volvoxis
Traveller
2 comments
Posted 15 years ago
Hello! we have an emergency situation.We are in Italy now and we have to be in Barcelona in 8 July!We have a route from firenze to barcelona but we couldnt make the reservation geneve-toulouse and others in Rome..We are gonna be in Geneve at 20.18 and we have the geneve toulose train at 20.44!Do you think we manage to make a reservation to this train when we arrive geneve!Or is there another way to make a reservation?
And one more important question, It is Nachtzug train(couchette)!Do you know how much supplement we have to pay?
Thanks very much for your attention!
volvoxis
Traveller
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no answer?
we need your answers!
SiDUDe
Traveller
752 comments
if youre really desperate just jump on the train and explain the situation to the conductor. He should be reasonable
The couchette will prob be around €20
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Well, you didn't tell when you'd like/have to leave Roma/Firenze - with regional trains (without supplements) you'd be in Barcelona within two days, make a stop along the french coast ie at Nice or Marseille.
Flo 8)
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
The mentioned Genève - Toulouse night train is a Corail Lunéa service, with reclining seats too. They would cost only 2€, cant help you on making the reservations though. :|
Do you have to take this certain connection? Cant you go along the Mediterranean like I've described above?
volvoxis
Traveller
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we have to leave firenze at 7th of july an have to be in barcelona at 8th. Because we made all the hostel reservations and we cant cancel them. We are worried because it is hard to find a seat for night trains.
thanks a lot
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Allright - lets see what alternatives there'd be:
You could make it without any reservations from Firenze up to Marseille on the 7th:
Firenze 1003 - 1219 La Spezia
La Spezia 1255 - 1811 Ventimiglia
Ventimiglia 1825 - 1912 Nice
Nice 1941 - 2212 Marseille
On the following day there'd be this free connection till Barcelona:
Marseille 0806 - 0955 Montpellier (or Marseille 0903 - 1009 Avignon 1021 - 1122 Montpellier)
Montpellier 1155 - 1428 Port Bou
Port Bou 1559 - 1839 Barcelona
So you'll denfintely have a way to get to Barcelona in time - even it will take two days. You'll need an extra night in a hostel too, but it will be cheaper anyway since you dont have to pay any supplements for the trains. Moreover the whole route is very scenic. ;)
If they couldnt make you the reservation for the Corail Lunéa neither in Roma nor in Firenze I dont really see a chance that they'll make you any reservations for France. So I guess it's pretty much useless to search for other routes since for the fast trains in France you need a reservation and the trains you'd need probably are full already.
Hope you'll make it.
Flo 8)