Night trains from Switzerland to Sweden planned for 2026

The Swiss Federal Office of Transport (FOT) has announced its intention to introduce a Basel-Copenhagen-Malmö night train service from April 2026. Operating three times a week, this route would be spared from government budget cuts. The FOT has announced that this line will be given priority and that CHF1.2 million (about $1.5 million) will be spent on preparatory work in 2025. Between now and 2030, the Swiss government plans to subsidise the line to the tune of CHF47 million. This money is intended to cover the uncovered costs associated with its operation (train tracks, energy, personnel and rolling stock). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The subsidies do not include the purchase of new rolling stock, as "the link could be operated with the rolling stock currently in use from Zurich to Amsterdam", said Sabrina Schellenberg, spokeswoman for the Swiss Federal Railways. The CHF47 million will come from the CO2 law, which initially provided for CHF30 ...