Please read first and if you still have questions start a own topic to keep this post as Informationpost as clean as possible. This post is made by @rvdborgt @AnnaB@runner.on.rails @Angelo and myself. Planning/Timetables:Many of you will notice that the Railplanner of Eurail will have sometimes different times of the trains as other Websites/Apps. Or evenworse the railplanner wont show any train for your desired Route. The Railplanner of Eurail only shows the timetables that are shared by the Railcompanies unfortunately not all Railcompanies share these and even update it not frequently. The Result is that the Railplanner of Eurail is not always uptodate and because ofthat I and other experienced travelers recommend to use the Local Websites and Apps to check the times and even book the reservations with them (when possible).Below here finally the main words :D Hi if you are useing a Railpass there will be the point that a train needs a Reservation 🙂 Many of you ask where to get a r
Hi :) For everyone comes the time to plan a Railjourney Eurail offer their own App the “Railplanner” but i have to admit that i use the App just for recording the Journey´s of my “Mobile Pass” (DigitalPass). As the App of Eurail gets no live updates like the local websites / apps.I and several other Community members suggest different Apps :) Often bahn.com (Website of German Rail) with their app “DB Navigator” or oebb.at (Website of Austrian Railway) with their App called “Scotty”.My advice is to use always when possible the Website of Railcompany / Country or their App where you are / that you gonna catch :) the Websites & Apps above are good for International Railplaning as these cover quite a lot European Routes. Some of them show even the Railcompany that operates the train so that you can check if these are covered y the pass or not.There are other Apps like Muj Vlak of Ceske Drahy (this App works even offline when you download within the app the different timetable backages
Ofcourse many now the Glacier and Berninaexpress in Switzerland or the Rhinevalley in Germany as scenic train Routes. In this topic we wanna try to show scenic Routes across Europe you may discover with your Railpass :)Here first a “short” list :)[ch] Rohrschach - Heiden (beautifull view on Lake Constance)[CH) Altstätten - Gais (near Lake Constance)[ch] Martigny - Charmonix[ch] Montreux - Zweisimmen - Spiez - Interlaken - Lucerne[ch] Spiez - Kandersteg - Brig (Lötschberg Line)[ch] Fluelen - Göschenen - Airolo- Lugano (Gotthardline)[CH/IT] Locarno - Domodossola[ch] Zermatt - Brig - Andermatt - Disentis -Chur(Glacier Route)[CH/IT] Chur - Samedan - Pontresina - Tirano(Bernina Route)[ch] Chur - Arosa[CH/AT] Buchs SG - Innsbruck - Zell am See - Graz (EC163 & EC164 with panoramic car in firstclass)[at] Salzburg - Villach[at] Attnang Puchheim - Stainach Irding[at] Vienna - Graz/Leoben (Semmering line)[AT/D] Innsbruck - Garmisch Patenkirchen - Munich[AT/D]Garmisch Patenkirschen - Reutte in
Due a mudslide near Szob Hungary the Route between Bratislava - Budapest is currently blocked (atleast till mid August)Eurocities betwen Bratislava - Budapest will be diverted via Györ
Some of you are not sure if the paper or PDF document they recieved is enough :) Because of that i wanna show some examples of Reservations you will have on your Journey´s arround Europe. (The reservations are provided from Matheas van E. , Ruben K. and myself. )Here a 1st Class reservation of German Rail (as you can see without any QR Code)Here a reservation of SJ :)Here a OBB Reservation printed at HomeHere a Czech Nighttrain reservation.
Germans goverment try to convince the Citizen of Germany to use more public transport. Because of that they started a quite unique offer. The “9€ Ticket” (per month) in the months June,July,August you can get for 9€ a ticket this is valid on all regionaltrains (no ICE,ECE,IC,EC,Flixtrain,Snälltoget), public bus services (no Flixbus,Pinkbus), trams, metro in 2nd class.You can use the 9€ticket for example for daytrips fromBerlin to Potsdam, explore Berlin with the touristic buslines 100,200,300 :) , have a nice ferry ride on the “Wansee” from Wansee to Kladow.Munich a daytrip to Dachau, Salzburg,Kufstein,Berchtesgarden,NeuSchwarnstein CastleAnd many many more destinations.For the Railfans here in this community just note that even some NarrowGauge Rails like the “Harzer Schmalspurbahnen” decided to accept the 9€ ticket.
@hhilppaa to keep the “How to get reservations” post clean i will answer here.For which date are you looking?Did you follow the Nighttrain reservation manual?I just tried a booking for Friday the 15th July and iam able to reserve with the Interrail/Eurail discount how ever just one berth in a tripple sleeper compartment is left (the train is very popular especially during the Holidays in Slovakia& Austria)
Interrail becomes 50 today :) iam looking forward for atleast the next 50years :) Interrail was once founded to celebrate 50years of UIC (International Union of Railways)
Tomorrow i start my first longer Journey by Rail of the year through Europe after few daytrips in the first weeks :D as our second unoffical Eurail Interrail meetup in late January with @runner.on.rails , @Steven Soto, Christian, Arwed in Switzerland. Nighttrain Berlin - Switzerland - Meetup and afterwards Nighttrain back to Berlin.I start from Berlin to Poznan to ride on the last regular Steam service on Standard Gauge between Poznan & Wolstzyn afterwards further to Warsaw (my base for 4 Nights) Timetable of the steamtrains in GermanThen i will explore some polish branch lines.After my 4th Night i start from Warsaw to Prague to catch the Nighttrain to Zürich :Dto explore then many scenic Routes in Switzerland and northern Italy for the next 6days.On the 9th of March i start the EC Transalpin from Zürich to Leoben and further to Vienna.In Vienna i met some friends and relax in the City and ofcourse on some trains arround Vienna & Bratislava before catching 3Nights later sever
Yeah reservations are sometimes a big moneykiller on your trips but if you use the Railplannerapp and click the avoid reservations option you will find often a cheap Route (mostly with longer traveltime and maybe one or two more changes. I will share some examples :)Amsterdam - Brussels Reservation free Intercity instead of expensive Thalysreservations. Time loss of 1 hour and arround 30€ saved.Brussels - Germany Take the Reservation free (4€ Reservation possible) ICE to Cologne/Frankfurt instead of Thalysreservation no big time loss but saved arround 30€Brussels/Ostende/Antwerp - Paris Take one of the few TGV´s or even more cheaper take a IC/TER to Lille and from Lille a TGV or IC to ParisParis - Germany Take a TGV to Strassbourg and then with a Regionaltrain to Offenburg/Karlsruhe and from here plenty of connectionsFrance - Switzerland Entry via BaselTake a TGV domestic till Strassbourg/Muhlhouse for (Basel/Zürich) and take there a Regionaltrain to Basel and from there any train to y
Hi @Sven you asked in the post “How to get Reservations” the price for a berth in a triple sleeper with a Railpass :)The price is 74€ with Interrail or Eurail and the sleeper is very popular and already sold out for some depatures :) That´s why you may get no results :)
I wanted to open a Thread with Strike announcements on companies that my affect your Eurail and Interrail Experience actual and in the Future :/ For example from 11th August 02am till 13rd August there will be a strike in Germany and this means that there run significant less trains than usual means the few trains that operate will be full :/
Yeah the anual summer trips starts in few weeks i will travel mostly by train as this is my passion and i already visited many of my stops :Dall starts on 07th August from Catania Airport to Palermo :Don 8th August i will catch the Nighttrain (23hrs ride) to Milan with a nice ferry crossing from Messina to Villa San Giovannion 9th August i will travel directly further to Venice :)the 10th August will be start of my Nighttrain run first will Railjet to Vienna to catch the new Nighttrain Bratislava - Vienna - Graz - Split :)the 11th August will be spended in or arround Split and then i will catch in the evening the seasonal Nighttrain of MAV (the use yet modernised Coaches) to Budapest :)the 12th August will be spended with traveling arround Hungary by rail and catch in the evethe IC to Kosice to catch the LeoExpress to Prague.the 13th August will be just a short trip with Regiojet to Vienna after 3 Nights on trains i need a breakthe 14th & 15th August will be spended arround Vienn
Hi iam struggeling to reserve/book the Nighttrain Split - Budapest.I tried it with both Croatian Rail (can´t prebook just when iam there :/ :)Hungarian Rail (Mav) it´s possible but must be collected at a International Ticket desk in Hungary.German Rail and Austrian Rail can´t find this train in their timetables and booking systems.Maybe one of you have a solution how to get tickets/reservation for this train in advance.My backup the Travelagency Wasteels In Budapest stopped to exist.
For many Railpassusers the Glacier and Berninaexpress are a must do when traveling arround Switzerland. Many use the fully air-conditioned “panorama trains”, some of which have very high reservation fees. The advantage of these trains is that they run directly and with a dinning service (pre booking recommened).The BerninaExpress in the spiral viaduct of BrusioBut @runner.on.rails (he provided the pictures for this post) and I prefer the normaltrains on these routes as you can open on many of them the windows (Better pictures as in the “Panoramic Trains” as these have no openable windows). Another advantage these trains goes every hour this means i can stop on the route when i just wanna enjoy the view. A good stop on the Route of the Glacier Express is Andermatt or the Oberalpass 🙂 for the Bernina Route i would suggest a stop in “Ospizio Bernina” or “Alp Grüm”. Don´t worry to miss a connecting train. In Switzerland trains are mosttimes ontime and wait even few minutes for eatch oth
Hi.You saved money for a long time to do an Interrail/Eurail trip. Now you want to make the most of the pass. Some of the beautiful cities in Europe often have cities or towns that are just as worth seeing in their immediate vicinity.Few examples: (will add cities step by step)Berlin and Potsdam If you leave Berlin in the south west you will explore Potsdam a small city with it´s own history and touristic sights. For example Cecilienhof Palace (Here took the Potsdam Conference place), Glienicker Brücke (Bridge of Spies) this bridge was used for several exchange of catched spies and pilots between USA and Soviet Union back in the cold war era. Ontop you can explore the dutch quarter of Potsdam or ofcourse one of the most famous places Sanssoci Palace and Park. For families could be the “Moviepark Babelsberg” a destination. Many movies and series were produced here and ofcourse in the area arround. (for example Metropolis back in 1927, the Jason Bourne movies or Eddie the Eagle)How to ge
Pioneer (how they call them in the former Eastern Bloc) or Children´s Railway are a unique adventure for families especially in countries of the former “Eastern Bloc”. Here operate kids a railway for everyone for leisure. (There is always an adult that overwatch the operations and the drivers are mostly adults aswell).These pioneer railways were used to engage childs for a Worklife in the Transportation sector.Many of these railways still survived. The most famous one is the Railway in Budapest with a 11kilometers long line. Other cities with such railways are Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Gera, Cottbus, Görlitz, Plauen(electrified) all Germany, Kosice (Slovakia).There are even more especially in Russia. I prefer Berlin (as iam living here), Budapest and Dresden.Here a picture from the Childrens Railway in BudapestMany Childrens railway have steamengines and use them often on weekends and special events here a picture from Dresden (Germany)And here a steamtrain from the Childrens
On your way from Berlin to Prague your train will stop first in Dresden and afterwards in Bad Schandau (the last german stop). I second to stop atleast for few hours here. Bad Schandau and Saxon Switzerland offer some nice nature spots and even the railfan have something to explore.The main tourist attraction in Saxon Switzerland is ofcourse the Prebish Gate or the Bastei with a beautifull view on the valley of the River Elbe but i will show you my secret spot that is till yet not so crowded as the “Bastei” and the village Rathen.From Bad Schandau goes a tram that use pretty old Tramcars to the Lichtenhainer Waterfall from here it´s a short walk to the “Kuhstall” (cowhed). You work up to a hill and it can be exhausting but the view you will get worths the effort.the “Kuhstall” (cowshed)View from the Kuhstall on the NatureThanks to @runner.on.rails for the pictures.For me as fan of transportation like ofcourse the old tram from Bad Schandau to Lichtenhainer Waterfall. Another village
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