A press release from the RDC Group; July 5, 2020:
From Sylt to Salzburg in one night: ALPEN-SYLT Night Express successfully completes 1,000-kilometre long premiere trip to Austria with 120 guests on board
Westerland/Salzburg · July 5, 2020 — With the new ALPEN-SYLT Night Express, the first German night train was successfully launched on its premiere journey south. At noon, the train, which was deployed on Sylt the evening before, arrived in the Mozart city of Salzburg with 120 passengers on board.
“We believe in the successful renaissance of night trains in Europe. The offer fulfills the desire of holidaymakers and business travelers for sustainable travel by rail, even over longer distances—from the consumer’s point of view an attractive alternative to air or car travel,” says Dr. Markus Hunkel, Managing Director of RDC Germany.
Destinations such as the coasts of Schleswig-Holstein or the Alpine region are particularly in demand this year. With the new ALPEN-SYLT overnight express, the private railway company RDC Group is now offering holidaymakers and business travelers a traffic jam-free and stress-free journey four times a week until the beginning of November 2020. The route runs from Westerland/Sylt via Hamburg, Frankfurt/Main and Munich to Salzburg and back (Thursdays and Saturdays southbound; Fridays and Sundays northbound).
“Stretched out comfortably in your personal couchette car compartment, simply overnight, you can cover more than a thousand kilometres to the north or south and arrive rested at your destination—no one else in this country offers that. And the CO2 balance is impressive,” says Hunkel.
The ticket price from €99 (single compartment incl. 1 child up to age 14 years old) or from €399 (Friends + Family compartment) includes the entire train compartment with couchette equipment (bedding, towels). Infection protection for all passengers on board is secured by ensuring that each passenger travels in his or her own compartment, which remains empty when the passenger departs the train. Additional hygiene measures have been taken. Onboard in their own compartment, passengers do not need to wear a mouth and nose cover.
For its premiere journey north, the ALPEN-SYLT Night Express departed Salzburg in the afternoon (July 5, 2020), and arrived on Sylt on Monday (July 6) at noon.