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Night train starting at 23:59- how many travel days

  • June 19, 2022
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julia169

Hi everyone,

I am currently planning a trip to Sweden and I am thinking about taking the night train from Hamburg to Malmö at 23:59 on a Friday. Do I need to spend one travel day for this one minute until midnight? The website says that journeys between 12am and 23:59 are considered travel days so I am not sure about my situation. I will continue with a different train in Malmö, so the Saturday will be a travel day anyways.

In case, I’d have to use the Friday as a travel day, can I also just already take an IC/ICE within Germnany to get to Hamburg even though I am not leaving the country on Friday but on the night train sometime Saturday morning (I am from Germany so this is about the home country rule)?

Thanks a lot!!

Best answer by AnnaB

All days when you board a train (scheduled departure) before midnight are traveldays so, yes, the Friday will be a travelday and you can take a train from your home town to Hamburg earlier that day.

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  • AnnaB
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  • June 19, 2022

All days when you board a train (scheduled departure) before midnight are traveldays so, yes, the Friday will be a travelday and you can take a train from your home town to Hamburg earlier that day.

Please note that I don't work for Interrail/Eurail and that I don't reply to personal messages.
seewulf
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  • seewulf
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  • June 19, 2022

Hi everyone,

I am currently planning a trip to Sweden and I am thinking about taking the night train from Hamburg to Malmö at 23:59 on a Friday. Do I need to spend one travel day for this one minute until midnight? The website says that journeys between 12am and 23:59 are considered travel days so I am not sure about my situation. I will continue with a different train in Malmö, so the Saturday will be a travel day anyways.

In case, I’d have to use the Friday as a travel day, can I also just already take an IC/ICE within Germnany to get to Hamburg even though I am not leaving the country on Friday but on the night train sometime Saturday morning (I am from Germany so this is about the home country rule)?

Thanks a lot!!

The 23.59 Nighttrain you mean the Intercity to Copenhagen? or the Nighttrain of snälltaget?
In case of the Intercity just take a regionaltrain and catch the Intercity in Flensburg (or if the Intercity still goes via Kiel in Kiel :) )

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  • June 19, 2022

The 23.59 Nighttrain you mean the Intercity to Copenhagen? or the Nighttrain of snälltaget?
In case of the Intercity just take a regionaltrain and catch the Intercity in Flensburg (or if the Intercity still goes via Kiel in Kiel :) )

I am planning on taking the Nighttrain of snälltaget so unfortunately, it’s not possible to go to the next stop. But thanks anyways!! :)

 

All days when you board a train (scheduled departure) before midnight are traveldays so, yes, the Friday will be a travelday and you can take a train from your home town to Hamburg earlier that day.

Thanks for the quick reply!! :) That’s unfortunate but at least, I can take a more reliable and faster train to get to Hamburg.

Sebastian Emil Sørensen
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This is quite interesting. What if the train would be +1 minute late (or more)?

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  • AnnaB
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  • June 19, 2022

This is quite interesting. What if the train would be +1 minute late (or more)?

It is the scheduled departure time that counts. 

Please note that I don't work for Interrail/Eurail and that I don't reply to personal messages.
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