Getting to a French border station from Germany

andre92
Traveller
11 comments

Posted 12 years ago

Hey, I'm a german resident and this summer I want to buy an interrail one country pass for france.

I also want to take my bike with me so I won't be able to take any fast trains like the ICE

I want to travel from Dortmund (Westfalen, Germany), to a french border station so I can use my one country pass from there on.

So does anybody know which is the cheapest way to get from the area of Dortmund to a french border station (for example Saarbrücken which is the closest )?

Also, am I right that the one country pass is only valid after crossing the border?

thanky for any help! :)

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NatureOne
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273 comments

replied 12 years ago

Hi,
if you want to go to Saarbrücken, the easiest way for you might be a connection via Koblenz. You can take a IC to Koblenz and use a RE to Saarbrücken. Maybe you find a cheap connection on [ux]https://rail.shop/bahn[/ux] . Extra fees for taking a bike with you, you'll find here: [u]http://www.bahn.de/p/view/service/fahrrad/mitnahme/preise_fahrradmitnahme.shtml[/u]
If you want to travel without any IC you can go from Dortmund to Düsseldorf (RE), further to Koblenz (RE) and finally to Saarbrücken (RE) - or Dortmund - Wuppertal - Köln - Koblenz - Saarbrücken. Therefore you only have to pay extra fees in NRW, if you take your bike to RLP after 9am. You can use Quer-durchs-Land-Ticket after 9am, which costs 42€.

PS: The forum has a german section. :)

nltrainer
Traveller
1404 comments

replied 12 years ago

vielleicht-wenn du ja DEMsparer bist (saugeil oder so), dann geht es noch billiger:
1.zu 17 schoene reise-bis Bonn-aber schaut mal, ob das geht inn 2 st.
dann Rh_pfalz landesticket zu 21.
2.es gibt satt 29 sparpreise bis nach saarbr- zuege kommen ab Emden-via gelsenkirchen-Duisburg