“The Nightjet connection Vienna - Brussels will in any case continue to be offered.” Rail expert Mark Smith, from the Man in Seat 61 said in a report of the Nightjet Berlin-Brussels route that ...

However, as The Man in Seat 61 mentions, the European Sleeper seems to offer a more efficient service – an impressive feat for a rail start-up that launched a good seven years after Nightjet.

Asked how European Sleeper trains compare with ÖBB's Nightjets, Mark Smith, founder of The Man in Seat 61, previously told The Local: "Their newer 5-berth couchettes are as good as Nightjet ...