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ICE with benelux pass

  • 4 February 2024
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i'm living in germany and want to travel to amsterdam and brussels with the benelux one country pass. am i allowed to use the international ice trains cologne-amsterdam to get there and brussels-frankfurt for my route home? i read somewhere that ice trains are only allowed on domestic routes with the benelux pass but idk what that means.

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Best answer by Al_G 4 February 2024, 20:10

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No. Benelux pass is only valid in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

To use an ICE from/to Germany you would have to buy a separate ticket to/from the first station within BE/NL (or to/from the border point if such a fare is available).

IC/ICE can be used for journeys within Benelux.

No. Benelux pass is only valid in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

To use an ICE from/to Germany you would have to buy a separate ticket to/from the first station within BE/NL (or to/from the border point if such a fare is available).

IC/ICE can be used for journeys within Benelux.

but the first and last journey from and to my home country are included in the pass. am i not allowed to use the international trains on that routes?

They are just included with a global pass.

With a Benelux pass you need to buy a separate ticket to the border.

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No. Benelux pass is only valid in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

To use an ICE from/to Germany you would have to buy a separate ticket to/from the first station within BE/NL (or to/from the border point if such a fare is available).

IC/ICE can be used for journeys within Benelux.

but the first and last journey from and to my home country are included in the pass. am i not allowed to use the international trains on that routes?

 

No.

All one country passes are only valid within the country*, not for journeys to the country. For this purpose BE/NL/LUX are considered one country.

IN/OUT days to use in your home country are only available on Global passes.

 

*Just for completeness, the Germany one country pass is an outlier with some validity outside Germany on specific trains, this is a historical allowance of the origin of the Germany pass.

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