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It's good ES add this route to the network, and the route fits with their other operations.
However, it's a long way around. I remember when there was a train every night from Brussels to Milano, sometimes extending to Venice, via Namur, Luxembourg, Basel, Bern, Brig. That old straighter route would be more efficient, and reconnect people who currently have no night train south.
The old Luxembourg-Switzerland corridor was actully one of the most efficient trans-Alpine routes before budget airlines decimated the night train network in the 2000s, and it's a shame they're not reviving it instead of this roundabout northern route.