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PindakaasNew aboard
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travelling between Belgium - Italy

Hello there,I am going to Syracuse in Sicily, Italy this summer, for about a week. I prefer not to take the plane, and was thinking taking the train could be a good alternative. Do you have any suggestions for which route to take and which stations/trains to take? I was thinking:Belgium (starting in Antwerp or Brussels), France, Swiss, Italy (Catania is closest big railwaystation). Would like to make as less stops as possible in between Belgium and Italy.And which pass should I buy for this? This is all very new to me :) Would this be a good option, or does anyone know about a direct option from Belgium to Italy (I prefer to go there in 1 ride, I dont want to make stops in any cities in between). Thanks so much!Anne

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help with route planning please

i need some help with planning my route from Poland back to my home country of wales (uk) please,  thinking of going from Poland to Slovakia - Hungary -Slovenia - Venice - Milan -Switzerland - Frankfurt - Brussels - London   is that too much for around 2 weeks or so? or should i slim it down and go a more direct route?  is first class worth it ? im thinking it will be worth it for eurostar alone lol  thank you !! 

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Hamburg hostels 20th May?

I was looking at booking a hostel/hotel in Hamburg on the 20th May. However, almost everywhere seems sold out/ really expensive. Is there some sort of event going on? 

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Sandrine Brandt
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How to travel from Venice to Thessaloniki in one week?

Bonjour j’ai pris un pass interrail de 5 jours sur un mois et une réservation pour paris venise le 29 juillet . Je dois être à thessalonique le 07 août au plus tard (ferry pour alonissos). Je voulais faire venise-bled puis bled-belgrade puis belgrade-skopje enfin skopje-thessalonique mais cela ne fonctionne pas, car apparemment il y a des problèmes avec la serbie (aucune réservation et les personnes de la communauté me confirment qu’il y a des travaux et des problèmes politiques donc cela me semble risqué de maintenir ce projet) . Que me conseillez vous comme trajet? merci beaucoup par avance !NB please tell me if you need the same question in english !! thanks a lot in advance  

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thinking of travelling from poland to the uk in sept or oct

what the title says. is it a good idea? is it expensive on those dates, thanks i would be flying from Bristol to Poland and then on from there down to the uk  thank you guys 

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train availabilitiy

I am planning to go to bern from cologne on 2 may 2023 (tomorrow) at 1528. In the planner it says ‘seat reservation recommended’. When i try seat reservation the website says there is no train matching my search. Can anyone pl help me to make sure if there really is a train or not?thanks in adv

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Sandrine Brandt
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Rising to Belgrade

Hello do you know how to travel from Zagreb to Belgrade in August? (on 4th) and then from Belgrade to Thessalonique I can not find any train with the raiplanner! thanks a lot for your answer 

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clarafonsoRail rookie
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reservation train from thessaloniki to athens July, 15th, informations?

Hello! I tried to book a train between Thessaloniki and Athens but I can’t find any informations, neither in Interrail, nor on the greec site, nor anywhere else so could somebody explain me how I can reach Athens from Thessaloniki?  Thank youuu Clara

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Travel - Salzburg to Lesce Bled

Hi. We are scheduled to travel from Salzburg to Lesce Bled next weekend and the timetable is not showing any direct trains as is mentioned on Man in Seat 61. It looks like we will need to part travel on the OBB bus fromBischofshofen Bahnhof (Vorplatz) D11.20 Bus SV220 toSpital-Millstatter See Bahnhof A12.40 and then pick up train connections to Villach , Jesenice and Lesce.  Can anyone please tell me if the Interail pass is valid on the bus element of this route. Alternatively if any can see a direct or purely train route please let me know. Thanks John 

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JinNew aboard
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Paris to disneyland

Hi, I’m going to paris sometime mid may and during my 3rd day there I want to go to disneyland paris. Can i use the mobile pass for that day to go to and from disneyland paris? If so what do I need to book/reserve to do so. Thanks!

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Global Pass and several countries

Hi its my first time on the Community site and I am quite a novice with travelling between countries.My family and I (11 of us) are travelling from Australia into Edinburgh and will train down to York, onto Ireland, London and Amsterdam. From Amsterdam we are flying to Norway and then onto Venice, when we get to Venice we will again want to travel by train to Rome.My question is can you use the same pass to travel in Venice & Rome when you are flying in between destination, say like taking a pause from the train? I hope I am explaining myself correctly?

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FroukjeRight on track
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Finland and Norway in summer

In July my 11 year old daughter and I intend to travel from the Netherlands to Finland and then go by way of Haparanda, Sweden to Narvik, Norway and go down slowly back home. We have got over three weeks. Unfortunately one have to make reservations for all Norway trains. So there is no freedom to stay any longer or leave more early. We'll stay a few days in Helsinki. But what next? Which place has got beautiful nature, f.e. in the lake District and is reached easily by train? And do you have to make reservations for the cheap or middle price hostels in Scandinavië long before?(Last year we went by the EU rail to Italy and Austria, almost without preparation, off course I want to help about that if needed). Thank you so much for helping us. Froukje  

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L Wanglat
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Munich to Athens

Please suggest the best train routes from Munich to Athens.October 2023 Thanks  

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One-country pass Italy

Hello,I live in Salzburg, Austria and want to travel inside of Italy. I am considering buying one country Italy Pass . But is that valid from Salzburg to Venice of Rome for example?

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Trip

I'll be in interlaken with my wife some one advice me to take a trip in the glacier or bernina express 1 I just don't know which station should I start with 2 Is the travel day will expired if I used this trip or can I book another train to get back to Interlaken with the eurial in the same day 3 Can I from interlaken to como with on of them as my next destination after interlaken is como so I can use to arrive in come instead of the normal trains. Thanks 

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Getting from Zurich to Wien on 30 April 2023

We are traveling on Eurail pass and will arrive in Zurich airport about 830am on 30 April 2023. There was a direct train RJX 165 from Zurich HB to Wien HB at 10:40am - 6:32pm previously. However today I checked and the route on SBB website is no longer available. It requires a change from Zurich HB →  Sarganz →  Kufstein and then take SV200 to Salzburg HB and finally RJX 869 to Vienna HB.Anyone knows how to take this SV200 (how to get to this bus stop) or is there any easier way with less transfer as we are bringing luggage along?Rail Planner showed a route that goes Zurich HB (TRN2363) → Sarganz (RJX 165) → Wien HB and does not include SV200 but I am not sure if it is because some of the disruption is not taken into account in Rail Planner app.

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how to go te greece

hi guys so im trying to organise a travel im from france and i want to go to the estern europ go down to greece and get up by italy to go back in france so i planeffied almost all my travel buti am searching how to get acces in greece from balkanies countrie, i tried to reaserche on timelabs from roumania, bulgaria and macdonia but it seem that therse no train how go to greece i dont understund if any body can help i will be thankful

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Balkan adventure - Itinerary help needed!!!

Hi all, new to this and need some help and advice, im planning the following trip and having issues with trains/buses as cant seem to find a valid/convenient route. I appreciate the rail pass may not be valid with these countries, in which case alternative transport and/or different routes would be welcomed.Help with:all the legs marked red I am struggling to find the bus or if there is a train? Also I want to get from Kotor to Lake Ohrid what is the best route? (i have already seen Serbia so ideally can avoid if easier)? The best/cheapest nearest airport to fly back from Lake Ohrid to LondonPlan: Day 5: Zagreb to Hrvatska Kostajnica ,and then walk/taxi, Banja Luka to Sarajevo - is this train running? can I book?Day 8: I dont think there is a train and this route is by bus? is it better to break this journey up so Kotor - Dubrovnik and then Dubrovnik to Kotor or do it on one bus?Day 11: what is the best option to get from Kotor to Lake ohridDay 14: what is the best/nearest busiest airp

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Best Way to Get From Como to Tirano?

Hi Traveling Community,I am having a hard time finding the best way to get from Como to Tirano so that my family can take the Bernina Express this June. Does anyone have experience with this? Is it best to book a train reservation to Bellinzona and take a bus from there to Thusis and on to Tirano? Does anyone know how much the bus fare is?I welcome any other suggestions.Thanks much!Sommer

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Stockholm-Narvik sleeper availability

I’m looking to book the sleeper in mid-June (16th I think), but the availability is only showing as far as the middle of May at the moment.  Correction, I just re-checked and it is showing dates forwards from June 21st with a gap for a couple of weeks back to the middle of May.Does anyone know if there are track works impacting this train?  I can still make the connection by changing train in Boden and catching the day train to Narvik, but that involves a later arrival in Narvik which isn’t optimal as I’m heading onwards from there in a campervan.  Given that the day train is running I guess it’s not trackwork, but the train just shows as not available on sj.se[edit] bahn.de shows several gaps in running order but indicates is should run on 16th JuneDays of operation: runs daily, not 18., 21. May, 23. until 29. Jun 2023, 5., 6. Jul, 8. until 13. Jul 2023, 15., 22., 29. Jul, 5. until 10. Aug 2023

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Looking for 17 days Europe trip advice

Hi,I hope to get advise from the community on our 14 days Europe trip planned. We are family of 4 members and we start our bakjet Europe  journey  from1.21/7-London  to paris by  eurostar ( we not intend to  stay because not confident of the safety of city)2. 21/7 Paris to basel ( Switzerland) 3. Basel to Andermatt l(ocal train )4. Andermatt to St. moritz ( glacier express).5. St. Moritz to tirano. (Bernina  express)6. Tirano to Milan ( I couldn't find proper train, I hope someone can advice). 7.milan to Florence (pisa)- train 8. Florence  to rome.-train9. Rome to Venice -train10. Venice to Brussels (Belgium) -train 11. Brussels  to amsterdam (train)12. 14/8/23-Amsterdam back to Newcastle uk( ferry booked )-I need information station name in each city.- anyone can suggest me nice place to visit! It looks too packed and rush, can some one propose and advice  how to re- schedule  my journey,  tq 

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Basel-Zurich

I see the question I was about to ask was answered a year ago here.We need to get between the 2 cities on Saturday 29th April and it seems like a TGV with a cafe might be a better bet than a regular (if comfortable and functional) Swiss train between the 2.  Even if it’s only to get a cup of coffee in Switzerland at French prices.I thought that not-sitting in a TGV was a non-runner as a general principle - do they really let everyone on (a TGV) in Switzerland regardless of space?Alternatively, does anyone know of other trains between the two cities that are different than the regular SBB trains?  Yes, I’m a train nerd.

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Massy Palaiseau Grande Ceinture vs Massy TGV

Hi all,I have a flight arriving at Paris Orly airport next week, and looking at a TGV to Lyon.The first is TGV 5316, departing from Massy Palaiseau Grande Ceinture, and the second is TGV 5320, departing Massy TGV.As far as I can tell, these are part of the same station complex, and I can get the Orlyval to Antony then RER to reach them. (Or a cab!) Is that right? The French do love their long, complicated station names.

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BethPorter39New aboard
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Riga to Poland

Hi, I’m currently in Riga and am looking to get to Poland. I don’t really plan to stop in Lithuania. I’ve tried to plan my journey on the app but no stations appear. As far as I’m aware, some stations for the Baltics aren’t available so I would need to add manually. However, when I have googled routes the only options that come up are via buses. I’d obviously like to make the most of my pass if possible so would rather a train. Does anyone know if it is even possible to get to Poland via train from Riga and if so how? Also, would it be included on my pass (I have a continuous global pass)?  Thanks in advance ☺️

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Regional trains with the same route as Glacier Express and Bernina Express.

What is the regional train route that I should take to do the same route as Glacier Express and Bernina Express?I read in the community that you don't have to use the eurail app to do the route because it is novice to do that.

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