The planned route will take in Cologne in Germany, Bern and Brig in Switzerland and Domodossola and Stresa on Lake Maggiore before arriving in Milan, the Dutch-Belgian company said in a press release.
The service is set to operate three times a week, leaving Amsterdam and Brussels on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings and arriving in Switzerland and Italy the following morning.
It will run in the opposite direction from Milan on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday nights, the operator said.
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Tickets will be available to purchase by February 2026, with the first service scheduled to leave Brussels and Amsterdam for Milan on Thursday, June 18th.
The route is the second cross-border rail link that European Sleeper has announced for next year, following the planned start of a service linking Paris and Berlin in March 2026.
A range of price points will be on offer, it said, making the journey "accessible to a wide range of travellers, from budget -conscious passengers to those seeking extra comfort."
The service isn't the only international route on track to launch from Italy next year: national rail operator FS Group in May announced new high-speed rail links from Milan and Rome to Germany and Austria "by 2026".
A route connecting Milan with Munich is expected to take 6.5 hours, with stops in Brescia, Verona, Rovereto, Trento, Bolzano and Innsbruck.
Meanwhile a Rome-Munich line taking in Florence, Bologna, Verona, Rovereto, Trento, Bolzano and Innsbruck is expected to take 8.5 hours.
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