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sleeper train with morning connection - 1 travel day or 2?

  • August 5, 2025
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Hi, I’m setting off next week with a 7 days in one month global pass, and as part of the trip, I have booked a reservation to travel overnight from Zurich to Prague. This is a sleeper train as far as Linz, then a change around 6.30 for the train to Prague. Will this count as one travel day, because it was all booked together, or two travel days, because it’s two trains? 

If it counts as one travel day, then I’ve been alerted that engineering work means I may miss the connection I have reserved, but there are a couple of options later that will get me there with no reservation. I assume this definitely counts as a second travel day??

Thanks!

Best answer by AnnaB

That will be 2 travel days. Every day (00.00-23.59) when you board at least 1 train is a travel day. 

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  • AnnaB
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  • August 5, 2025

That will be 2 travel days. Every day (00.00-23.59) when you board at least 1 train is a travel day. 

Please note that I don't work for Interrail/Eurail and that I don't reply to personal messages.
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  • rvdborgt
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  • August 5, 2025

This will be 2 travel days, because you board trains on 2 different dates.

There is also a direct night train from Zurich to Prague.

Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
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  • daveymills
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  • August 5, 2025

if you are prepared to change your travel plans, there is a direct Zurich - Prague sleeper that goes a different route.- via Basel then through Germany. It is popular so maybe booked up already for your desired travel date.

 

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  • mickeyned
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  • August 5, 2025

Thanks everybody. Yes, I’m aware of the direct Zurich - Prague train, but by the time I came to book, there wasn’t enough space left, hence falling back on the via Linz route. But on the upside, getting the later train means we have time to take in one of the Swiss scenic trains on our way to Zurich.

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