Night train to connect Poland with four European cities
Polish state rail operator PKP Intercity will launch a new overnight sleeper train, connecting southeastern Poland to Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Germany.
The EuroNight service, EN Carpatia, will begin operating from December 14, starting in Przemyśl and running via Rzeszów, Kraków and Katowice in Poland. It will continue into the Czech Republic and travel through Vienna, Linz and Salzburg in Austria before arriving in Munich, Germany.
At Bohumín in the Czech Republic, several carriages will be detached and routed to Bratislava in Slovakia and Budapest in Hungary.
According to TVP World, the train will depart Przemyśl at around 17h50 and arrive in Munich the next morning at 10h25. The return service will depart Munich at 18h45 and arrive in Przemyśl at 10h10 the following day.
The train will include sleeper and couchette cars.
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