Hi
I try to book my sleeper cabin for me and my husband but I receive a message that I cannot book because there is a conflict of gender … it is like if the application doesn’t recognise that we travel together. Night train between Hamburg to Stockholm.
Someone can help me?
Best answer by AnnaB
View originalPlease mention date and departure time. There are 2 night trains on that route.
Hi
date is16th February and train is EN346
You mention that I have sent a private message but how to share with the community?
You better make the reservation at sj.se . Under "Traveller" you select Interrail/Eurail as SJ Prio/travel card. You can write what ever you want as card number.
Unfortunately EC8 has very poor reliability : in the last 30 days it arrived 22 times with a delay over 30 min. Of those it arrived 10 times over an hour late and on 4 days it never made it to Hamburg. Source : https://www.zugfinder.net/de/zug-EC_8
This connection is quite risky honestly but you can take the chance if you want. German long-distance trains are often delayed and this one is even worse than usual.
You want to have a margin before a night train so I'd leave 2 hours earlier and have a nice dinner around Hamburg main station.
Reservations are cheaper bought through the railway company : 4.90€ per person for Liège - Cologne - Hamburg through DB (incl. seat map). Interrail is quite unreliable too as you could see. More info : https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm
thanks
I have a look and yes I can see the option for the compartiment.
one thing that is not clear is if we book only the sleeper cabin or also the ticket train … not really clear on the screen
thanks to alert me on the poor reliability on EC8, I have a waiting time of 50 minutes … not sufficient you think?
and if I want to take a train earlier, how can I split or change in the interrail application because by default app proposes the full journey with predifined train
50 min is risky as you're connecting to a night train. If the following train ran every 30 min I would take it without issue.
Search the journey in smaller steps : first Liège - Cologne, then Cologne - Hamburg, etc. I always do that as I often change plans during the journey (Interrail gives you that flexibility). That way it's easier to delete a train and add another one.
About the night train : those are reservation prices. You can remove the discount and check the real price if you wish. A private compartment with Interrail costs 1654 SEK (145€) or 4179 SEK (366€) without the pass. Good value !
Prices on Interrail are incorrect, they should be updated soon. They'll be corrected right before payment, you can try.
Thanks a lot for all your informations, very kind … it is the first time I book with interrail and yesterday I was really discouraged, not so easy. thanks again for your help
Maybe one stupid question regarding sleep cabin reservation at SJ company.
A private sleeping compartment 1st class for 3 peope, I hope if I reserve this one with my husband I will not have a third person (stranger) and strange that the price for this compartment is cheaper than the 2nd class...
I wouldn't choose this option. I'm not sure you'll share but I think you must have a 1st class pass.
Indeed, I think you'll need a 1st class ticket for the 1st class compartment. You could ask SJ to confirm, e.g. on Facebook.
You must have a 1st class Interrail/Eurail pass to travel in 1st class with SJ.
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Maybe one stupid question regarding sleep cabin reservation at SJ company.
A private sleeping compartment 1st class for 3 peope, I hope if I reserve this one with my husband I will not have a third person (stranger) and strange that the price for this compartment is cheaper than the 2nd class...
You need a 1st class pass to use the 1st class Sleeper Carriage (Private Shower / WC make the difference)
It´s written 1-3 beds which means if you book private it´s just for you group :) If you book then for 2 Persons usually 2 beds a are then prepared for the Night (I had it few times booked single compartment and then there were all 3 beds prepared for the Night but the steward came quickly to “transform” the Compartment back to Single Configuration.
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