Press release

ÖBB: Start of the new night train connection to Split  From and Graz to the Croatian coast with the EuroNight  Tickets available from 29.90 euros  Car and motorbike transport from Vienna to Split possible

(Vienna, 18.06.2021) - ÖBB is launching its new seasonal night train connection from Vienna to Split in cooperation with Slovak Railways (ZSSK). With the EuroNight 1253/1252, passengers can now travel overnight to the Croatian coast in a climate-friendly and comfortable way. They even can transport their car or motorbike on this train. Over the summer until mid-September, the new night train will travel twice a week on the route - Vienna - Graz - Split.

"Thanks to the cooperation with ZSSK, we can expand the European night train network with another holiday destination with the new EuroNight. The night train to Split is now our ninth EuroNight connection with a partner railway - and I am very pleased about that. With our own 19 Nightjet lines, we have 28 night train connections, making us 's largest night train operator. We are ensuring that tourists to Coratia can now also reach their destination comfortably overnight in the summer and travel in a particularly climate-friendly way by rail”, says ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG board member Michaela Huber.

„We are pleased that thanks to our excellent cooperation with our ÖBB colleagues we can offer our passengers a unique trip to the Croatian Adriatic coast, which we also call the "Slovakian sea". After our successful joint project on the Bratislava - Komárno route, this product confirms that our partnership is important and meaningful for our customers. We are already looking forward to the Auto Train to Split inspiring us to further joint projects”, says Karol Martincek, member of the board (ZSSK).

Climate-friendly and affordable to the Croatian coast The long car journey with family or friends to the holiday destination can in future be replaced by a climate-friendly and pleasant train journey. The transport of cars and motorbikes is possible from Vienna to Split and from Bratislava to Split.

Tickets for the night train are available from 29.90 euros in the seating car and from 69.90 euros per person and direction in the comfortable . Tickets can be booked online at the ÖBB Ticketshop at tickets.oebb.at, in the ÖBB App at ÖBB Reisezentren and at ÖBB Customer Service at +43 5 17 17.

Timetable:  EN1253: Bratislava 15.51 – Wien 18.01 – Graz 21.01 – Split 9.50 (Nächte Dienstag/Mittwoch und Freitag/Samstag, verkehrt von 18.6. bis 10.9.)  EN1252: Split 16.48 – Graz 5.29 – Wien 8.58 – Bratislava 10.49 (Nächte Mittwoch/Donnerstag und Samstag/Sonntag, verkehrt von 19.6. bis 11.9.)

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ÖBB: Today. Tomorrow. Together. As a comprehensive mobility and logistics service provider, ÖBB transported a total of 287 million passengers and over 95 million tonnes of goods to their destinations in a climate and environmentally friendly manner in 2020. The electricity for trains and stations is generated entirely from renewable energy sources. ÖBB is one of the most punctual railway operators in Europe, with a punctuality of around 97 per cent in passenger transport. With over EUR 3 billion invested annually in railway infrastructure, ÖBB is building the railway system of tomorrow. Across the Group, almost 42,000 bus and rail employees and an additional 2,000 apprentices ensure that up to 1.3 million passengers and around 1,300 freight trains arrive safely at their destinations every day. ÖBB is the backbone of Austrian public transport and, as Austria's largest climate protection company, gets people and goods to their destinations safely and in an environmentally friendly manner. The strategic lead company of the group is the ÖBB-Holding AG.

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