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    Brussels – Amsterdam – Berlin aboard European Sleeper Train in Couchette Sleeping Car



    Brussels – Amsterdam – Berlin aboard European Sleeper Train in Couchette Sleeping Car

    Inaugural Journey of
    European Sleeper Train No. ES 453
    From: Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel Zuid
    To: Berlin-Lichtenberg, Germany
    Route via: Antwerpen Centraal, Rotterdam Centraal, Den Haag HS, Haarlem, Amsterdam Centraal, Amersfoort Centraal, Deventer, Hengelo, Osnabrück, Bremen Hauptbahnhof, Hannover Hbf, Braunschweig, Magdeburg, Potsdam, Berlin-Wannsee, Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
    Border points: Essen / Roosendaal (Belgium/Netherland), Hengelo / Bad Bentheim (Netherlands/Germany)
    Train operator: European Sleeper Exploitatie B.V.
    Travel class: Couchette Sleeping Car (4 berth compartment)
    Scheduled departure time from Brussels: 19h22 cet
    Scheduled arrival time in Berlin-Lichtenberg: 08h13 cet
    Scheduled travel time (Berlin – Brussels): 12 hours and 49 min
    Railway distance (Berlin – Brussels): 1,031 km
    Travel time: May 2023
    Ticket bought on: www.europeansleeper.eu
    Ticket fare: EUR 179 “Tarif Flex Night”
    Electric locomotive registration: Railpool 186 455-2
    Locomotive type: Bombardier TRAXX F140 MS

    00:00 Preview Summary
    01:56 Bruxelles-Midi
    04:21 European Sleeper Train ES 453
    07:20 CIWL Type P sleeping car
    09:40 Antwerpen Centraal
    11:57 Border Belgium/Netherlands
    16:32 Rotterdam Centraal
    18:09 Den Haag HS
    20:46 Amsterdam Centraal
    23:09 Couchette Sleeping Car
    25:14 Direction change in Bremen Hbf
    28:22 Hannover Hauptbahnhof
    30:38 Sunrise over Lower Saxony
    35:14 Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
    37:45 Berlin-Lichtenberg

    17 Comments

    4. @Janbaukeoelstra on

      No more high speed in the NL, because there is something wrong between the track……now the speed is not more then 160 km per hour……..a lot of waste of money! Also the new ICNG will not ride a speed of 200 km anymore………such a waste of money and time😮

    5. @Keikdv on

      I did the same train in july 2023 but we did Roosendaal-Tilburg-Utrecht-Amersfoort in the Netherlands and Bad Bentheim-Münster (reverse)-Hannover in Germany. Always a gamble wich route it will take… I slept in a compartment for 4 with 1 window for 139 Euros, one-way
      Bit too early for the text at 09:04 as the train was in Mechelen, it fits for 09:10 @ 10:53 The line was opened in 1855 until Moerdijk for a ferry to Dordrecht. When the bridge was opened at Lage Zwaluwe in 1876, the line was diverted. (( me, taking pictures at 13:33 🙂 )) Do not understand the text @ 13:53. You never passed Breda. This is still the Antwerp – Lage Zwaluwe line. After Lage Zwaluwe, you joined the Breda-Roosendaal line but that happend at 14:19 in your video. Sign at 21: 21 was wrong: it did stop in Amersfoort (because I was there and took pictures again) Leave out the 'Possibly" at 24:59: that was indeed the case. (I am not a bit jalous about the passing 181…) Hé at 30:07 A glimpse of the new HSL-trains for the Dutch Railways NS !!

    7. @Eurobazz on

      You forgot to mention that the train changed from driving on the left in Belgium to driving on the right at Roosendaal. RHD is standard in NL and DE.

    9. @NerdX151 on

      West german couchettes from the 60's in slovakian sleeper-livery, coupled together with east german seating cars and CWIL sleepers from the 50's. You gotta love how much history there is behind the rolling stock on this train.

    11. @directorient on

      I wonder if this train gained popularity after all these months and if travels more busy than it could be, of course, on the first days of operation. European Sleeper website is still working and offers now as final destination Prague, via Berlin-Dresden.

    14. @Hassell163 on

      Very long train and in my opinion those carriages where you can lower the windows are the best to enjoy the landscape and the trip.

    16. @directorient on

      If I didn't check wrong in the ES website, I noticed that if a single traveller wants to book a complete compartment, this is possible only for couchette places (for a mega price!) and not for sleeping cars. Sleeping places can be booked only sharing the compartment with other travellers.

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