Chris Engelsman

Chris Engelsman, co-founder and managing director of European Sleeper, has accumulated a vast amount of knowledge and experience as a project manager and in various other leadership roles at consultancy firms and regional governments. At European Sleeper, his responsibilities encompass the business aspects of the enterprise, including sales, marketing, communication, software development, and finance. When he was a child, Chris used to live by the railway where the Noord West Express to Copenhagen, Berlin, Warsaw, and Moscow passed by. That’s where his fascination for travelling by night train began. Many years later, when the last night trains to and from the Netherlands were cancelled in 2016, he could not let that go unchallenged. He founded the information website Noord West Express, channelling the enthusiasm for night train travel among British travellers and supporting the lobby to reinstate international night train connections. In 2019, Chris organised the Jazz Night Express f