Czech Railways adds 50 couchette seats

Czech Railways will add a couchette car this summer to its Baltic Express night trains between Prague and Gdynia. (railwaynews.net) (railwaypro.com) The extra car is scheduled on EC 460 and EC 461 from June 26 through August 31, 2026, and will add nearly 50 couchette berths. (railwaynews.net) (railwaypro.com) The Baltic Express route links Prague with Pardubice, Wrocław, Gdańsk and Gdynia. Czech Railways and Poland’s PKP Intercity operate four daily train pairs on the corridor. (ceskedrahy.cz 1) (ceskedrahy.cz 2) A couchette is a basic overnight berth, cheaper than a sleeper compartment and more private than a regular seat. Czech Railways said the new car will supplement a sleeper coach that already runs year-round on the night pair. (railwaypro.com) (back-on-track.eu) That sleeper coach was introduced on the Baltic Express night trains on April 14, 2026, after the line’s first three months in service. By mid-April, the trains had covered almost 640,000 kilometers, according to Czech Railways. (ceskedrahy.cz) The line itself started with the December 2024 timetable change, giving Prague a direct rail link to Poland’s Baltic coast. Czech Railways has pitched it as a through service for both city travel and summer seaside trips. (ceskedrahy.cz) (praguedaily.news) Current timetable pages for EC 460 and EC 461 show the overnight trains running daily, with Prague departure around 18:49 northbound and Gdynia departure around 21:59 southbound. (back-on-track.eu) (cd.cz) For summer travelers, the change means the Baltic Express night service will offer seats, sleeper compartments and, for two months, a lower-cost couchette option on the Prague-Gdynia run. (railwaynews.net) (railwaypro.com)