Overview

• ÖBB announced the shutdown after SNCF was informed that French public service orders for the routes will cease in 2026.
• The services averaged about 70% occupancy in 2025 but face unique costs such as single-berth economics, higher staffing and locomotive changes at borders.
• SNCF said the trains are not economically viable without state funding, while the French transport ministry declined to comment.
• ÖBB will maintain other Nightjet links, including a thrice-weekly Vienna–Brussels service, and is investing in 24 next-generation trains for existing routes.
• Passenger advocates launched a petition with more than 43,000 signatures and staged a demonstration at Paris’s Gare de l’Est to oppose the cuts.