The quality of these replies is outstanding! Thanks for all the information. What tripped me up is that you seem to be able to book the route using third party services in which case I’m thinking you do have a reservation for most trains, but some are just unable to be reserved? In any event I can avoid all the routes that require a reservation easily and intend to. I’ve been to Europe before, but I’ve never bought one of these passes before and intend to pack my days so I’m really just trying to see how I can minimize this risk. Sounds like get there early and reserve what the app suggests are the answers.
I’ll be staying in Amsterdam and going to Belgium and Germany. I intent to sleep in Amsterdam each night so I don’t have to haul my stuff around and can spend the whole day exploring and then make it back to sleep. The key being making it back to Amsterdam each night to sleep. I’m not in Europe long as I’m here for another purpose, but I’m extending my stay to travel for a few days.
Knowing that the rail planner is typically not up to date is a very handy piece of info. I cannot seem to get my hands on the train times for those intercity trains I'll be taking. Amsterdam to Brussels they are IC 9212 and IC 2030. Back from brussels it should be the IC 9263. Going to Germany I’ll be taking ICE and RE and possibly SBA and RB trains too. Where is the recommended place to look for up to date time tables for all of these trains?
Don't be shy and let us know about your challenge.
Already have an account? Login
No account yet? Create an account
Enter your username or e-mail address. We'll send you an e-mail with instructions to reset your password.
Sorry, we're still checking this file's contents to make sure it's safe to download. Please try again in a few minutes.
Sorry, our virus scanner detected that this file isn't safe to download.