anonymous
Traveller
2467 comments
Posted 14 years ago
Hello there. I'm thinking about going to Antwerp(en) [BEL] from Zagreb at end of July. I would buy a global interrail pass for 159€ and lets say I would leave at 29.07. and get back at 02.08.
I was thinking to go from Paris to Antwerp but then later on I read more on forum(s) that frenchies take extra fees for their trains and I think its better to go through GER completely(Aachen for example) and then pass the border. So my main question are there any extra fees to be paid besides global interrail pass(159€) and how much. I would like to leave zagreb at 9pm and sleep in train(normal seat) till munchen and then continue travel to antwerp over day. And would also like to know is it really needed to reserve seats, I suppose there's a lot of people travelling over weekend(although its not the exactly weekend,more like thu-fri and sun-mon). Thanks in advance!
Peter
Traveller
9332 comments
Hi.
In your country of residence you can not travel for free - if it is Belgium, you will have to pay but with a discount of 50%:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/how-to-interrail[/u]
In Germany the trains are free of supplements and you have good ICE connections between for example Cologne and Munich.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/germany/de[/u]
For the night train you will have to pay a supplement which depends on the category you want:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/munich-zagreb-night-train/f3998[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/zagreb-munich-train/f3999[/u]
And I am sure you won't need a seat reservation for the day train ICEs in Germany - usually it is no problem to find a seat outside of the typical peak times.
Peter :)
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
And if you some spare time left, have a day trip to Bruges and/or Gent - both very nice cities easily accesible from Antwerpen by train. Just hop on the trains with your InterRail ticket. :)
Flo 8)
anonymous
Traveller
2467 comments
Thank you flow & Peter especially. But i'm a bit more confused now. I thought global interrail pass works that u can hop in almost any train there is and go where you want...and now it looks like you gotta buy every ticket and u get a discount on that.
Ok I understand that u cant travel inside ur own country(cro in my case). So I should buy ticket till Slovenian border and then interrail starts to function? And then I jump in german train(free with interrail) and then again I gotta pay for trip to Bruxelles from Cologne(like 22€?). And then I'm free to hop in to train for Antwerp?
And regarding night train, night train is considered as train with beds right? So if i just want a normal seat i dont have to pay anything?
edit:ok so i got this a bit, these are all additional fees that gotta be paid. i suppose there are some normal(local) trains in which u dont have to pay add. fees,right?
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
Hi!
Yup, you will have to pay additional fees on certain trains - those are listed here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation[/u]
But, like you've already said, usually you will find alternatives for your route where you wont have to pay a supplement.
For your route, I'd suggest the following connection:
Zagreb 1814 - Zürich 0920 :arr: [u]https://rail.cc/en/zagreb-zurich-night-train/f1911[/u]
Zürich 1136 - Bruxelles 1950 :arr: free
Bruxelles 1959 - 2053 :arr: free
In night trains you will usually find three different categories of comfort:
- Sleeper: 1, 2 or 3 berths per cabin, washbasin in the room, shower at the end of the carriage (depending on country and train, in 1st class there often is a shower in the cabin) and breakfast included
- Couchette: 4 or 6 berths per cabin, washbasins at the end of the carriage
- Normal or reclining seat
In Central and Western Europe you usually have to pay a small amount for normal seats as well. In Eastern European Countries as well as on the UK sleeper services seats are usually free.
Flo 8)