HarisV
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 11 years ago
Hi,
We are 3 guys that intend to do a interrail tour around Europe this summer. Our goal is to take us from Copenhagen to Montenegro. Since we are very unexperienced with this kind of travelling we have a lot of questions.
We have ordered interrail pass for 10 days with 5 traveldays.
Our journey starts in Copenhagen with the night train to Amsterdam. The CNL 40473 Borealis that departs 18.10 and arrives 09.59.
First question: Does this count as 2 traveldays?
Seconed question: Is this a direct train and will we keep our sleeper 3-bed compartment during the whole trip if we make the reservation? We have not made any reservation yet, have not figured out how this works either.
After one night or two we will continue on to Prague with a night train as well, CNL 457 Kopernikus. I suppose that the procedure here is the same as above?
When we are finished with Prague we will move on to Budapest with the EN 477 Metropol. This seems not be a nighttrain though and I wonder if any reservations are necessary?
From Budapest moving on to Belgrade and then from Belgrade to Bar.
I hope that someone has the patience to read all this and any help is really appreciated!
Thanks!
Peter
Traveller
9331 comments
Hi.
Nice trip you planed!
Concerning your two first CNL night trains (Copenhagen-Amsterdam and Amsterdam-Prague): if you want to book them online, either departure or arrival station has to be in Germany. Which is not the case.
So you can try to get it at a railway station in Sweden. Shouldn't be a problem.
[b]Copenhagen-Amsterdam[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/copenhagen-to-amsterdam[/u]
Just as information: there is as well a night train from Malmö to Berlin which you can use for EUR 19 - even your country of residence is Sweden: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/berlin-to-malmoe[/u]
The train Copenhagen to Amsterdam is TWO travel days except you buy a normal ticket until Odense and start there using the night train. Then it is only one, as using the night train after 1900h:
[b]Amsterdam-Prague[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/amsterdam-to-prague[/u]
[b]Prague - Budapest[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/prague-to-budapest[/u]
Use a day train or book as well in Sweden or Berlin or directly in Prague then.
[b]Budapest - Belgrade[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/budapest-to-belgrade[/u]
[b]Belgrade - Montenegro[/b]: very nice route - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/belgrade-to-bar[/u]
Information about the prices you will find directly by following the links! :)
And I hope you bought your tickets here at railcc (or will buy them here) to support the whole project, information and as well this answer.
Thank you!
Peter :)
HarisV
Traveller
1 comments
Hi!
Thank you for your reply !
Yes our country of residence is Sweden. Our intention is to take the bus to Copenhagen and then move on from Copenhagen.
So it is possible for us to book our places on the trains at a railway station in Sweden?
How are the night trains usually? Are they comfortable and what do you recommend for us if we aim for some sleep? Couchette or sleeper?
Yes we will buy the interail pass here at railcc...
Thanks again, it is appreciated....
Peter
Traveller
9331 comments
Hi.
Yes, you should be able to get the reservations in Sweden then. Definitely in Stockholm or other larger railway stations.
I recommend couchettes. 6 or 4 berths. You can sleep for an acceptable value. Sleepers are expensive - seats not really good to sleep. Have a look at the links, on some you will find photos of the trains.
And thank you for supporting railcc. :)
If you have more questions, just ask...
Peter :)
nltrainer
Traveller
1333 comments
couchette=same as liggeplats/liggevogn in SE-for some time SJ even had them hired from DB=germany-maybe you used them. Like a ''rolling dorm/hostel''.
Sleeper=soveplats, quite expensive in West-Europe, fairly cheap (certainly with SE-standards) in east-Europe, but then often much more basic and worn.
nighttrains vary so much per country that it is hard to generalize. Also extra price to pay does not really reflect what you get for it-sometimes its quite good, sometimes it seems like a rip-off. the CNL are from DB and quite nice-except the seats in most cars.