page_title: Eurail
section_title: Overnight trains
hierarchical_section_title: Eurail / Reservations / Overnight trains
caption_attribution_description: English: Economy Single compartment on an ÖBB double-decker sleeping car in the consist of EuroNight 470 Zürich HB - Hamburg-Altona.
context_page_description: The Eurail Pass, introduced in 1959 and formerly known as Europass or Eurorail Pass, is a rail pass which permits travel through 33 European countries on nearly all railroads and several shipping lines. The Eurail Group, based in Utrecht, is responsible for the marketing and management of the Eurail and Interrail passes. The company is owned by over 35 European railway and shipping companies. The Eurail Pass is available to non-European residents, and the Interrail Pass is available to European residents. The passes, which provide access to 250,000 kilometres of European railway, are used by over 33,000 travellers annually.
context_section_description: Many overnight trains require reservations, with varying additional costs dependent on preferred sleeping accommodation (including couchettes or sleeping cabins). For Flexi Global Pass holders, overnight trains boarded before midnight are considered as one travel day (the day of departure) if the traveller does not change trains after midnight. The pass must be valid for the arrival and departure dates.
caption: Economy single compartment in an ÖBB double-decker sleeping car
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