Aurora (CityNightLine)

Aurora
CNL 472 Aurora leaving Basel SBB (2013)
Overview
Service typeCity Night Line (CNL)
LocaleSwitzerland, Germany, Denmark
Former operatorCityNightLine
Route
TerminiBasel SBB
Copenhagen Central
Stops
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification
  • 15 kV 16,7 Hz (Germany & Switzerland)
  • 25 kV 50 Hz (Denmark)
Route map
Copenhagen Central
Great Belt Tunnel
Odense
Padborg
(DK/DE)
Hamburg Hbf
(shunting)
Frankfurt (Main) South
Mannheim Hbf
Karlsruhe Hbf
Basel Bad
(DE/CH)
Basel SBB

Aurora was the name given to Basel‒Copenhagen night train services operating as part of the CityNightLine network until 2014. In 2011 Aurora still carried the through sleeping cars bound to and from Moscow. In July 2025, the Swiss Federal Office of Transport (FOT) and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) had announced a plan to reintroduce the night trains on the route from April 2026.