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Hi, we are a family of 4 adults and one child 6 years old. We just bought passes for 10 days within 2 months. I was trying to find some journeys using the planner, but unfortunately i wasn't very successful. So i have following questions

1. On the 5 July late on the day or on the 6 july very early i wanted to find a connection from Vejle/Kolding in dk to Munich in de with a night express and with sleeping department, so that we would be in munich in the morning on the 6 july. i couldn't find any.

2. Generally when traveling in July during a weekdays is it always worth to make reservations also for trains which don't require one?

3. Monday, the 10 July from Ljubljana in sv to Verona in it in the morning i could find any train connections, only with some flexbus. How to find one?

4. On the 12 July from Verona to Chur in ch in the morning i only found a connection through Zurych but we wanted to take to tirano to take Bernina express or regular train on the route from there to chur. How to do it?

5. On the 14 July we wanted to take the glacier express from Chur to Zermatt, but we only found a train going through Zurych. 

6. On both the glacier express and Bernina express can we take with our passes regular train instead of this with the special names, but traveling the same route? If yes, how to find them? And do we need reservations for the regular trains?

7. On the 18 July in the morning we wanted to take a train from Geneva to Zurych, then make a stopover in Zurych for few hours and then some night train back to dk. Any suggestions how to plan this part of our trip?

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Best answer by Hektor 14 March 2023, 18:19

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Hi again,

this question I kept forgetting to ask from the first mail. But now I remember.

Do all the trains during our trip (  first of all the trains on the long routes like the nightjets, Munchen - Ljubljana, Bernina and Glacier or local trains on these 2 routes, Ljubljana - Verona ) have dining cars or something similar where we could buy something to eat and drink?

Or generally how to find out on the planner which trains have this facilities?

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bahn.com/DB app can tell you :)

As a rule of thumb : no dining car on regional trains. For the Glacier Express route to Zermatt, either buy everything at Coop Pronto at Chur train station or along the way if you make a break

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I was just checking on db website many different connection ( regional , Ice ect ) and noone was showing any info about dining car. below list of all symbols

Meaning of symbols

High demand expected

Medium demand expected

Low demand expected

Further information about this connection is currently available. Please note the information in the details.

Subject to compulsory reservation

Subject to compulsory reservation

Connection includes an ICE-Sprinter train

Connection includes an ICE-Sprinter train

Lowest price found here

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Shows the best prices found here for the selected connection on the selected day. In some cases (certain transport association fares, etc.), our system may contain a connection that we sell, but it is unable to display the price here. The price is shown in the next step and may be lower.

Connection features sleeper wagons

Connection features sleeper wagons

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You need to click on each train separately. However I agree that it is not that straightforward through the website. Here 2 examples from DB App :

Munich - Ljubljana has no dining car. However this one is an exception : carriages are added for part of the journey going to Klagenfurt (until Villach at 16:43). Within those there is a dining car which you can easily access (not shown on DB).

Berlin - Munich ICEs do.

You can also check the train's composition on vagonweb.cz using the train number. It is reliable

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Hej again,

when I will activate the pass, first then I can create the day ticket. Is it correct?

When the day ticket is done, but one train is delayed and we can't reach the next train from our day trip, but instead we have to take a later train, do we have to change this in the day ticket and if so how to do it?

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Correct, first pass activation, than the travel day. 

If your train is scheduled to leave before or on 23:59 that, but the train is delayed so arriving after midnight, you can still use it on that same qr code of travel day 0 and finish your journey with that train, without the need for a qr code for travel day +1 (Late at night trains usually wait for connections, or when missed the company will provide alternatives. ) 

If you take a train that is scheduled after midnight, you'll need another travel day anyway. 

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Thank you for your answer.

Let`s take another example.

Day x - 3 trains, but the first train is delayed so instead of the second train at 2 pm I need to take the second train at 3 pm and the 3rd instead of 5 pm , I have to take the 3rd at 6 pm. I such a case do I have to change the trains in the day ticket for this day? and if yes how?

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Day x - 3 trains, but the first train is delayed so instead of the second train at 2 pm I need to take the second train at 3 pm and the 3rd instead of 5 pm , I have to take the 3rd at 6 pm. I such a case do I have to change the trains in the day ticket for this day? and if yes how?

You deactivate the trains you won't take anymore and you add the new ones.

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Hi again,

 

we start our trip next week, so I am assuming all the summer timetable are finished.

I started to add trips to the app.

E.g. on the 8th of July we have booked seats on the 8.16 am train from Munchen to Ljubljana, but the app shows many connections on this day except the one we have booked. I got an email for oebb yesterday, that the train will start from Munchen Ost and not Haupbahnhof. Munchen ost exist not in the app.

How to add trip like this to the app?

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Did you try to enter it as “Muenchen Ost”? Although I can not find a train leaving Munich at 8:16am to Ljubljana. Which train number it has?

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You can always add a journey manually but this one can be found on Rail Planner. The app is only very picky about which names it accepts… try Muenchen Ost

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You can always add a journey manually but this one can be found on Rail Planner. The app is only very picky about which names it accepts… try Muenchen Ost

Hi, I tried with Muenchen Ost ( app recognised that station ) but still no connection, see screenshot

So how to add it manualy?

 

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Do you have a train number or screenshot of your reservation you made?

To add a train manually, do a search in the planner, scroll down and then tap on "Add it manually”. So just scroll a bit more down in your screen ;)

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This is the connection with a change in Villach, right ?

  • RJ München Ost - Villach Hbf 08:26 - 12:43
  • D Villach Hbf - Ljubljana 12:53 - 14:31

Weird because OBB still shows it as leaving from Hauptbahnhof…

The second train does not appear on Rail Planner for whatever reason so add it manually.

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There's no train to Ljubljana at 8:16 but I suppose it's this connection:

Train D211 is missing in the app. If it doesn't show up in the app on the day you travel, then add it manually.

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Hi, does the glaciers express have regular wagons for interrail passes, altao like without the extra payment for the reservation? Cheers 

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No it doesn't. But there are the hourly regional trains with straight-forward connections :)

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To be sure, it's not like bernina with the extra reservation free wagon?

Which would be the best connection on Friday and not missing any part of glacier Express route 

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To be sure, it's not like bernina with the extra reservation free wagon?

Which would be the best connection on Friday and not missing any part of glacier Express route 

Depends when you would like to leave, and from where?

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To be sure, it's not like bernina with the extra reservation free wagon?

Which would be the best connection on Friday and not missing any part of glacier Express route 

No, all Glacier Express carriages need the 49 CHF seat reservation (not worth the price and certainly full anyway). Take the fully reservation-free regional trains with pull-down windows :

- Chur - Disentis/Mustér - Andermatt - Visp - Zermatt

This is entirely on the Glacier Express route.

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Depends when you would like to leave, and from where?

From Chur to Zermatt, leave at about 10am

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Depends when you would like to leave, and from where?

From Chur to Zermatt, leave at about 10am

Chur 9:55 - Zermatt 16:14.

Just use sbb.ch, add "Via Andermatt” to get the correct route.

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Depends when you would like to leave, and from where?

From Chur to Zermatt, leave at about 10am

Then from my route above :

You leave Chur at 09:55 and arrive in Zermatt at 16:14. You can of course stop along the way wherever you want and take the next train an hour later (hourly trains all the way).

Enjoy your trip !

Hope the rest of the trip has been fine.

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Hope the rest of the trip has been fine.

It has been very nice so far. And Switzerland and Liechtenstein are... Wow... Everything is Unbelievable.

One more question. Is tgv like from Geneva to Paris included in the interrail pass? 

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One more question. Is tgv like from Geneva to Paris included in the interrail pass? 

It is, but you need a reservation.

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