glamirand
Traveller
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Posted 6 years ago
Hi!
My girlfriend and I bought Interrail passes and we have some questions I hope you guys can answer.
We plan the folowing journey:
29 Apr 2018 05:50 LYON PART DIEU (France) to 29 Apr 2018 09:43 BRUXELLES-MIDI (Belgium) / TGV 9853 / Mandatory
29 Apr 2018 10:25 BRUXELLES-MIDI (Belgium) to 29 Apr 2018 12:15 KOELN HBF (Germany) / ICE 15 / Optional
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30 Apr 2018 06:48 KOELN HBF (Germany) to 30 Apr 2018 11:06 BERLIN HBF (TIEF) (Germany) / ICE 553 / Optional
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01 May 2018 07:23 BERLIN SUEDKREUZ (Germany) to 01 May 2018 11:35 PRAGUE HLAVNI NADRAZI (Czech Republic) / EC 171 / Optional
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03 May 2018 05:51 PRAGUE HLAVNI NADRAZI (Czech Republic) to 03 May 2018 09:50 BRATISLAVA HLAVNA STANICA (Slovakia) / EC 273 / Optional
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04 May 2018 08:15 BRATISLAVA-PETRZALKA (Slovakia) to 04 May 2018 09:14 WIEN HBF (Austria) / RE 7608 / No reservation possible
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06 May 2018 06:40 WIEN HBF (Austria) to 06 May 2018 09:07 BUDAPEST-KELENFOELD (Hungary) / EN 463 / Mandatory
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07 May 2018 15:42 BUDAPEST-KELENFOELD (Hungary) to 07 May 2018 21:04 ZAGREB GLAVNI KOL. (Croatia) / IC 204 / Optional
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09 May 2018 07:00 ZAGREB GLAVNI KOL. (Croatia) to 09 May 2018 09:16 LJUBLJANA (Slovenia) / EC 212 / Optional
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10 May 2018 07:40 LJUBLJANA (Slovenia) to 10 May 2018 09:15 TRIESTE CENTRALE (Italy) / BUS 1 / Mandatory
10 May 2018 09:38 TRIESTE CENTRALE (Italy) to 10 May 2018 11:14 VENEZIA MESTRE (Italy) / FR 9726 / Mandatory
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12 May 2018 06:32 VENEZIA MESTRE (Italy) to 12 May 2018 09:49 TORINO PORTA SUSA (Italy) / FR 9702 / Mandatory
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13 May 2018 16:11 TORINO PORTA SUSA (Italy) to 13 May 2018 20:28 LYON PART DIEU (France) / TGV 9248 / Mandatory
Some of these trips have optional reservation so we wonder if it is worth to reserve them or not.
In the same time is it a good idea to make those reservations through the interrai service which extra charge 8€ / trip or should we reserve directly on each rail compagny / rail station?
Do we have to pay attention to particular trips? Are some of them particulary crowded? What about the bus from Ljubljana to Trieste? is the 23\' connection enough?
Thanks in advance for your help! :)
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi and welcome to railcc!
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No real need to make any of the optional reservations.
Berlin to Prague would be the only train where I\'d consider getting a reservation. More about this trip: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/berlin-prague-train/[/ux]
From Bratislava it makes more sense to take one of the hourly REX services from the central station, hlavna stanica: [ux]https://rail.cc/en/bratislava/bratislava-main-railway-station/l245[/ux] which is easier to access from the city centre.
I\'d recommend to take the Railjet train one hour later from Vienna to Budapest since you dont need a reservation there.
You can also travel by train from Ljubljana to Trieste and onwards to Ljubljana as described here: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/italy-slovenia-train/[/ux] Also, in summer there will run two new direct trains from Ljubljana to Trieste and I\'m not sure whether the bus will continue to operate then.
Also, from Trieste to Venezia you can take one of the hourly regional trains ("Regionale Veloce") who are not much slower than the high speed train and can be used without a reservation.
You can make online reservations for trains in Italy without extra costs here: [ux]https://rail.shop/trenitalia/[/ux] - select a train, then the "Global Fare" price.
Also, for high speed trains in France and the Benelux area you can try [ux]https://rail.shop/sncf/reservation/[/ux] and [ux]https://rail.shop/beurope/reservation/[/ux]