Hello. I am heading to Europe this Aug and I am a little confused here about Eurail pass. I want to buy the one covering 2 or 3 countries for 6 days within a month. In this regard, so
my questions are
1. 6days within a month. does it mean that the pass will be used for 6 days consecutively since the first date of the use? or 6 days can be the total days for the possible travelling within a month?
2. Do i have to book before taking a train?
3. As for the frecuency, is there any website for the timetables of the eurotrail?
4. 2 or 3 countries only include the countries you actually land or stop for travelling? or the countries the train passes are included?
thank you so much
from Australia
girlfromnewtown
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ben
My first instinct was to advise you to go at Eurail website. You should find everything you need to know there.
But to question 1 the answer is: those 6 days might be consecutive or not. This is entirely your decision although it would not be very logical to have them consecutive.
To question 2: it depends of what train you choose. Some (generally high speed train) have compulsory booking, most don't.
To question 3: most national companies have a web site with schedule. Have a look at trenitalia for an example. Other useful are SNCF web site and DB web site, but there are many more.
A good source of information is man in seat 61 site.
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going2belluno
I used this pass two years ago and found it worked very well.
You will be able to use the pass for any six days within a month. Not necessarily consecutive. The most efficient use is to use the pass on days you plan a lot of travel, for instance, crossing a country. On shorter trips, buy a ticket.
Generally don't worry about making reservations.
Beware that if the train passes through a country not on your pass you must pay a surcharge.
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bjoern
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<hr>is there any website for the timetables of the eurotrail? <hr></blockquote>
Just in case - there are no special Eur(otr)ail trains! Eurail is the name for the pass for the national (and most larger private ) railway companies. You can use any train, with the exceptions listed everywhere (metros, soem touristy trains crawling up mountains, extra fees for soem high-speed trains and naturally for anything extra like food, sleeper, couchette...).
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abalada
- depends on the country
E.g. in France and Spain you have to book all faster trains.
In Switzerland or Germany not.
3. DB timetable has nearly all trains in Europe. It will also tell you if a train requires compulsory reservation or not.
4. why not just posting the countries you plan to visit. Than it would be possible to give you more detailed advices on this.
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