I want to travel to the north of zweden with friends in august. They already booked yesterday. I tried to book today but the train they are taking is already fully booked. Is there a way around that? Is it possible that seats get available again if people cancel for example? Please help me, I I am really worried that I won't be able to go with them. Thanks in advance.
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Leg is fully booked, is there a way around it?
Best answer by AnnaB
There are lots of trains from Copenhagen to Stockholm on the 5th of August with free seats. Check at sj.se
The rail planner is normally not up to date, as it only is updated once a month, so to be sure of the time table you better check the timetable and availability on the websites of the national railways. The bigger national railways, like DB (Germany) SBB (Switzerland) and ÖBB (Austria) cover several countries.
The advice from the experienced travellers in the community is to use other ways to make reservations than the Interrail/Eurail website. You can look at the guide in the link:
https://community.eurail.com/train-connections-reservations-47/how-to-get-reservations-105
If you, after having looked at the guide, have questions about how to make specific reservation, please give your travel details (departure date, time and route) preferably in a new post, and you will get advice.
AnnaB wrote:
What date, time and route?
We want to walk the kungsleden trail and start in Abisko on the 7th of august (my friends arrive in the morning). I now booked a train that arrives on the 6th. But the train from Hamburg-copenhagen and Copenhagen-stockholm is also fully booked. I would have to be in Stockholm on the 5th of august.
There are lots of trains from Copenhagen to Stockholm on the 5th of August with free seats. Check at sj.se
The rail planner is normally not up to date, as it only is updated once a month, so to be sure of the time table you better check the timetable and availability on the websites of the national railways. The bigger national railways, like DB (Germany) SBB (Switzerland) and ÖBB (Austria) cover several countries.
The advice from the experienced travellers in the community is to use other ways to make reservations than the Interrail/Eurail website. You can look at the guide in the link:
https://community.eurail.com/train-connections-reservations-47/how-to-get-reservations-105
If you, after having looked at the guide, have questions about how to make specific reservation, please give your travel details (departure date, time and route) preferably in a new post, and you will get advice.
maike.lindhout wrote:
But the train from Hamburg-copenhagen and Copenhagen-stockholm is also fully booked. I would have to be in Stockholm on the 5th of august.
I'm not sure why you would say that. I see plenty of availability, e.g. via the DSB website (30 DKK). You didn't say at which time, so: the first train leaves from Hamburg Altona, the others from Hamburg Hbf.
AND if full-there are only a fee direct trains HH-CPH and these are quite short too-use any hourly DB/RE till Flensburg and change to DSB-every 2 hrs-alltogether in maybe 30 mins longer as direct. Also from just over water/tunnelbridge from CPH are hourly SJ toget till STO-locals CPH-Malmo run ev15.20 mins
Thank you, I will take look at the sites from the railways. Its my first time interailing and I already discovered that the interrail website isn't the best..
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