Aurora (CityNightLine)
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Aurora was the name given to Basel‒Copenhagen night train services operating as part of the CityNightLine network until 2014.[1][2] Template:As of Aurora carried the through sleeping cars bound to/from Moscow.[3]
Southbound the Aurora train would depart Copenhagen at 18:10 in the evening with a locomotive change at Padborg, and then a non-advertised shunting stop at Hannover between 02:13 and 02:51 for coupling and uncoupling the parts of the train connecting to Amsterdam, Berlin, and Prague.[4] Northbound the Aurora would stop for shunting in Hannover between 02:03 and 02:36, then again for 25 minutes to change locomotives at Padborg, arriving Copenhagen at 10:07 in the morning.[4]
The railway stations served by the Aurora were: Template:Flatlist
Reintroduction
Template:As of, Swiss Federal Railways were planning to restart night train services from Switzerland to Copenhagen and Malmö[5]—within one year.[6][7] The train would start running from spring 2026,[8] after a gap of over 10 years since the CityNightLine route stopped in 2014,[1] and with a distance of Template:Convert become the longest passenger train operating from Switzerland.[9]
The restored night train service from Basel[1] to Copenhagen/Malmö would be operated together with Railroad Development Corporation (RDC)—already operators of the overnight Motorail services between Lörrach and Hamburg—with Swiss Railways selling night train tickets via their App.[10]
The route would require approval from national authorities in Denmark, Switzerland, and Germany, as well as funding commitments.[11] Template:As of an application had been made to the Swiss government for Swiss CO2 Act funding to support the service.[9][12] Rolling stock would be transferred from the existing Amsterdam‒Zürich night train route[1]—after the introduction of new Austrian Railways (ÖBB) Nightjet 2.0 trains on the Amsterdam‒Zürich route.[13][7] SBB had already been leasing the same carriages from RDC for the Amsterdam route between December 2021 and December 2024/2025.[14]
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References
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