European rail travellers will soon benefit from a new sleeper train, launching on 14 December 2025 and connecting Poland with four iconic destinations across Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia.
A complete journey on the new night service from Przemysl, in southeastern Poland to Munich in Bavaria, will take around 16 and a half hours, departing at 5:51 pm local time and arriving in the Bavarian capital the following morning at 10:24 am, in time for a typical weißwurst breakfast of white sausage, sweet mustard, pretzels and, if desired a wheat beer.
The EN Carpatia route, operated by Polish state rail operator PKP Intercity, will call at Rzeszów, Kraków and Katowice in Poland, before dividing at Bohumin, in the east of Czechia. Some carriages will go on to stops in the Slovakian capital, Bratislava, and Hungary’s Budapest, while the others will continue to Vienna, Linz and Salzburg in Austria, before reaching the terminus in Munich. Returns are timetabled to leave Munich at 6:45 pm and pull in to Przemysl at 10:10 am the following day.
Polish state rail operator PKP Intercity is set to launch a new overnight sleeper train offering direct travel from southeastern Poland to Vienna, Bratislava, and Budapest, as well as Munich in Germany. pic.twitter.com/LtpgAj4a5P
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Travellers on the EuroNight service are required to reserve ahead, with the option of a couchette or a sleeper compartment for up to three people. “Deluxe” level amenities include snacks and hot beverages, comfort items such as towels and slippers, and a wash kit with shower gel, toothbrush, and toothpaste to ensure passengers arrive fresh.
A lights-out rule between 10 pm and 6 am aims to allow passengers to get some sleep with no fear of missing their stop, thanks to conductors who will wake passengers half an hour before their chosen destination.
Tickets start at €50, which British news outlet The Independent describes as “in stark contrast to sleeper options in the UK,” comparing the new Polish 905-km trip to the 715-km route run by Caledonian Sleeper from London to Inverness, on which upright seats start at £79 (around €90).
The new sleeper route comes just in time for applicants to the latest round of free EU rail passes for up to 40,000 European 18-year-olds and is not the only new Polish connection recently announced. It comes amid improvements to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) that will see the development of new fast connections between Madrid and Lisbon, and an under-eight-hour trans-Baltic route that will take passengers from Tallinn, Estonia, to Warsaw. Investments in the network are also set to slash journey times significantly between Copenhagen and Berlin, Paris and Rome, and Vienna and Ljubljana.
