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HISTORICAL FACTS: First night train connecting brussels and berlin starts operations | History Defined

People say goodbye before boarding the first European Sleeper train to Berlin, at the Midi Station in Brussels, Belgium May 26, 2023. REUTERS/Bart Biesemans

An overnight direct train service connecting Brussels and Berlin was launched this week by Dutch-Belgian railway firm European Sleeper, reflecting a push in Europe to bolster less polluting alternatives to air travel.

The sleeper train is the first direct, overnight route between the two capitals in more than a decade.

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