Perlenklang
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 11 years ago
Dear all,
My friends and I are currently planning an Interrail Trip.
We have already booked the hostels and bought our Interrail Ticket, but since this is our first time interrailing, we are not sure about how we should handle the train reservations.
We will be travelling from the 12th of June until the 2nd of July. We will start in Germany (probably Duesseldorf) where we will take the train to our first stop in Florence, after that we are going to Rimini, Prague and Warschaw.
What would you guys recommend? Reserve all trains in advance or reserve them at the station each time?
What would happen if we reserved them all in advance but we would miss some trains because of delays?
Furthermore, what is the best way to reserve these trains (in advance)? Can reserve them all via for example Deutsche Bahn, or is it better to reserve in the countries we are actually travelling through?
Hopefully somebody can help us out!
Thanks Already!
PS. If someone needs more specific information about the dates / stops etc. in order to answer my questions, just say so, so I can post them here (:
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
I hope you purchased your official Interrail pass here at railcc to support all the information we offer and the answers you get. Otherwise you should ask the company where you bought your Interrail ticket from for assistance - as they earned the money from you and so are responsible for your support. :)
The best is to buy the reservations at stations.
In Italy you can often use free local trains, otherwise use ticket machines at station with the option Global Pass. No need to pre-book long time in advance: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/italy/it[/u]
If you have a reservation and miss the train: bad luck.
It would be helpful to post your exact route here to get exact help.
Peter :)
Perlenklang
Traveller
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Hi Peter, thanks for the quick reply :)
One of my friends who was in charge of buying our Interrail passes recommended me this site, so I think he also bought it here :) Your site has been very helpful so far, I will definitely recommend it to other people who are thinking about making an Interrail trip :)
Anyways, you asked for a more exact route:
12.06: We will leave with a train from the Netherlands to a large trainstation in Germany near the border. We are thinking about Düsseldorf. --> from here on we want to go to Florence (Deutsche Bahn gave us this route: Düsseldorf --> Zürich --> Milano Centrale --> Firenze) All trains (City Night Line, Eurocity and EuroStar Italia) need reservations.
18.06: From Florance we will take the train to Rimini: Firenze --> Bologna (Eurostar Italia, Reservierungspflicht) --> Rimini (Intercity, reservation required as well)
23.06: From Rimini we will travel through the night to Prague: Rimini --> Bologna (Eurostar Italia, reservation) --> München HBF (City Night Line, reservation) --> Nürnberg (no reservation) --> Prague (IC Bus, reservation required)
27.06: From Prague we will travel through the night to Warshaw : Prague --> Warschaw (Schnellzug) In this train a reservation is required as well, but Deutsche Bahn just called the train Schnellzug, so we are not sure what kind of train this is and what the fees will be.
1.07: From Warshaw we will most likely take a direct train to Düsseldorf (Euronight)
I looked all the connections up through a normal travel planner at Deutschebahn.de, and most of the times the Umsteigezeiten are around 20 minutes (should it be more if we reserve in advance?).
So what do you think? Are these crowdy routes where we should reserve in advance, or can we do it at the train stations?
Thanks already!
Bye
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
I always ask before - as it is not fair to buy somewhere else (give the money an other company) and then to ask here and get free support - as if we do not get support by the users of railcc with their ticket purchase in our partner, we can not help them.
[b]Netherlands - Italy[/b]: you can use all trains for free until Zurich.
From Zurich to Milan you can either use the direct EC train (+EUR 10) or the same route with a local train at the end. As the EC train requires a reservation for the part in Italy. See here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/zurich-to-milan[/u]
But if you want to travel a FREE and much more SCENIC route, use travel this one: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/zurich-to-milan[/u]
Milan - Florence: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/milan-to-florence[/u]
So you see, you can travel the whole route for free if you like - maybe with an overnight stop in between... just think about it.
[b]Florence - Rimini[/b]: use free local trains - you will find every hour a connection, usually with a change.
Example:
Florence S.M.N. dep: 1140 - free regional train
Faenza arr: 1327
Faenza dep: 1358 - free regional train
Rimini arr: 1452
[b]Rimini - Prague[/b]: also possible by free train from Rimini to Bologna. The night train I recommend to reserve in advance like described bellow the map: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/rome-munich-cnl-484/34[/u]
Munich - Prague: by free trains or by bus (EUR 4) - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/munich-to-prague[/u]
[b]Prague - Warsaw[/b]: buy the reservation at the station - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/prague-to-warsaw[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/prague-warsaw-en-445/126[/u]
[b]Warsaw - Düsseldorf[/b]: reservation like mentioned bellow the map - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/warsaw-cologne-en-446/90[/u]
Peter :)
:arr: In general we use here on railcc the Bahn-railcc schedule planer: [ux]https://rail.shop/bahn[/ux] :)