travel by trains in europe

[novium]

I was thinking about maybe getting a eurail pass instead of getting airplane tickets to like six different places... anyway, do you think it's worth it? Also, is there somewhere I can plug in starting points and destinations and it will tell me which trains to take, etc? I've looked at individual country sites, and the eurail pass site, but they didn't quite give me the info I wanted.

Any ideas or suggestions?

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[lizzie]

www.raileurope.co.uk is the best independent site that you can go to and if you want they will basically plan your itinerary. You can buy many tickets on their too, including eurail/interrail passes. not sure if interrail tickets are all that worthwhile unless you are planning on literally spending the whole time shuttling between places.

The german railway company\'s website is the best for getting train times for the whole of (mainland) Europe, its at www.bahn.de, and they have an english version of the site. ALthough you cant buy tickets on here unless you have a german creddit card I dont think. Its really really useful for info tho.

I would say that if you have the savvy and a bit of planning you could exploit the discounts that many countries give anyway. For example, if you book a long distance ticket in germany, even for high speed trains, you get up to 50% off by booking three days in advance. Think france\'s sncf have a similar deal.

Hope this helps a little, if you want any more info, my dad spends his life travelling on trains in europe, so let me know!!

[novium]

Thanks so much!

Quoting lizzie from 19:54, 21st Apr 2005
www.raileurope.co.uk is the best independent site that you can go to and if you want they will basically plan your itinerary. You can buy many tickets on their too, including eurail/interrail passes. not sure if interrail tickets are all that worthwhile unless you are planning on literally spending the whole time shuttling between places.

The german railway company\'s website is the best for getting train times for the whole of (mainland) Europe, its at www.bahn.de, and they have an english version of the site. ALthough you cant buy tickets on here unless you have a german creddit card I dont think. Its really really useful for info tho.

I would say that if you have the savvy and a bit of planning you could exploit the discounts that many countries give anyway. For example, if you book a long distance ticket in germany, even for high speed trains, you get up to 50% off by booking three days in advance. Think france\'s sncf have a similar deal.

Hope this helps a little, if you want any more info, my dad spends his life travelling on trains in europe, so let me know!!

[hr]

I'll read to you here, save your eyes
you'll need them, your boat is at sea;
your anchor is up, you've been swept away & the greatest of teachers won't hesitate to leave you there, by yourself, chained to fate