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Target Network 2032 · launch report

Your first 12 days of designing Europe's night trains ​

The tool opened to everyone on Tuesday 22 September 2026. Here is what happened until 3 October — what you built, what you told us, and what we are doing with it. The September product update has the second half of that story.

451

people joined

1 321

routes proposed

2.2 M km

of route drawn, one way

34

countries

01 · You showed up

451

people signed in to design a night train

179 opened an account, 272 tried it as a guest. On day one alone, 149 of you were building at the same time — and 85 came back on a second day or more.

22: 149 active149 active2223: 119 active2324: 92 active2425: 74 active2526: 35 active2627: 31 active2728: 24 active2829: 28 active2930: 23 active301: 18 active12: 17 active23: 10 active3

People active per day, 22 September – 3 October

02 · You built

1 321

night train routes, by 449 different people

55 % of you proposed one route and left it at that. The rest kept going — the most prolific of you published 108 routes.

And you iterate: 46 % of all proposals were re-published after a change, 3 122 times in total. One route alone was refined through 39 versions.

22: 3353352223: 2532324: 1892425: 1302526: 972627: 772728: 412829: 362930: 39301: 4312: 5723: 243

Routes published per day

03 · Where

94 %

of your routes cross at least one border

Only 6 % of proposals stay inside one country; the typical route runs through 4. You did not design national night trains — you designed a European network. That is the whole point of Target Network 2032: the gaps are between countries, and no single ministry closes them on its own.

34 countries and 959 stations appear. Germany is in 54 % of all proposals, France in 46 %; the most-served country pair is Germany–France (145 routes), then Germany–Sweden (108) and France–Italy (81). Bruxelles-Midi is the station your trains pass through most (205 routes); where they start and end is a different list, led by Barcelona - Sants.

Jersey: no proposals yetIsle of Man: no proposals yetUnited Kingdom: 158 proposals — open in the galleryUkraine: 5 proposals — open in the galleryTürkiye: 33 proposals — open in the galleryTunisia: no proposals yetSyria: no proposals yetSwitzerland: 239 proposals — open in the gallerySweden: 209 proposals — open in the gallerySpain: 191 proposals — open in the gallerySlovakia: 93 proposals — open in the gallerySlovenia: 114 proposals — open in the gallerySerbia: 78 proposals — open in the galleryRussian Federation: no proposals yetRomania: 80 proposals — open in the galleryPortugal: 16 proposals — open in the galleryPoland: 193 proposals — open in the galleryNorway: 101 proposals — open in the galleryNetherlands: 149 proposals — open in the galleryMorocco: no proposals yetMontenegro: 11 proposals — open in the galleryMoldova: no proposals yetMalta: no proposals yetNorth Macedonia: 42 proposals — open in the galleryLuxembourg: 61 proposals — open in the galleryLithuania: 35 proposals — open in the galleryLiechtenstein: no proposals yetLibya: no proposals yetLebanon: no proposals yetLatvia: 17 proposals — open in the galleryKosovo: no proposals yetJordan: no proposals yetItaly: 276 proposals — open in the galleryIsrael: no proposals yetPalestine, State of: no proposals yetIreland: 2 proposals — open in the galleryIceland: no proposals yetHungary: 195 proposals — open in the galleryGreece: 39 proposals — open in the galleryGermany: 711 proposals — open in the galleryFrance: 612 proposals — open in the galleryÅland Islands: no proposals yetFinland: 7 proposals — open in the galleryEstonia: 16 proposals — open in the galleryEgypt: no proposals yetFaroe Islands: no proposals yetDenmark: 248 proposals — open in the galleryCzechia: 172 proposals — open in the galleryCyprus: no proposals yetCroatia: 111 proposals — open in the galleryBulgaria: 51 proposals — open in the galleryBosnia and Herzegovina: 28 proposals — open in the galleryBelgium: 267 proposals — open in the galleryBelarus: no proposals yetAustria: 352 proposals — open in the galleryAndorra: no proposals yetAlgeria: no proposals yetAlbania: no proposals yetBruxelles-Midi: 205 proposals — open in the galleryWien Hauptbahnhof: 190 proposals — open in the galleryBarcelona - Sants: 161 proposals — open in the galleryHamburg Hauptbahnhof: 160 proposals — open in the galleryBerlin Hauptbahnhof: 149 proposals — open in the galleryMalmö C: 141 proposals — open in the galleryAmsterdam Centraal: 113 proposals — open in the galleryStrasbourg: 112 proposals — open in the galleryOdense: 111 proposals — open in the galleryPraha hlavní nádraží: 103 proposals — open in the galleryLondon St. Pancras International: 100 proposals — open in the galleryKøbenhavn Syd: 99 proposals — open in the galleryMannheim Hauptbahnhof: 98 proposals — open in the galleryBudapest-Kelenföld: 95 proposals — open in the galleryKøbenhavns Hovedbanegård: 94 proposals — open in the galleryLinz Hauptbahnhof: 92 proposals — open in the galleryMilano Centrale: 91 proposals — open in the galleryZürich Hauptbahnhof: 91 proposals — open in the galleryLyon Part-Dieu: 89 proposals — open in the galleryKöln Hauptbahnhof: 89 proposals — open in the galleryPerpignan: 89 proposals — open in the gallerySalzburg Hauptbahnhof: 87 proposals — open in the galleryKarlsruhe Hauptbahnhof: 86 proposals — open in the galleryHannover Hauptbahnhof: 85 proposals — open in the galleryGirona: 85 proposals — open in the galleryKolding: 84 proposals — open in the galleryFrankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof: 84 proposals — open in the galleryStockholm Central: 83 proposals — open in the galleryOslo S: 81 proposals — open in the galleryRoma Termini: 75 proposals — open in the galleryLjubljana: 73 proposals — open in the galleryWarszawa Centralna: 73 proposals — open in the galleryBasel SBB: 73 proposals — open in the galleryMünchen Hauptbahnhof: 73 proposals — open in the galleryVerona Porta Nuova: 69 proposals — open in the galleryKøbenhavns Lufthavn Kastrup: 68 proposals — open in the galleryNürnberg Hauptbahnhof: 68 proposals — open in the galleryMünchen Ost: 67 proposals — open in the galleryLiège-Guillemins: 67 proposals — open in the galleryFrankfurt (Main) Süd: 66 proposals — open in the galleryParis Gare du Nord: 66 proposals — open in the galleryBudapest-Keleti: 66 proposals — open in the galleryZagreb Glavni kolodvor: 66 proposals — open in the galleryKraków Główny: 66 proposals — open in the galleryRotterdam Centraal: 65 proposals — open in the galleryBologna Centrale: 63 proposals — open in the galleryHamburg-Harburg: 63 proposals — open in the galleryGyőr: 63 proposals — open in the galleryAachen Hauptbahnhof: 63 proposals — open in the galleryAntwerpen-Centraal: 62 proposals — open in the galleryLille-Europe: 62 proposals — open in the galleryLund centralstation: 62 proposals — open in the galleryVenezia Mestre: 61 proposals — open in the galleryPoznań Główny: 60 proposals — open in the galleryБеоград центар: 59 proposals — open in the galleryWien Meidling: 58 proposals — open in the galleryAshford International: 57 proposals — open in the galleryAvignon-Centre: 55 proposals — open in the galleryWarszawa Zachodnia: 55 proposals — open in the galleryGare de Lyon: 54 proposals — open in the galleryGenève: 54 proposals — open in the galleryDresden Hbf: 54 proposals — open in the galleryWrocław Główny: 53 proposals — open in the galleryDijon-Ville: 53 proposals — open in the galleryVillach Hauptbahnhof: 53 proposals — open in the galleryPadborg: 53 proposals — open in the galleryGöteborgs central: 53 proposals — open in the galleryKatowice: 53 proposals — open in the galleryMadrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes: 52 proposals — open in the galleryMontpellier-Sud-de-France: 52 proposals — open in the galleryRosenheim: 52 proposals — open in the galleryNarbonne: 51 proposals — open in the galleryBruxelles-Nord: 49 proposals — open in the galleryWarszawa Wschodnia: 49 proposals — open in the galleryLuxembourg: 48 proposals — open in the galleryStuttgart Hauptbahnhof: 48 proposals — open in the gallerySt. Pölten Hauptbahnhof: 48 proposals — open in the galleryPardubice hlavní nádraží: 48 proposals — open in the galleryBratislava hlavná stanica: 47 proposals — open in the galleryFrankfurt (Oder): 46 proposals — open in the galleryMetz: 46 proposals — open in the galleryBerlin Südkreuz: 46 proposals — open in the galleryBern: 46 proposals — open in the galleryAugsburg Hauptbahnhof: 45 proposals — open in the galleryLausanne: 45 proposals — open in the galleryBerlin Gesundbrunnen: 45 proposals — open in the galleryStratford International: 45 proposals — open in the galleryBřeclav: 45 proposals — open in the galleryParis Gare de l'Est: 44 proposals — open in the galleryMontpellier Saint-Roch: 44 proposals — open in the galleryPadova: 44 proposals — open in the galleryMilano Lambrate: 42 proposals — open in the galleryErfurt Hauptbahnhof: 42 proposals — open in the galleryNeumünster: 42 proposals — open in the galleryBrno hlavní nádraží: 42 proposals — open in the galleryInnsbruck Hauptbahnhof: 41 proposals — open in the galleryRingsted: 41 proposals — open in the galleryLeipzig Hauptbahnhof: 41 proposals — open in the galleryFrankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbahnhof: 41 proposals — open in the galleryDuisburg Hauptbahnhof: 41 proposals — open in the gallerySplit: 41 proposals — open in the galleryZaragoza-Delicias: 40 proposals — open in the galleryVenezia Santa Lucia: 40 proposals — open in the galleryMarseille Saint-Charles: 39 proposals — open in the galleryFlensburg: 39 proposals — open in the galleryArad: 39 proposals — open in the galleryHegyeshalom: 39 proposals — open in the galleryBonn Hauptbahnhof: 39 proposals — open in the galleryGenova Piazza Principe: 38 proposals — open in the galleryBordeaux-Saint-Jean: 38 proposals — open in the galleryDüsseldorf Hauptbahnhof: 38 proposals — open in the galleryOlten: 38 proposals — open in the galleryKoblenz Hbf: 38 proposals — open in the galleryLinköping C: 37 proposals — open in the galleryНови Сад: 37 proposals — open in the galleryFulda: 36 proposals — open in the galleryBremen Hauptbahnhof: 36 proposals — open in the galleryHelsingborg C: 36 proposals — open in the galleryBerlin Ostbahnhof: 35 proposals — open in the galleryMulhouse-Ville: 35 proposals — open in the galleryHalle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof: 35 proposals — open in the galleryGara de Nord: 35 proposals — open in the galleryÚstí nad Labem hlavní nádraží: 35 proposals — open in the galleryDěčín hlavní nádraží: 35 proposals — open in the galleryParis Austerlitz: 34 proposals — open in the galleryMadrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor: 34 proposals — open in the galleryMünchen-Pasing: 34 proposals — open in the galleryNorrköping C: 34 proposals — open in the galleryHalmstad C: 34 proposals — open in the galleryWels Hauptbahnhof: 34 proposals — open in the galleryKolín: 34 proposals — open in the galleryPraha-Holešovice: 34 proposals — open in the galleryEdinburgh Waverley: 33 proposals — open in the galleryOsnabrück Hauptbahnhof: 33 proposals — open in the galleryTarnów: 33 proposals — open in the galleryPisa Centrale: 33 proposals — open in the galleryNice-Ville: 32 proposals — open in the galleryNapoli Centrale: 32 proposals — open in the galleryGraz Hauptbahnhof: 32 proposals — open in the galleryBerlin-Spandau: 32 proposals — open in the galleryLeuven: 32 proposals — open in the galleryСуботица: 32 proposals — open in the galleryWürzburg Hauptbahnhof: 31 proposals — open in the galleryFirenze Santa Maria Novella: 31 proposals — open in the galleryVicenza: 31 proposals — open in the galleryUtrecht Centraal: 31 proposals — open in the galleryKnin: 31 proposals — open in the galleryMainz Hauptbahnhof: 31 proposals — open in the galleryTrieste Centrale: 30 proposals — open in the galleryHamburg-Altona: 30 proposals — open in the galleryDortmund Hbf: 30 proposals — open in the galleryValence-Ville: 30 proposals — open in the galleryBohumín: 30 proposals — open in the galleryOstrava hlavní nádraží: 30 proposals — open in the galleryRoma Ostiense: 30 proposals — open in the galleryЗемун: 30 proposals — open in the galleryBrescia: 29 proposals — open in the galleryToulouse-Matabiau: 29 proposals — open in the galleryLugano: 29 proposals — open in the galleryAlvesta: 29 proposals — open in the galleryPassau Hbf: 29 proposals — open in the galleryFredrikstad: 29 proposals — open in the galleryZagreb Zapadni kolodvor: 29 proposals — open in the galleryUdine: 28 proposals — open in the galleryHalkalı: 28 proposals — open in the galleryFreiburg (Breisgau) Hauptbahnhof: 28 proposals — open in the galleryWiener Neustadt Hauptbahnhof: 28 proposals — open in the galleryСкопје: 28 proposals — open in the galleryOpole Główne: 27 proposals — open in the galleryBéziers: 27 proposals — open in the galleryKošice: 27 proposals — open in the galleryΑθήνα: 27 proposals — open in the galleryKaunas: 27 proposals — open in the galleryRzepin: 27 proposals — open in the galleryNässjö C: 26 proposals — open in the galleryHässleholm C: 26 proposals — open in the galleryGöttingen: 26 proposals — open in the galleryEbbsfleet International: 26 proposals — open in the galleryBrașov: 26 proposals — open in the galleryBrig: 26 proposals — open in the galleryFirenze Campo di Marte: 26 proposals — open in the galleryNewcastle: 25 proposals — open in the galleryLyon Perrache: 25 proposals — open in the galleryBristol Temple Meads: 25 proposals — open in the gallerySzolnok: 25 proposals — open in the galleryUlm Hauptbahnhof: 25 proposals — open in the galleryČeská Třebová: 25 proposals — open in the galleryMilano Porta Garibaldi: 24 proposals — open in the galleryPrzemyśl Główny: 24 proposals — open in the galleryNîmes Centre: 24 proposals — open in the galleryНиш: 24 proposals — open in the galleryLivorno Centrale: 24 proposals — open in the galleryGospić: 24 proposals — open in the gallerySaarbrücken Hauptbahnhof: 23 proposals — open in the galleryTorino Porta Susa: 23 proposals — open in the galleryKøge Nord: 23 proposals — open in the galleryBiałystok: 23 proposals — open in the galleryKonin: 23 proposals — open in the galleryTrenčín: 23 proposals — open in the galleryBad Schandau: 23 proposals — open in the galleryBruck an der Mur: 23 proposals — open in the galleryKőbánya-Kispest: 23 proposals — open in the galleryBregenz: 22 proposals — open in the galleryColmar: 22 proposals — open in the galleryRoma Tiburtina: 22 proposals — open in the galleryKöln Süd: 22 proposals — open in the galleryKarlovac: 22 proposals — open in the galleryMünchen Süd: 22 proposals — open in the galleryToulon: 21 proposals — open in the galleryArras: 21 proposals — open in the gallerySchiphol Airport: 21 proposals — open in the galleryGdańsk Główny: 21 proposals — open in the galleryOffenburg: 21 proposals — open in the galleryAéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV: 21 proposals — open in the galleryBasel Badischer Bahnhof: 21 proposals — open in the galleryMilano Rogoredo: 21 proposals — open in the galleryNancy: 21 proposals — open in the galleryAarau: 21 proposals — open in the galleryArnhem Centraal: 21 proposals — open in the gallerySlagelse: 21 proposals — open in the galleryBruxelles-MidiWien HauptbahnhofBarcelona - SantsHamburg HauptbahnhofBerlin HauptbahnhofMalmö CAmsterdam CentraalStrasbourg

Countries shaded by how many proposals touch them; bubbles are stations, sized by use. The darker a country, the fewer routes it has so far — click a country or a station to open it in the gallery, and design a route from there.

04 · How far

2.2 M km

of night train route, one way

That is 54 times around the equator. The typical route is 1 473 km long and takes 16 hours — a proper night train.

Not all of them are: Sevilla - Santa Justa – Söğütlüçeşme at 9 421 km and 5 nights, or Zagreb Glavni kolodvor – Zagreb Zapadni kolodvor at 2.1 km, were most likely people testing where the tool breaks (113 proposals have just two stops). Everything stays in the counts above — the next card is where the sieve starts.

0: 270500: 1985001000: 46546510001500: 33615002000: 15020002500: 7225003000+: 733000+

Routes by one-way length (km, lower edge of each bucket); highlighted: the night train range of our position paper

05 · From a crowd of proposals to one network

924

of your proposals are typical night trains

Assuming a typical night train, one way, covers 500–2 000 km, takes 7–21 hours and averages at least 50 km/h — the yardstick of our general position paper as the gallery's typical night trains filter applies it — 70 % of your proposals qualify. Of the rest, 27 are shorter than 500 km, 295 longer than 2 000 km, 315 would take more than 21 hours one way, 38 fewer than 7, and 4 crawl below 50 km/h — overlaps included.

This is a first sieve, not a verdict on anyone's route. Between here and a study we can hand to the EU, every proposal goes through filtering — duplicates, tests, the envelope — and refinement with the people who know the line. The cards that follow use only the 924 typical night trains.

Many of them are the same train drawn twice: the 924 boil down to 531 distinct city pairs (termini within 50 km count as one city), and grouping routes that share most of their stops leaves about 319 corridors — each with one to 31 variants to refine.

Our position paper puts the number Europe needs at about 300 — so are we nearly done after two weeks? No. These 319 come out of a first sieve run on a first-generation model. The real demand model, the refined cost model and the routing fixes that are coming (see the September product update) will all tighten the mesh, and a fair share of today's corridors will not survive that reality check. So keep drawing — above all where the map above is still dark.

Proposals publishedProposals published: 1 3211 321Typical night trainsTypical night trains: 924924Distinct city pairsDistinct city pairs: 531531CorridorsCorridors: 319319

The sieve so far. A corridor groups proposals that share the same city pair or most of their stops.

06 · The trains you agree on

12

of you drew Paris – Praha — independently

Duplicates are not noise, they are votes. 531 city pairs for 924 typical night trains means 43 % of them already existed when they were published — and almost always by someone else: only 32 are the same person re-proposing their own connection.

Paris – Praha was drawn 15 times by 12 different people, with anything from a non-stop run to 24 intermediate stops. That is exactly the material the refinement step needs: the connection is agreed, the stopping pattern is the discussion.

Paris – PrahaParis – Praha: 15 — open in the gallery15Malmö – ParisMalmö – Paris: 13 — open in the gallery13Barcelona – ZürichBarcelona – Zürich: 12 — open in the gallery12Madrid – ParisMadrid – Paris: 11 — open in the gallery11Barcelona – FrankfurtBarcelona – Frankfurt: 10 — open in the gallery10Tallinn – VilniusTallinn – Vilnius: 10 — open in the gallery10Berlin – OsloBerlin – Oslo: 9 — open in the gallery9Amsterdam – BarcelonaAmsterdam – Barcelona: 9 — open in the gallery9Barcelona – MilanoBarcelona – Milano: 8 — open in the gallery8Paris – RomaParis – Roma: 8 — open in the gallery8

Most-proposed city pairs among the typical night trains (termini within 50 km merged) — click a bar to see them in the gallery

07 · What it would take to run them

427 M

train-kilometres a year

Added up, the 924 typical night trains come to 327 641 departures a year and 125.7 bn seat-kilometres offered. Read these as what the model says today, not as a forecast: every proposal is counted on its own, with a first-generation supply and demand model behind it, and the model will be reshaped considerably before any of this becomes a study. Supply side only, too — the demand assumption behind the revenue figures is still the simplest one that works, so we are not summing passengers yet.

Counted route by route they would need 1 047 trainsets — a theoretical figure, because it ignores every network effect. Most of your trains run three nights a week and sit idle the other four, when the same set could serve another corridor; if every set ran every night, 553 would do. The real fleet question can only be answered by looking at proposals together, as one network — the network analysis mode we are planning to build, precisely because this report cannot answer it yet.

What a train-kilometre costs is calibrated — as of today: the median proposal runs at 23.1 € per train-km, all costs included. We will keep pushing the cost algorithm towards real-world behaviour, component by component; the feedback button on every cost factor is how you help.

327 641

departures a year

1 047 → 553

trainsets, route by route → if every set ran nightly

125.7 bn

seat-km a year

Cost per train-km, €

15: 31517.5: 10417.520: 2932932022.5: 21222.525: 1372527.5: 4627.530: 443032.5+: 8532.5+

08 · What you'd run

86 %

of you stayed with the default train

The next-generation Nightjet-style formation (NEW-BAL-7, 260 places in 7 coaches) is what almost everyone kept. It is a convention, not a recommendation: the catalogue holds 11 other concepts — pod trains, all-private-room formations, budget seat-and-couchette sets, double-length consists — and depending on the route, another concept may be the more efficient one, or the one whose supply profile fits the passengers it is for. Pick one on your route and compare; the tool shows the difference side by side.

8 % of you want your train to run every night; the default is three nights a week, and 89 % left it there.

NEW-BAL-7NEW-BAL-7: 79286 %REF-POD-7REF-POD-7: 253 %REF-PREM-12REF-PREM-12: 243 %REF-BUD-6REF-BUD-6: 192 %REF-COUCH-10REF-COUCH-10: 172 %otherother: 475 %

Composition chosen, share of the typical night trains

09 · You talked

115

likes and 28 comments — a start

38 of you liked at least one other proposal and 17 wrote a comment. Honest reading: the building worked, the talking-to-each-other has not really begun — 1 321 routes and 28 comments means most proposals were never discussed. Making it easier to react to each other's routes is part of what comes next. The comments that were written are worth reading, though, without names:

“Would be a dream come true!”

on Kraków – Rotterdam

“500 thousand Czechs visit Austria every year, often for hiking or skiing in the Alps … This train would allow them to leave Prague in the evening and arrive comfortably in the mountains.”

on Praha – St. Anton am Arlberg

“Needed for members and staff of the European Parliament.”

on Strasbourg – Bruxelles-Midi

“I wouldn't have expected this route to not require subsidies!”

on Rotterdam – Roma

“The journey time is a crucial aspect to attract passengers — night trains should mean the whole day is spent at the destination.”

on Bruxelles – Milano

“Such an obvious connection. Berlin is a big vacation destination for many Scandinavians.”

on Berlin – Malmö

10 · You told us what's missing

37

pieces of feedback

By far the most frequent message: "I searched the stop list and found nothing." 32 stations and 3 lines you asked for, from Arlon to Vlissingen. 3 routing detours we need to fix, 1 documentation correction, and 1 feature request: editing the stop order of a trip.

What we did with it, and what comes next, has its own page: the September product update.

Missing stopMissing stop: 3232Routing / track geometryRouting / track geometry: 33DocumentationDocumentation: 11Feature requestFeature request: 11

Stations you asked for

ArlonBerchtesgadenBratislava-Nové MestoBrixen/BressanoneBüchenČadcaCeljeDen Haag HSFishguard HarbourFolkestoneFredericiaHamburg-BergedorfHarwich InternationalIisalmiKajaaniKouvolaKristiansandLisboa Santa ApolóniaMantes-la-JolieMassy-PalaiseauMeran/MeranoMikkeliMonaco-Monte-CarloNeustadt (Weinstraße)Ostseebad BinzPasilaPieksämäkiPovažská BystricaSchleswigTinglevVersailles-ChantiersVlissingenNova Linha de ÉvoraLinha da Beira BaixaLinha da Beira Alta

Keep designing ​

The gallery is open, your proposals are there, and the next update will count what you do next. What we did with your feedback is in the September product update.

Figures from the production database, 22 September – 3 October 2026 (exported 4 October 2026). No personal data: counts, public proposal names and comment texts only. Under the hood: 7 844 route calculations, a median of 3.7 s each, 1 server error in 12 days; 30 % of all requests came from a phone.

Published by Back-on-Track. Every number on this site is generated from the model that produces the tool’s results. Text, figures and charts: CC BY 4.0 · code: GPL-3.0-or-later · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.