milouhuijsmans
Traveller
2 comments
Posted 6 years ago
Hi all,
In May, we would like to take the night train from Belgrade to Thessaloniki. Preferably we would do this by making use of the 7pm rule, thus only the arrival day will count as a travel day. However, the train schedule online states the night train departs just before 7pm from Belgrade... Does anyone have experience with travelling the night train using interrail while making use of the 7pm rule? Or is the 7pm rule really strict and should we just count the departing day as well as the arrival day as travel days? Thank you for the information!
Milou
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi Milou, welcome to railcc!
The 19:00-rule does not apply for departures from Belgrade on this train; you would need two travel days or buy a separate ticket from Belgrade to the first stop after 19:00. This is Rakovica in your case which will cost only a few Serbian Dinars so wont affect your travel budget much.
You can then make use of the 19:00-rule from Rakovica (of course you can board the train in Belgrade already).
Rakovica is a suburb of Belgrade which would be also reachable by tramway if you would prefer to board the train there.
Flo
Mimara
Traveller
42 comments
All right with the tariffs but the night train Belgrad-Thessaloniki won\'t run in April and May, so only possibility to reach Greece by train would be via Sofia...
milouhuijsmans
Traveller
2 comments
Hi Flo and Mimara,
Both thanks for the information! Mimara, are you sure the night train doesn\'t run in May? Do you maybe know a website that verifies this? Anyway thanks for the heads up, we\'ll keep an eye out for alternatives (like travelling via Sofia).
Milou
Mimara
Traveller
42 comments
The information was given in a german rail forum today.
A member in this forum posted the answer of Serbian Railways to his request concerning the days of traffic of the train Belgrade-Thessaloniki:
https://www.drehscheibe-online.de/foren/read.php?030,8466634,8473781#msg-8473781
milouhuijsmans
Traveller
2 comments
That\'s clear information... Thank you Mimara!
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Sorry, first stop after 19:00 currently is Mladenovac...