České dráhy (ČD), Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Danish State Railways (DSB) signed a cooperation agreement to launch cooperation Prague – Berlin – Copenhagen direct train service from 1 May 2026.
Following the completion of major renovation works between Berlin and Hamburg, ČD’s climate-friendly ComfortJet trains will link the three capital cities. Additional stops in Germany will include Dresden and Hamburg.
Two pairs of trains a day will operate all year round, with a third pair being added during the summer season. Passengers can look forward to travelling by the ComfortJet trains. The journey time between Prague and Copenhagen will be approximately 11 hours and with the completion of the Fehmarn Belt tunnel in the coming years will further reduce the journey time.
The rail operators suppose that they will start selling tickets six months before the launch of the operation of the international line.
In autumn, a test run of the ComfortJet to Copenhagen will take place to familiarise DB and DSB employees with the ComfortJet trainsets and to test the train’s technology and operating characteristics. The staff from the partner transport companies will manage the train operation in Germany and Denmark while only the dining car crew will travel the entire route.
In its complete configuration, a ComfortJet trainset has 99 seats in the 1st carriage class, 456 seats in the 2nd carriage class. The dining compartment provides 18 seats and offers passengers the possibility of buying hot or cold meals and other refreshments during the journey. The dining compartment is equipped with a modern kitchen with chilled food technology and a multi-modal convection oven for heating meals, a coffee machine, a beer tapping system and a dishwasher for environment-friendly reusable dishes.
The direct train service is being restored after more than 10 years. The last direct night trains to the North of the European Continent were running during the 2014 timetable. Since then, passengers travelling to Denmark have had to change trains in Hamburg, Germany.
The planned Prague – Berlin – Copenhagen direct train service represents the first implemented line of a total of ten pilot projects launched by the European Commission to support cross-border railway connections.
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