"We are pleased to confirm that the SJ EuroNight train will continue to operate from August 2026," said Nicole Pizzuti, Head of Corporate Communications with RDC Deutschland, in an e-mailed statement to The Local.
SJ had previously announced that it would end the Stockholm-Berlin night route on August 31st 2026, as a result of the decision in Sweden's 2026 budget not to continue the four-year subsidy that was given to operate the route.
"Until the end of August 2026, trains will run daily in both directions. Timetables and tickets for this period will be available on the SJ website from this week," Pizzuti added.
Almost as soon as SJ announced its plans to withdraw the EuroNight service, others, particularly RDC Deutschland, came forward with plans to replace the service.
In terms of details, Pizzuti at RDC wrote, "The timetable and ticket sales for the period from September 2026 will be announced at the beginning of next year. The current journey times will remain unchanged."
The Stockholm-Berlin connection so far has stopped in a number of Swedish cities including Lund and Malmö, and then at Copenhagen Airport and Padborg in Denmark before continuing onto Germany where it stopped in Hamburg and finally ended at Berlin's central station.
"We are currently reviewing which intermediate stops will be offered and on which days the SJ EuroNight service will run from September 2026 onwards," Pizzuti told The Local.
Passengers can choose to travel in seats in an open carriage, in a private or shared couchette cabin or in a 1st or 2nd class private sleeping car. The journey from end to end takes around 16 hours.
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