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What is the best way to travel through England and Europe by train?

Author: admin
Filed under: travel train europe
Date: Apr 28,2011

My mom and I are planning a trip to Europe for next summer. We wanted to begin our trip in London and then ride a train to Paris and finally Frankfurt. I’m just looking for any advice that you all could offer! We’re trying to plan this ourselves and the task has proved daunting!
I know that once you’re on the continent you can buy rail passes, but since England isn’t included in a lot of those I didn’t know if it would be worth the money!

You want a travel in which you stop in London, Paris and Frankfurt?
In that case, go to a travel agency and have them buy tickets for you.
If they buy it for you 3 months before travel, you should get the best price.
Only if you want to spend about half your time in a train the rail pass is likely cheaper. Eurail as you are from outside Europe. (InterRail is just for Europeans.)

If you want to do it yourself, you can follow the links on this page: http://www.seat61.com/railshop.htm
Again, do not try to buy much more than 3 months in advance, most tickets will not be on sale yet, some are just available 2 months before travel.

Remember, the times for next year will not yet be known, mostly schedules are published twice a year in the start of summer and in December. But if you want to do a plan, the times this summer are likely almost the same as those next year, mostly the times just change by a few minutes. Maybe one train is added to or taken from the schedule, but there are many trains each day.
If you want to do a test run in buying tickets, in all systems you can ‘order’ a ticket but till you enter your personal details you do not buy. Just play around a bit.

That same site also has an information page on rail passes: http://www.seat61.com/Railpass-and-Eurail-pass-guide.htm There is a lot of information there, the first three items are worth reading, from there on just read what sounds like you can use it.

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SNCB Europe

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Filed under: travel train europe
Date: Apr 25,2011

0 SNCB Europe Book at www.sncb-europe.com all your international trains like Thalys, Eurostar, TGV and ICE for business or pleasure !

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Do I need to get a euro rail pass from Canada?

Author: admin
Filed under: euro rail passes
Date: Apr 20,2011

Can I just buy separate tickets for the train while I am in Spain? I want to start of in Barcelona and travel to most of the major cities, for about 2 weeks.

You don’t need a Eurail Pass. Train travel in Spain is relatively cheap and buying tickets as you need them will probably work out cheaper than a pass.

You have a choice of booking train tickets through a travel agent before travelling to Spain, or buying at any train station once you get there.

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DB Euro cargo rail class 66

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Filed under: euro rail passes
Date: Apr 14,2011

0 DB Euro cargo rail class 66 DB Euro cargo rail class 66 66191 passes through Peterborough on 30th March with Plasmoor empties..

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EPK 14/03/07 Euroscepticism, Kosovo, Diamonds

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Filed under: euro rail passes
Date: Apr 9,2011

0 EPK 14/03/07 Euroscepticism, Kosovo, Diamonds EUROPOCKET NEWS – No Euro- Scepticism in EEP. Can the EU help the Future of Kosovo? African- European Rail. Loophole in EU. Turkey. Diamonds.

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Difference between 1st and 2nd class – by Eurail.Com [HD]

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Filed under: euro rail passes
Date: Apr 7,2011

0 Difference between 1st and 2nd class by Eurail.Com [HD] http://www.eurail.com/

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Where is the best place to buy tickets for Euro rail?

Author: admin
Filed under: euro rail passes
Date: Apr 6,2011

There are several websites to buy euro rail tickets like http://www.raileurope.com/index.html or http://www.eurorailways.com/ and honestly i am confused. Here are my questions

1) when they say eurorail, are they talking about the the same thing? Or are there different kinds. I am asking because there seem to be several websites offering to sell Eurorail tickets and I wonder which one is legit.

2) How does Euro rail work? I buy the pass and then when I need to travel from, let;s say Verona to Paris – I just show up at the train station or do I have ot make reservation before hand? Are euro rail passes kind of like discounted tickets that have black out dates or limited seating? As in on eahc train there are only a very limited number of seats for Euro rail pass holders? Because that would suck.

3) Is eurorail kind of like cheaptickets? Where it looks at the fares of all trains? Or does it actually read and print on the side of the train Euro Rail?

4) what do people who have used it generally think of it? worth it? Over priced? Clean?
Folks: Seat61 is terrible to navigate and it is centered around going to the rest of Europe via UK. It is all centered around UK. I ma coming from the US and I dont care about how people can use EuroRail via UK.

The seat61 site that was given to you in another answer is an excellent resource for train travel here and railpass information in particular.

All of the sites that offer the Eurail pass are offering the same thing. It’s a pass that can be used on the various national railroads of participating countries.

Using the pass depends on the trains you take. Usually regional trains that are slower and make a lot of stops do not require reservations – the regional trains here in Italy do not even accept reservations. You can just hop on with the pass and use the train. Other trains require reservations which you can usually buy at the station up to the time your train leaves (assuming the train doesn’t sell out earlier). Note that you have to pay for the reservation – here in Italy, the fast trains cost 10 euro for a seat reservation. The seat61 site has information on reservations and their cost for the various types of trains in the various countries. On some trains there are limited seats for Eurail passes – again explained in the seat61 site.

Individual tickets for international trains to/from may be cheaper too if you buy in advance. For example a night train between Rome and Paris (either direction) normally costs 130 euro for a berth in a 4 bed compartment. With a Eurail pass, you can get the same berth for 45 euro for the reservation. However, if you buy an individual ticket far enough in advance to get one of the limited number of discounted tickets, the cheapest fare is 45 euro – exactly the additional price you pay with the pass. It takes a lot more work to get the discounted fare and they sell out quickly, but this is also one of the trains that limits the number of Eurail passes that can be used on the train.

Eurail tickets are almost never worth the price here in Italy because individual tickets can be bought relatively inexpensively – even if you don’t buy the individual tickets in advance to take advantage of available discounts. On the other hand, Eurail tickets can represent significant savings in other countries where the train prices are higher, the supplements for reservations are lower and/or there may be fewer mandatory reservations. The seat61 site has information on how to determine if a Eurail ticket is worth the price for your trip or not and includes links to the various national train websites where you can price individual tickets.

Note that the question about clean is not relevant. Eurail does not operate any trains, You’re just buying a pass that allows you to use the same national train systems that you would be using if you don’t have a pass. The cleanliness and comfort of trains depends on where you are and the type of train you take. Generally, they’re not bad.

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195/365 Sam Cornwell has to decide between Prague, Vienna and Venice today on his Eurotrip

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Filed under: euro rail passes
Date: Apr 5,2011

0 195/365 Sam Cornwell has to decide between Prague, Vienna and Venice today on his Eurotrip Sam Cornwell, Gemma Tremlett and Bev Mason all have to leave Pisa today on their interrailing eurorail eurotrip. Where to next though? Check out another exciting episode with Sam and co.

All videos edited on foot on the iPhone using Reeldirector. This video, like all other daily Sam Cornwell vlogs is uploaded the same day it was taken.

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Model Trains Looking At The Euro & British Locomotives At All Aboard Model Train Hobby Shop In Mittagong Pt1

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Filed under: euro rail passes
Date: Apr 3,2011

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