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- For the successor company, see City Night Line
CityNightLine AG 
Type Incorporation Industry Rail transport Fate Merged with DB NachtZug Successor City Night Line Headquarters Dortmund, Germany Products Rail transport (night train) Website citynightline.de CityNightLine AG (timetable and platform sign abbreviation: CNL) was a Swiss night train service. CNL had right of passage grants in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark. It served stations in Belgium, France, Italy and the Czech Republic. CityNightLine was acquired by Deutsche Bahn AG in 2007 and merged with DB NachtZug to form the "City Night Line" which presently offers night services in former CityNightLine and NachtZug territories, of which includes the majority of CityNightLine's operations at the time of the merger.
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The foundation of a company
A CityNightLine double-decker sleeping car
CityNightLine AG was a joint project/creation undertaken by the Deutsche Bahn (DB) (German Federal Railways), the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS). CityNightLine's first train departed on 28 May 1995. SBB-CFF-FFS and ÖBB have since ended their collaboration with CNL. As the predecessor joint CityNightLine company[1] the new daughter company of DB is incorporated under Swiss law, based in Zurich.
Passengers and comfort
CityNightLine Trains offer (depending on their route) the following passenger accommodation:
- Deluxe Sleeper (for 3, 2 or 1 berths)
- Economy Sleeper (with 4, 3, 2 or 1 berths)
- Couchettes (with 6, 4 or 2 berths).
- Seated accommodation in either open plan or compartmentalised coaches
On some routes CityNightLine makes use of double decker sleeping cars, built especially for the company.
Some trains also offer a restaurant car for some or all of their journey.
Lines
CityNightLine services the following lines:
Line Route Berliner Zürich HB - Berlin Ostbahnhof Donau-Kurier Wien Westbf – Dortmund Hbf Komet Hamburg-Altona – Zürich HB Pegasus Zürich HB – Amsterdam Centraal – Zürich HB Pollux Amsterdam Centraal – Munich Hbf (– Garmisch-Partenkirchen) – Amsterdam Centraal Orion Basel - Prague Semper Dresden Hbf – Zürich HB Andromeda Hamburg - Paris Aurora Basel SBB – København H Borealis Amsterdam - København H Kopernikus Praha hlavní nádraží - Amsterdam Centraal Apus Amsterdam - Milan Borealis Amsterdam - Copenhagen Venus Berlin - Bolzano Perseus Berlin - Paris Uranus Dortmund - Bolzano / Selzthal / Wörgl Jupiter Dortmund - Villach Capella Hamburg - Bludenz Neptun Hamburg - Bolzano / Selzthal / Wörgl Merkur Hamburg - Villach Pluto Munich - Berlin Meteor Munich - Hamburg Hans Christian Andersen Munich - Copenhagen Cassiopeia Munich - Paris Lupus Munich - Rome Canopus Zurich HB - Prague Pictor Munich - Venice See also
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- List of Swiss companies
- Train categories in Europe
References
External links
Deutsche Bahn Current departments (post 2007) 
Current business areas (post 2007) DB Dienstleistungen · DB Fernverkehr · DB Netze Energie · DB Netze Fahrweg · DB Netze Personenbahnhöfe · DB Netze Projektbau · DB Regio · DB Schenker Rail pre 2009 'Railion' · DB Schenker Logistics · DB Stadtverkehr · DB Station&ServiceServices Intercity-Express · Intercity · InterRegio (defunct) · Interregio-Express · Regional-Express · Regionalbahn · S-Bahn · DB City Night Line · DB AutoZug · Metropolitan (defunct)International Services EuroCity · ThalysFormer business areas (2000-07) United Kingdom History Related topics Rail transport in Germany · BahnTower · Bahn TV · BahnCard
Category · 
CommonsCategories:- Night trains
- Rail transport in Europe
- Rail transport in Switzerland
- Railway companies of Austria
- Passenger rail transport in Germany
- Rail transport in the Netherlands
- Rail transport in Denmark
- Named passenger trains of Switzerland
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