Are there sleeper trains going from Northern Italy to the Rhine Valley (Germany)?
I'm trying to get from the Cinque Terra to the Rhine Valley. So departing anywhere from Pisa (or even Florence) to Milan and arriving in between Hahn airport, Cologne, and Frankfurt would work.
I've tried rome2rio and some other sites, but I can't find an affordable way of getting to the Rhine Valley. Most flights leaving around CT in are too early in the morning and I wouldn't be able to make the connection to those repsective airports. Other forms of getting to the RV cost several hundred dollars and require transfer from places like Denmark and France (which increases prices dramatically).
So is there a sleeper train leaving in the vacinity of the CT arriving in the vicinity of the RV?
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You can look up train times in and around Germany (most of Europe is covered) on the German railways website. Furthermore all night trains in Germany are operated by City Night Line; their brochure contains a map. Unfortunately for you, there is no night train crossing western Switzerland into Germany.
From Milan, there's a night train only to Munich, according to the City Night Line brochure. According to DB, there is no such train and you need to change in Verona. Italian railways tend to get into disputes with train operators from neighboring countries), so it's possible that the through carriages from Milan aren't running (they would normally join the carriages from Rome at Verona, and the Rome–Munich train is running). From Munich, another 2½ hours get you to Stuttgart. It's a very roundabout trip.
If you can catch the Rome–Milan in a more reasonable place such as Florence, Bologna or Verona, you can depart late at night and be in Munich at 6:30 and in Frankfurt at 10:00. That's a bit of a roundabout trip, departing late at night and arriving too late for a morning meeting the next day.
There are several night trains departing Basel. Two of them turn east before they reach your destination and don't take passengers in the Rhine Valley. CNL 40478 departs Basel at 22:13 and passes Frankfurt airport at 3:39 and Cologne at 5:43. Technically, this meets your requirements.
There's no good train option between these two regions. A train is likely to come out cheaper than a flight plus a hotel, but the train trip takes a long time and doesn't have any convenient schedule.
I don't know if there's a convenient night bus — if Rome2rio doesn't find it, that may mean there isn't one. Eurolines has a daily bus from Milan from Frankfurt, but it's a daytime bus.
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There is the CNL 484 from Roma to München, with stops at Firenze, Bologna and Verona.
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