anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
Posted 16 years ago
I'm a bit confused about exactly what this pass will work for :| . I understand that it works for trains, but do you just flash the pass and then they give you a free ticket (provided it isn't a high speed train that requires a supplement)? How could it really be that powerful? :o
What about metros or small local trains that go out to suburbs or to nearby tourist spots (like castles or whatever)?
Does it work for buses or do you still have to pay fares for these?
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
hej ... :)
InterRail is a rail ticket. so you can travel with trains of the European train companies. not with buses or metros.
you just jump into a train and travel to the place you want.
on some special trains you have to pay supplements. high-speed trains and night-trains (but for a hostel you have to pay as well and night-trains are often cheaper). you can always avoid the high-speed-trains. for details: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]
at the beginning, the InterRail pass price might to be expensive... but you are free up to a month to travel the whole Europe. of course you will find as well a cheap train ticket (or plane ticket) to travel from city A to city B. but only if you book at least one month in advance. and you are fixed on the day then.
with InterRail you will meet a lot of travellers, see a lot of Europe and you feel the freedom, to stay or just to decide in the morning after you woke up where you wont to travel to ... Paris, Budepest, Berlin, Rome, ... :)
I hope this will explain you a bit the way of InterRail and how it works ... :)
anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
Wow, that was a fast reply!
Yes, it feels rather expensive right now, but I'm sure it's worth it in the end. I've already started planning the trip: we're starting in Paris where we live, catching a train down to Torino, then making our way east to the Austrian alps, up to Germany, Denmark, and maybe the southern portion of Sweden, using the 31 day pass. I know it's better to be spontaneous and decide as we go along, but I'm sort of bored right now and it's fun looking at all the towns and cities and reading up on the hostels :P We're leaving the 15th and I haven't ordered my pass yet so I hope it gets here in time...
Thank you for all the information :P Your forum has been very useful so far!
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
just for your information ... I just had a lock at single fares (2nd class - no reductions)...
Paris-Torino: 74 EUR
Torino-Vienna: 110 EUR
Vienna-Munich: 75 EUR
Munich-Berlin: 108 EUR
Berlin-Copenhagen: 125 EUR
Copenhagen-Paris: 230 EUR
just to compare... :) and if you order your tickets via [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] today, they will arrive in time !! :)
have a lot of fun on your tour and all the best, Peter :)
the_fredster
Traveller
11 comments
when i went last year - we covered the cost of the interrail ticket in the first 3 or 4 trains. so well worth it...
anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
I don't really understand the economic underpinnings of the interrail ticket. It's true that its whole cost can be covered in a few days of travel. What's in it for the participating railway companies? It seems that they lose a lot of money on this, especially in the summer when the train seats could be filled by regular tourists paying a lot of money.
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
the main goal in the long history of the interrail pass was in the past the possibility for young people to discover Europe. to meet other Europeans, to understand other Europeans, other cultures - let's say more a political goal. today it is maybe more a marketing tool ... maybe. to give the youth a feeling of how nice train travel can be.
but what ever the goal is: I am happy to have the InterRail ticket. it is just a perfect thing (for me)! :)