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Today #EuropeanSleeper 1278 from Venezia towards Bruxelles is taking an interesting detour. Due to maintenance works on line 12 Roosendaal - Antwerpen, the train is diverted via Maastricht - Hasselt and Leuven. At Boxtel the locomotive will change side of the train as there is no direct connection from Venlo -> Eindhoven -> Maastricht. From Boxtel towards Bruxelles the train is riding as ES 1279.

[Article] 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆: 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻

Taking the overnight #Train between the capital cities and on to #Dresden is all about slow #Travel and the #Romance of life on the track.

By Catherine Fairweather

theguardian.com/travel/2025/ja via #Guardian

📷 CC0 Public Domain via GoodFreePhotos

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The rules of #DiningCar are different to a normal restaurant. Sharing a table means guaranteed conversation (in my case, with two Aussies on a month-long Europe trip).
The food on the #EuropeanSleeper was good value, especially for train catering: I paid €35 (£31) for three courses and a glass of wine.