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A night train through Europe's heart has a lot riding on it

The locomotive to the refurbished rolling stock. Bloomberg photo by Ksenia Kuleshova
Bloomberg
Eamon Akil Farhat

Brussels Midi isn’t the most seductive of Europe’s railway stations. The modern hub in the Belgian capital lacks the gothic 19th century splendor of St. Pancras in London and Centraal Station in Amsterdam, or the marble shrine to Roman heritage in Milan.

It’s here, though, where passengers are boarding a new night service from the nexus of the European…