We are travelling from Holland to Vienna this summer to make a nice bicycle trip with our 2 daughters along the Danube to Budapest.
It sounds great and easy to go with the eurrail pass. (Like the good old days) I’m just puzzled how and where I book our bicycles tickets in advance? We don’t want to spontaneously jump on a train and have to leave our bikes behind….
Tips and advise most welcome!
mirjam
Note as you are from Netherlands you qualify for a Interrailpass (Europeans) and not for a Eurailpass (non Europeans) only difference is the Homecountryrule for Interrail :)
For Fasttrains (ICE,IC,EC) you usally have to reserve the places for bicyles :/
Till yet there is no good online booking page for this. Best is to visit a ticket office or phone a booking center of a Railcompany you intend to use :)
For example the Nightjet Amsterdam - Vienna have just 3 spots for bicyles
on Bahn.de you can click in the bottom you wanna have only connections that transport bicycles
When you finally found your trains i recommend to visit a ticket office of DB (DB Reisezentrum) or try it at NS International. Plan B call DB by phone. The price per bicycle is 8€ (domestic) 9€(International) per Journey (can be more than one train just have to be one booking)
Amsterdam - Vienna is possible in one day with 2 changes (direct Route with short transfertimes Hannover - Nürnberg or the non direct Route with atleast 20minutes transfertime via Hannover & Frankfurt)
Even one change routes are possible :)
In NL beter dat NS-int vergeten.
Er is al enkele jaren een privaat treinboeking: treinreiswinkel. die zijn meestal beter in staat dit soort vragen adekwaat te kunnen regelen. Ze verkopen ook IR-passen, naar keus nieuw als app of oud als papier. Het is dan natuurlijk wel aardig dat alles bij hun te bestellen. Wordt dan gratis thuisgestuurd.
Thanks a lot for the in-depth answer and all the information! Very useful! Mirjam
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