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    "title": "Night train to Switzerland and Italy will soon stop in Antwerp",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-26 17:02:26",
    "published_at": "2026-05-26 17:02:00",
    "url": "https://www.belganewsagency.eu/night-train-to-switzerland-and-italy-will-soon-stop-in-antwerp",
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    "body": "<p><strong>European Sleeper&#039;s new night train service connecting Brussels to Switzerland and Italy will be rerouted via Antwerp and the Netherlands from the end of this year. The Dutch-Belgian railway company announced the change on Tuesday.</strong></p><p>The service launches on 9 September. In the first few months, trains will run from Brussels via Li&egrave;ge and Aachen to Cologne, continuing through Switzerland, with stops including Zurich and Lugano, before reaching Italy at Como and Milan.</p><p>From December, however, the Brussels-Cologne leg of the route will change. Rather than passing through Li&egrave;ge and Aachen, trains will call at Antwerp and the Dutch cities of Breda and Eindhoven. The Swiss routing will also be adjusted: instead of Zurich, the train will stop in Aarau, described as &quot;a more centrally located station about half an hour from Zurich.&quot;</p><h4 id=\"amsterdam-connection-from-2027\" >Amsterdam connection from 2027</h4><p>The night train will operate three times a week in both directions. In 2027, a second service is expected to depart from Amsterdam, with the two trains coupling in Germany before continuing south, and uncoupling in the opposite direction.</p><p>European Sleeper said in March that the route &quot;creates a crucial new north-south link at European level.&quot; The company added that the service is aimed at both leisure and business travellers, &quot;efficiently connecting a number of key European economic and cultural regions in a single night.&quot;</p><p>The Belgian-Duth cooperative currently runs night trains from Brussels via Amsterdam to Berlin, Dresden and Prague, and from Paris via Brussels to Berlin. Austrian railway company &Ouml;BB operates a separate night train service between Brussels and Vienna.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><sup>#FlandersNewsService | &copy; BELGA PHOTO JAMES ARTHUR GEKIERE</sup></p><hr /><p><strong>Related news</strong></p><div id=\"bookmark-abb31567-3400-4153-b7e6-98fcc56e10e4\"\n     class=\"release-content-bookmark release-content-bookmark--horizontal\">\n\n            <a class=\"release-content-bookmark__thumbnail\"\n           href=\"https://www.belganewsagency.eu/night-trains-to-run-between-brussels-and-hamburg-from-summer\"\n           rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n           target=\"_blank\"           style=\"background-image: url(https://prezly.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.uc.assets.prezly.com%2F1833f146-d51a-4c81-9dbe-24fb05c0804f%2F-%2Fpreview%2F600x600%2F?ar=1%3A1&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=3da3cbdcb80c338bbb0b8866098493d4)\"\n        ></a>\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-bookmark__details\">\n\n                    <a class=\"release-content-bookmark__title\"\n               href=\"https://www.belganewsagency.eu/night-trains-to-run-between-brussels-and-hamburg-from-summer\"\n               rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\"               data-type=\"bookmark\"\n               data-track=\"Story WebBookmark Click\"\n               data-placement=\"content\"\n               data-id=\"abb31567-3400-4153-b7e6-98fcc56e10e4\"\n           >\n                Night trains to run between Brussels and Hamburg from summer            </a>\n        \n                    <div class=\"release-content-bookmark__description\">\n                Night trains will run between Brussels and Hamburg from July, after operator European Sleeper added the German city to its new...            </div>\n        \n        <a href=\"https://www.belganewsagency.eu/\"\n           target=\"_blank\"\n           rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\n           class=\"release-content-bookmark__provider\"\n        >\n            <img class=\"release-content-bookmark__provider-icon\" src=\"https://avatars.prezly.com/favicon?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.belganewsagency.eu%2Fnight-trains-to-run-between-brussels-and-hamburg-from-summer&newsroom=6b71e247-a9ba-4732-aaa3-88be14c119db\" aria-hidden=\"true\" />\n            belganewsagency.eu        </a>\n    </div>\n</div>\n",
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