anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
Posted 11 years ago
Hello,
Does anyone know if the 7pm rule works against you if you [b]want[/b] the night you travel to be counted as the last day of your pass?
I'm planning on buying a Global Pass - 5 days within 10 days. I will arrive in Paris 28th July by bus and leave 29th July via a night train to Berlin. I've read that the 7pm rule doesn't work for your first day of travel so the 29th will have to be my start date. This means my end date is the 7th Aug. However I want to arrive by night train into Brussels on the 8th. I don't know which country I'll be coming from yet (possibly via Germany) so my night train might be later than 7pm.
My worry is that if that train leaves after 7pm, won't I then technically be traveling for an 11th day?
I hope this makes sense!
Thanks
Lin
Rough plan so far
Paris > Berlin > Budapest > Krakow (detour to Zakopane by bus) > ...maybe Vienna? then via Germany to get a night train... > Brussels
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi Lin.
You can not extend your ticket validity with the 19:00h-rule. Not at the beginning, not at the end.
If you want to use a night train starting in the evening of the 29.07.2013 after 19:00h, your starting date of the ticket has to be the 29th, but you fill in the 30th as first travel day.
NOTE: the night train from Paris to Berlin currently departs already at 18:44h this summer - the official information we currently have is that the 19:00h-rule won't work. :|
If your Interrail pass 5 in 10 starts the 29.07. at 00:01h in the morning, it ends at the 07.08. at 23:59h.
There are no night trains ending in Brussels: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train[/u]
Have a look at the railcc schedules where you will find details on how to avoid trains with extra reservation fees: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]
And please help us to help you with the information on railcc - buy your official Interrail pass via our partner link [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] - as it is not fair to ask at railcc for support and buy somewhere else. Thank you! :)
Peter :)
anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
Hi Peter, thanks for the quick response!
The Paris > Berlin train is not a problem as I will be staying in Berlin for a while so won't need the extra day for travel, but that does leave me with a dilemma for Brussels. Never mind I guess I will have to spend an extra day in Paris or an extra day Brussels!
Lin