Bahnreisen: Neuer Nachtzug verbindet Köln und Mailand

German rail travelers can now take advantage of a new overnight train service connecting Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia with Milan in Northern Italy. European Sleeper, the railway company, operates this new service between Brussels and Milan, with stops in cities such as Aachen, Cologne, and Aarau in Switzerland. Initially, the train will depart from Brussels on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, making a brief stop in Cologne around 10:30 PM before arriving in Milan at 11:40 AM.

For now, the return service operates on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, departing Milan in the afternoon and arriving in Cologne at around 8:00 AM the next morning.

A schedule change is set to begin mid-December, which will alter the order of the weekdays on which the train runs. In the meantime, the Cologne stop will be replaced by stops in Antwerp, Breda, and Eindhoven in Belgium. Passengers have the choice between sitting or lying down, with options ranging from regular seats to compact sleeping berths and mattresses. The prices for the Cologne-Milan connection start at roughly €40 per person, depending on the date of travel, according to the company's website.

European Sleeper now offers a total of three overnight train connections in Europe through this new route. The other two services connect Paris with Berlin, with stops in Hamburg and others, and Brussels with Prague, with stops in Berlin. Passengers can find an overview of existing overnight train connections with sleeping or lying-down cars on the website back-on-track.eu.