Night train service to end

Europe's sleeper train revival was dealt a setback on Monday as operators said services linking Paris with Vienna and Berlin will end 14 December, after France cut subsidies.

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The Paris-Vienna and Paris-Berlin routes had been relaunched in 2021 and 2023, as part of an effort to bring back night trains as a lower-emission alternative to short-haul flights.

They attracted steady demand, averaging 70% occupancy this year, according to French state rail firm SNCF, which operated the routes with Austria's OeBB and Germany's Deutsche Bahn.