humboldtroots
Traveller
3 comments
Posted 15 years ago
Im currently trying to do some calculations to determine whether or not it would be better to buy individual tickets for my trip starting on July 1st from Paris - to Amsterdam - to Berlin - to Prague - to Munich. Ive calculated the costs of individual tickets to be about 140-200 euros depending on available discounted tickets. Does anyone have experience with this route who could shed some light on it for me. I would hate to buy the pass only to find that I still have to pay many supplements which would increment the cost considerably. I know that the Thalys trains from Paris to Amsterdam charge a supplement (which I have heard is about 30 euros at this point, 12 last year. Where as a individual ticket is only 25 euros). Im not sure what the supplement would be between Amsterdam and Berlin but I have seen pages that say it could be as little as 3 euros? is that true? How about Berlin to Prague? A helpful fellow responded to my last post telling me that the 9:11am and 5:11pm train from Prague to Munich do not charge a supplement, true? all yall's help is greatly appreciated, thanks
Peter
Traveller
9337 comments
hi ...
if you want to travel this route on individual single tickets, be sure to order early to get discounted ones. but then you are fixed on trains and times - I don\'t believe you are able to travel this route with single tickets cheaper than with Interrail. let\'s bet... ;)
but to your questions...
1) [b]Paris - Amsterdam[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/paris-to-amsterdam[/u] (no problem to avoid the THALYS, which is definitely too expensive!)
2) [b]Amsterdam - Berlin[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/amsterdam-to-berlin[/u] (it\'s [b]free[/b]!)
3) [b]Berlin - Prague[/b]: it is [b]free[/b] by direct train. [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/berlin-to-prague[/u]
4) [b]Prague - Munich[/b]: by [b]free[/b] ALX - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/prague-to-munich[/u]
Peter :)
humboldtroots
Traveller
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How to avoid the expensive THALYS supplements:
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1) By Regional and IC trains via Amiens, Lille and Antwerp
Paris Nord Dep: 08:04 - RapidTrain - free
Amiens Arr: 09:14
Amiens Dep: 09:32 - RegionalExpress - free
Lille Flandres Arr: 10:59
Lille Flandres Dep: 11:08 - RegionalExpress / IC - free
Antwerpen Centraal Arr: 12:54
Antwerpen Centraal Dep: 13:00 - IC - free
Amsterdam Centraal: 15:06
:!: More connections are available. Just use the train schedule planer for more details.
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Is it necessary to make reservations for this route?
Peter
Traveller
9337 comments
NO --- as you see I attached everywhere FREE ... so no supplement or reservation needed - nothing to pay extra ! :)
humboldtroots
Traveller
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oh hell yea, thanks a lot for all your help...Its gonna be kind of a bummer to be leaving Spain after such a great year, but this trip should be just the blowout I need before smashing back to Cali....lets hope this hole recession/depression thing isnt as bad as it looks, seems like so much has gone down since Ive been away