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There has been complaints from some Swedish politicians over long train travel times between Sweden and Germany, and the lack of night trains.<ref>[https://www.svt.se/opinion/trains ”Tåg ska vara det självklara valet på utlandssemestern”]</ref> This makesmade train travel, for example from [[Stockholm]] to [[Brussels]], impossible unless one night is spent in a hotel en route.{{cn|date=July 2022}} The Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link would improve the travel time considerably.

In 2020, the Swedish Government decided to financially support international night trains from Stockholm to mainland Europe, one from Stockholm via Copenhagen to Hamburg, which began operations by [[SJ AB|SJ]] in September 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=SJ announces start date for Stockholm - Hamburg night train |url=https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/main-line/sj-announces-start-date-for-stockholm-hamburg-night-train/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=International Railway Journal |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=by Kieran |date=2022-05-09 |title=The cool new train journey that will take you from London to Stockholm |url=https://www.mylondon.news/lifestyle/travel/cool-new-train-journey-take-23903207 |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=MyLondon |language=en}}</ref> and another one from Malmö to Brussels, which was not bid for and did not commence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Brussels |title=No night train between Brussels and Malmö after all |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/183192/no-night-train-between-brussels-and-malmo-after-all |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=www.brusselstimes.com |language=en}}</ref> On top of these, there is a commercially operated night train from Stockholm to Berlin via Copenhagen and Hamburg, going in popular seasons, mainly summer time, which is operated by [[Snälltåget]] and started June 2021. Before 2021, a night train operated under various operators Malmö-Berlin (originally longer route) from 1909 to 2020 through the Trelleborg–Sassnitz ferry.