Hi, I’m planning a Christmas markets trip (primarily in Germany) with stops in Essen, Aachen, Koln, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Esslingen, Konstanz and Strasbourg. My question is whether it’s possible and optimal to take the train from Freiburg to Offenburg then changing trains to a TER going from Offenburg to Strasbourg. Would I travel from Freiburg to Kehl using the Eurail Pass and then purchase a separate ticket through SNCF from Kehl to Strasbourg for about 5 euro to cover the border crossing? I assume that I’m effectively having two tickets for the same physical train trip from Offenburg to Strasbourg. I haven’t been able to find the option to purchase train tickets not covered by the pass in the Rail Planner app. The only purchases through that I can make appear to be seat reservations and loading the pass. Thanks in advance for any insight.
Eurail One country Germany Pass going to Strasbourg, France
Best answer by rvdborgt
The Rail Planner app can't book anything. It can only forward to some of the websites where you can book pass reservations, and it doesn't always include the best ones.
Your German Rail Pass is valid until the border. A single ticket from the border to Strasbourg in the regional train should be €3.20. You can either buy this at a German ticket office, or on bahn.com, where you can add the discount "BahnCard 100”, which then effectively sets the price for the German part of the journey to 0. (It doesn't work like this for all trains, esp. not for high-speed trains, but in this case it results in the correct price.). A single ticket from Kehl to Strasbourg is €5.
You can also take a tram from Kehl to Strasbourg, and that will take you directly into the city centre. A single ticket is €2.10 (ticket machine at the tram stop). A return is €3.80.
The Rail Planner app can't book anything. It can only forward to some of the websites where you can book pass reservations, and it doesn't always include the best ones.
Your German Rail Pass is valid until the border. A single ticket from the border to Strasbourg in the regional train should be €3.20. You can either buy this at a German ticket office, or on bahn.com, where you can add the discount "BahnCard 100”, which then effectively sets the price for the German part of the journey to 0. (It doesn't work like this for all trains, esp. not for high-speed trains, but in this case it results in the correct price.). A single ticket from Kehl to Strasbourg is €5.
You can also take a tram from Kehl to Strasbourg, and that will take you directly into the city centre. A single ticket is €2.10 (ticket machine at the tram stop). A return is €3.80.
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