Originally Posted by
SkyBuck
From Paris, Prague is shorter and easier to do with one connection.
Option 1a: ICE or TGV to Mannheim or Frankfurt, then CNL to Prague
Option 1b: Thalys to Köln, then CNL to Prague
Option 2 (3 days a week): RZD Paris-Moscow Express to Berlin, then an EC day train to Prague
Budapest seems to have only one option with a single connection (TGV to Munich, then ÖBB EN to Budapest); other routes with multiple connections can also include a night train segment, such as ÖBB Zürich-Budapest or CNL Frankfurt-Vienna.
Consider doing your own comparison: Paris to Prague, then a day or few later take the ÖBB EN from Prague to Budapest.
Thank you for your input. I just booked Option 1b. It was a few hundred dollars more than flying on Easyjet, but it's the end of the era for German sleeping compartment night trains and I don't want to miss it.
I'm still curious what is the difference between DB and OBB in terms of sleeping compartments, on board restaurants, seats etc?