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Joseph E M
Joseph E MRail rookie
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Europe travel during pandemic

Is it safe now to travel Europe with pandemic staring at us

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Keeps calm and carries on
3 years ago
Csilla
CsillaRail rookie
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Covid-test places for children

Hi, we will go by train in Europe in this summer. My husband and I are vaccinated but our 12 years old child isn’t it. Currently it is necessary to do a test for her if we will go another place/country. I know every country has other rules but can anybody tell me usually where can we do a test (PCR) for children? On train station (in mobile Covid-test station)is it possible; for example in the capital of a country? And what does it cost as tourists? Thanks if you can help us.

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seewulf
Railmaster
3 years ago
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GlykeriaNew aboard
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COVID-19 requirements to enter France

You have to be vaccinated to enter France?

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Railmaster
3 years ago
Helena
HelenaRight on track
posted in Travelling by train
Taking the train onto the ferry

The train that crosses the sea, by boat.

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seewulf
Railmaster
3 years ago
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ikuinRail rookie
asked in Travelling by train
How to get to Norway by train

Hi,This year, I would like to visit Norway by train. However, I cannot find how to get there. Which train website do you use to know your route? 

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Mattheas
Full steam ahead
3 years ago
CDNMary
CDNMaryRight on track
asked in Travelling by train
Are sleeper cars worth the extra cost

I have only taken an overnight train from Budapest to Belgrade and for me...well we didn’t opt for a sleeper cabin and I barely got any sleep...nothing like travelling through the night with one eye open, especially at a border checkpoint (when you have never encountered) that process before.  Curious what travellers thoughts are.

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Mattheas
Full steam ahead
3 years ago
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NanjaRetired Community Manager
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The possibility of the rails by Paul ScratonArticle

On a hot summer day in 1999, I stood inside the main hall of Zürich Hauptbahnhof and looked at the list of departures for our train, the 09:33 to Prague. It was a journey that would take us all of the day, crossing four international borders as we went. To a child of an island there was something thrilling about this. To be able to catch a train and cross whole countries. To get on board in a city where they spoke one language, and climb down onto the platform in a place where they spoke another. I was twenty years old. I had two friends with me. We had one mobile phone between us and I had just registered for my very first email account. In the top of my rucksack I carried the Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable. We had our Interrail tickets. We were ready to go.Read full article

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Railmaster
3 years ago
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