We are looking to reserve seats on trains for the following journeys. Leipzig to Vienna on the 19th of December, Vienna to Chur on the 26th of December and Chur to Tirano on the 27th of December (Bernina Express). Is there a specific date and time when these seat reservations will become available to reserve? Thanks.
Seat Reservations on trains running after 14th of December with German, Austrian and Swiss Trains
You are too early for all of this.
No worries needed. In December, usually around the 2nd week, there’s a big international railway timetable change. This year the change is on 14th of December. Every trip on or after that date is not searchable yet as planning the new timetables is still an ongoing chore with every railway company at the moment.
New timetables and schedules will slowly start to become availble from October, in some countries only some weeks before the december date (Italy and Spain can be notoriously late on this).
If you want to get an indication of travel times, just plan a random day next week. Travel times and departures don’t change that much, usually a couple of minutes difference, if any difference already with the current one.
Try again in a couple of months.
Most reservations are available at the earliest three months before the date of travel.
Note that you can also take normal hourly regional trains from Chur to Tirano, without any reservation surcharge. Just hop on any regional train you want to Tirano. This is usually a much better experience than the (crowded and busy) Bernina express
In addition you can also board the regular carriages at the front of the Bernina Express: reservation-free, less busy and pull-down windows for a cool experience!
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Definitely not before October. These trains won’t sell out quickly anyway, they couldn’t even as seat reservations are not required!
(Obviously a good idea to make reservations around the busy Christmas period for peace of mind but a few days in advance would be enough.)
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