Prague to Copenhagen: night train booking with rail pass

nltrainer
Traveller
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again; INTernational tickets are-as a general rule of thumb, sold by the railway from THAT country where the trip starts.
You cannot use a german stamp to post a letter in Italy-not even for sending it to Germany, nah?
So you have to use-if you really want to book online, the eshop of CD. BUT; they will not offer cheap fares to KOb., i think-then you have to split at some point in DE, yoiu have to change anyway. There are direct buses which can also be pretty cheap.

Peter
Traveller
9333 comments

Hi Nathan.
If I understand right, you want to buy a reservation only for your rail pass?
So like nltrainer said, either DEPARTURE or ARRIVAL station has to be in Germany to make a reservation only booking.

Options for you:
1) Make the reservation from Bad Schandau or Dresden (the first stops in Germany) to Copenhagen. Get to Bad Schandau or Dresden by an other train (all trains on this route are free for rail pass travellers) - or if I am right, the night train should have attached 2nd class seated cars up to Berlin. So you could use them from Prague to Bad Schandau and then move to your sleeper/couchette car.
2) Book from Prague to Flensburg (last station in Germany) and ask the staff already before in the evening of departure, if you can stay in the train up to Copenhagen. Usually no problem as it is the same price.
3) Buy it offline at a railway station - can be as well in an other country than the Czech Republic. Depends on where you stay before.

Train information: [u]https://rail.cc/en/night-train/prague-copenhagen-cnl-40457/192[/u]

Peter :)

nathanj89
Traveller
2 comments

I understand now! Sorry I didn't understand that you needed to book from within Germany.

So basically your saying if I want to book resevations the I need to get to the first stations in German and the book the reservation from there to the rest of my trip?

Peter
Traveller
9333 comments

Hi.
Sometimes it is a bit confusing the rules for the different trains in the different countries. That's one reason, why we run the railcc project. :)
So if you want to book online, you can do it only with departure or arrival station in Germany. And do it like mentioned above.
If you want to book the whole trip in once with departure and arrival outside of Germany, then you have to go to a railway station in Germany, the city of departure or as well in some other European countries you visit before.

[b]Please support railcc:[/b]
- buy your rail passes and tickets here on the recommended website: [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
- add locations of your home-town (bars, nice places, ...)
Thank you! :)

Peter :)

nathanj89
Traveller
2 comments

Thank you Peter i fully understand now it makes more sense than before.

I believe what ill have to do is catch a earlier train from Prague to the first stop in Germany (free with railpass) and then book my reservation online from that stop to Copenhagen.

P.S I will defiantly be buying my interrail pass from you guys very helpful!

Peter
Traveller
9333 comments

Yes, that's correct.
This first stop in Germany is Bad Schandau.

Do it like mentioned here: Make the reservation from Bad Schandau or Dresden (the first stops in Germany) to Copenhagen. Get to Bad Schandau or Dresden by an other train (all trains on this route are free for rail pass travellers) - or if I am right, the night train should have attached 2nd class seated cars up to Berlin. So you could use them from Prague to Bad Schandau and then move to your sleeper/couchette car.

Note: if you travel with a flexible Interrail pass (xx days in yy days), this version are TWO travel days. If you want to spent only ONE travel day, buy a normal point to point ticket for Prague-Bad Schandau (~ EUR 10).
If you have a continuous pass (for example the Interrail 1 month continuous), then there is no need of course for the point to point ticket.

Peter :)