whitfield4
Traveller
2 comments
Posted 11 years ago
I'm planning on using the night train from Istanbul to Sofia (dept. 22.00, May 29) and I can't find anywhere to reserve seats online. The TCCD site doesn't allow booking from Sirkeci, apparently. Is this necessary or will I not have a seat if I wait until I get there? Our flight lands at 4 that morning, so will that be enough time to get two tickets for the train/ bus replacement?
Thank y'all in advance!
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi,
as far as I know you cannot get tickets for this connection online, but it will be sufficient to get them locally at Sirkeci station.
:arr: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/bucharest-sofia-istanbul-train/[/u]
Flo 8)
whitfield4
Traveller
2 comments
Thanks so much!
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
No problem. When I was using the train in the opposite direction in February, there was plenty of space left; this especially applied for the portion running to/from Bucuresti - I was the only customer in the sleeping car...
So in the extremely unlikely case that you dont find a place in the portion to Sofia you could also take the portion to Bucresti until Mihailovo or Stara Zagora and work your way to Sofia from there - but you wont need this option. ;)
It would be great if you could give us a short report about the current situation down there after your trip. Especially timings, delays and how the bus replacement works would be of interest. Thank you. :)
whitfield4
Traveller
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Thanks again, that's great info. I will do my best to update y'all when we get back!