Berlin Start-Up Nox to Launch Night Trains with Private Cabins
From 2027, a new player in rail transport will offer overnight trains across Europe with 100% personal rooms. All aboard Nox!
Is it just us or is there something lovely about taking a night sleeper train through Europe? The opportunity to save time and money while indulging in the unique romance and nostalgia of overnight rail travel. It is a chance to travel between metropolises, avoid airport hassles, traffic snarls, and wake up refreshed in a new destination, with your luggage in hand and no jetlag.
A new player is entering the European mobility space. Nox, a Berlin-based startup is on a mission to offer a real alternative to short-haul flights. From 2027, Nox plans to operate Europe-wide overnight trains with fully personal rooms for one or two people at the price of a flight.
Explore the Nox sleeper here:
Photos: Nox Mobility
“Sleeping while a train gets you across Europe is a great concept. But today people have to share their cabins with strangers, beds are tight, and it’s often more expensive than air travel. We want to change that and make night trains an essential part of European travel,” says Thibault Constant, Co-Founder of Nox.
On YouTube and Instagram, he is known as “Simply Railway”, with over half a million followers and over 400 night train trips worldwide under his belt.
His experience influenced Nox a lot: All three room types will have 2-meter long beds, separate seats with tables, enough space to stand up and store your luggage. Nox also plans to offer double beds and beds with panoramic window views.
“Our room design allows us to fit more people into our trains than traditional operators can. This, paired with a strict focus on standardisation and operational excellence will allow us to offer affordable fares on over 35 European routes”, says the founder Janek Smalla who has co-launched FlixTrain, and until 2024 led the German ridesharing market for Bolt.
The company has already reserved train coaches, is finalizing the approval of its interior design and is now preparing the next large financing round for autumn.
Interested passengers can already explore planned timetables, detailed views of the rooms and prices on noxmobility.com. Users can also join the free Nox “Early Bird Club” to stay updated, enjoy discounted rates, and gain early-access to bookings.
Routes will include European favorites, from Amsterdam to Zurich.
In a world of aviation volatility and airport snarls, lost baggage, canceled flights and passenger angst, a night train or “sleeper” seems like a delightful, sustainable, slow travel idea!
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