All aboard the new Brussels-to-Venice night train

Brussels is getting a new overnight train to Venice, a Belgian-Dutch railway company announced Tuesday.

European Sleeper, which already runs night trains from Brussels and Amsterdam to Prague and Berlin, said it was adding Venice to its list of destinations next February and March. The winter service will run twice a week during those two months and take about 20 hours.

“This schedule accommodates school holidays, and the peak winter sports season,” as well as Venice Carnival, the company in a statement.

Chris Engelsman, co-founder of European Sleeper, said passengers “will be able to board our train from Belgium and the Netherlands, and relax in the comfort of the restaurant car, while the train transports them through Germany and Austria, and across the Alps, ending in the historic cities of Verona and Venice the following day.”

European Sleeper is also working on a daily connection between Amsterdam and Barcelona, the company said.

Last year, European Sleeper launched the first direct overnight train between Brussels and Berlin in more than 10 years.