper: 10 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 30 euros
If there are only 3-bed sleepers available, 1st class Pass holders can upgrade so they have the cabin to themselves.
- SJ Sleeper Sweden - Norway (Sweden, Norway)
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Routes:
Stockholm (Sweden) - Narvik (Norway)
Via Sundsvall (Sweden) and Kiruna (Sweden)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 3 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 20 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper: 40 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper with private bathroom: 50 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper with private bathroom: 75 euros
Read more about the SJ night trains in Sweden and how to book reservations
- Bosphorus Express (Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey)
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Route:
Bucharest (Romania) - Istanbul (Turkey)
Via Dimitrovgrad (Bulgaria)
Reservation fees:
- 4-bed couchette: 14 euros p.p.
Please note this train only runs in the summer months. In winter you would have to travel to Sofia, Bulgaria. From here you can take the Sofia-Istanbul Express, which runs daily (see reservation fees for this train below).
- Sofia-Istanbul Express (Bulgaria, Turkey)
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Route:
Sofia (Bulgaria) - Istanbul (Turkey)
Via Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
Reservation fees:
6-bed couchette: 9.40 euros p.p.
4-bed couchette: 14 euros p.p.
Double sleeper: 15 euro p.p.
Single sleeper: 35 euro
- Sofia - Thessaloniki night train (Bulgaria, Greece)
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Route:
Sofia (Bulgaria) - Thessaloniki (Greece)
Reservation fees:
Seat: 1 euro
6-bed couchette: 9.40 euros p.p.
4-bed couchette: 14 euros p.p.
- Balkan Express (Serbia, Montenegro)
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Route:
Belgrade (Serbia) - Bar (Montenegro)
Via Podgorica (Montenegro)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 3 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 6 euros p.p.
- 4-bed couchette: 9 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper: 15 euros
- Double sleeper: 20 euros
- Single sleeper: 45 euros
- Trenhotel international (Portugal, Spain, France)
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Routes:
Sud Expresso route: Lisbon (Portugal) - Hendaye (France)
Via Coimbra (Portugal) and Salamanca (Spain)
Lusitania route: Madrid (Spain) - Lisbon (Portugal)
Via Salamanca (Spain) and Coimbra (Portugal)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 7 - 8 euros
- 4-bed sleeper (group of 4 traveling together or same sex): 29.50 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 44.50 euros p.p.
- Double deluxe sleeper: 58.50 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 88 euros
- Deluxe single sleeper: 117 euros
Read more about the Trenhotel international night trains and how to book reservations
- Thello (France, Italy)
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Route:
Paris (France) - Venice (Italy)
Via Milan (Italy)
Reservation fees:
- 6-bed sleeper (2nd class): 29 euros p.p.
- 4-bed sleeper (2nd class): 40 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper (1st class): 45 euros p.p.
- 2-bed sleeper (1st class): 65 euros p.p.
- 2-bed deluxe sleeper (1st class): 75 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper (1st class): 100 euros
- Single deluxe sleeper (1st class): 125 euros
Read more about the Thello night train and how to book reservations
Reservation fees for domestic night trains
- Bulgaria
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Routes:
Sofia - Varna
Sofia - Burgas
Sofia - Silistra
Via Ruse
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 0.30 euros*
- 3-bed sleeper: 5.80 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 7.80 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 15 euros
* A reservation for a seat is optional
- Croatia: Zagreb - Split night train
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Route:
Zagreb - Split
Reservation fees:
6-bed couchette: 10 euros p.p.
3-bed sleeper: 15 euros p.p.
Double sleeper: 25 euros p.p.
Single sleeper: 40 euros
- Finland: Santa Claus Express (VR)
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Routes:
Helsinki - Kemijärvi
Via Tampere, Oulu and Rovaniemi
Helsinki - Kolari
Via Tampere and Oulu
Turku - Rovaniemi
Via Tampere and Oulu
Reservation fees:
Night train reservations at VR cost 50% of a full fare ticket
All prices are subject to availability and vary on the route you are booking:
- Seat: €5 – €32,70
- Double sleeper cabin: €39 – €150
- Deluxe double sleeper cabin with private bathroom: €39 – €160
It is recommended to book early, especially when you want to travel during winter-high season. This way, you will save on reservation costs.
A €1 fee applies when making your reservation at a Finnish railway station. During high season the price of reservations increase by 20%.Read more about the Santa Claus Express trains in Finland and how to book reservations
- France: Intercités de Nuit
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Routes:
Paris - Latour de Carol
Via Toulouse
Paris - Rodez
Paris - Briançon
Paris - Portbou
Via Toulouse, Carcassonne and Perpignan
Reservation fees:
- Reclining seat: 10 euros
- 6-bed couchette (2nd class): 19 - 25* euros
- 4-bed couchette (1st class): 19 - 25* euros
* The price varies per travel season
Read more about Intercités de Nuit and how to book reservations
- Germany
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Daily routes:
Dortmund - Munich (ICE train)
Via Cologne, Frankfurt, Heidelberg and Stuttgart
Hamburg - Frankfurt (IC train)
Via Osnabrück, Dortmund and Cologne
Cologne - Berlin (ICE train)
Via Dortmund and Hannover
Non-daily routes:
Munich - Hamburg (ICE train)
Via Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Hannover
Munich - Berlin (ICE train)
Via Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Erfurt
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 4.50 - 5.90 euros
- Great Britain
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Caledonian Sleeper night train
Routes:
- London Euston - Edinburgh - Aberdeen
- London Euston - Edinburgh - Glasgow - Fort William
- London Euston - Inverness
Reservation fees:
- Seat: no additional charge
- Classic Solo Room: £130
- Classic Twin Room: £150
- Club Solo Room (first class Passes only): £180
- Club Twin Room (first class Passes only): £210
- Italy: InterCityNotte
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Routes:
Milan - Genova - Pisa - Livorno - Salerno - Catania (Sicily)
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 3 euros
- 4-bed couchette: 41 euros
- 3-bed sleeper: 48 euros
- Double sleeper: 58 euros
- Single sleeper: 122 euros
- Norway: VY Regiontog
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Routes:
Oslo - Stavanger
Oslo - Bergen
Oslo - Trondheim
Trondheim - Bodø
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 5.40 euros (free reservation for 1st class pass holders)
- Double sleeper: 102.60 euros
- Single sleeper: 102.60 euros
- Poland
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Routes:
Gdynia - Bielsko-Biata
Via Katowice, Wroclaw, Poznan and Gdanks
Gdynia - Przemysl
Via Gdansk, Warsaw and Krakow
Gdynia - Szklarska Poreba
Via Gdansk, Poznan and Wroclaw
Gdynia - Zakopane
Via Gdansk, Warsaw and Krakow
Gdynia - Krynica-Zdroj
Via Krakow, Lodz, Gdansk
Warsaw - Gorzow Wielkopolski
Via Poznan
Warsaw - Szklarska Poreba
Via Wroclaw and Poznan
Warsaw - Swinoujscie
Via Poznan and Szczecin
Przemysl - Kolobrzeg
Via Gdynia, Gdanks and Krakow
Prezymsl - Swinoujscie
Via Szczecin, Poznan, Katowice and Krakow
Krakow - Swinoujscie
Via Katowice, Wroclaw and Szczecin
Szczecin - Zakopane
Via Poznan and Krakow
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 0 - 3.50 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 14 euros p.p.
- 4-bed couchette: 16 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper: 18.50 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper: 37 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper: 70 euros
- Spain: Trenhotel
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Routes:
Barcelona - Vigo
Via Zaragoza and León
Barcelona - A Coruña
Via Zaragoza and León
Madrid - Pentevedra
Via León and Vigo
Madrid - Ferrol
Via León and A Coruña
Reservation fees:
Accommodation type Routes departing from Madrid
Routes departing from Barcelona
Seat 6.50 euros - Reclining seat 10 euros (1st class) 6.50 euros 4-bed sleeper 35 euros p.p. - Double sleeper
(1st class)59 euros p.p. - Single sleeper
(1st class)111 euros - Double deluxe sleeper
(1st class)75.70 euros p.p. 75.70 euros p.p. Single deluxe sleeper
(1st class)141.40 euros 141.40 euros Read more about Trenhotel domestic night trains and how to book reservations
- Sweden: SJ Sleeper Trains
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Routes:
Göteborg - Stockholm - Luleå
Stockholm - Östersund
Stockholm - Luleå
Stockholm - Malmö
Reservation fees:
- Seat: 3 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 20 euros p.p.
- 3-bed sleeper: 40 euros p.p.
- Double sleeper with private bathroom: 50 euros p.p.
- Single sleeper with private bathroom: 75 euros
Read more about the SJ night trains in Sweden and how to book reservations
- Sweden: Snälltaget night train
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Route:
Malmö - Åre
Via Stockholm
Reservation fees:
- Seat (2nd class): 5 euros
- Seat (1st class): 15 euros
- 6-bed couchette: 29 euros p.p.
Read more about the Snälltaget night train and how to book reservations
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Domestic train fees per country This is a list of reservation fees for domestic European trains. Find out if reservations for your train are compulsory, recommended, or optional.
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