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ÖBB sets Nightjet to Paris - France withdraws financial aid!
The ÖBB hires the Nightjet Salzburg-Paris on December 14, 2025 because France stops the funding.
ÖBB sets Nightjet to Paris - France withdraws financial aid!
It is now official: ÖBB will set the Nightjet connections between Vienna and Paris to change timetable on December 14, 2025. This also affects the holding in Salzburg, which for many travelers are an important transfer station. The reason for this decision is the lack of financial support on the part of the French Ministry of Transport, which has deleted the funding for 2026. Loud Sn.at regret the ÖBB the withdrawal of the French partners and now have to hire the night train connections.
Already in the summer the decision was made at the ministerial level that the state funding for night train operations will no longer be provided, since the trains are not considered profitable enough. The SNCF, the French partner, requires a better operating result that is simply not possible without subsidies. That was also in a statement of tips.at underlined. So you wonder where the future of night trains in Europe is going.
The decline in night trains in Europe
Night trains have lost importance in recent years, and the cancellation of the connections to Paris is only a further step in this direction. More and more countries are forced to reduce their night trainment, although a trend reversal in the use of night trains seems visible. The initiative to promote night trains was initiated to stop this trend and support new providers in the market. The aim of developing a catalog of measures for further development of night trains is to improve the framework and market conditions for providers. Further information provides the DZSF.
However, the ÖBB remains optimistic and relies on the expansion of other connections. The connection from Vienna to Brussels will also be hit three times a week in 2026. In addition, ÖBB invests in the modernization of its fleet and rely on the purchase of new generation of new Nightjets. The aim is to increase capacity and comfort on existing routes, for example from Vienna to Amsterdam or Munich to Rome. For the ÖBB, the night trip remains an environmentally friendly alternative to air traffic - a concept that is to continue to be funded and researched.