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    Three years after cancelling them, DB considers relaunching night trains

    That's on the ICE though - a night train would probably take quite a bit longer so would give you a good night's sleep
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    Do other countries have better/worse apps than National Rail Enquiries App?

    It also allows you to download offline timetables for the rest of Europe including the UK as well which is very useful
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    Night Jet

    The ÖBB website just gives me the seats as well for the 30th September so it could be that the sleeper is fully booked because it offered the sleeper on another date.
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    The implications of false destinations for ticket validity

    One way to solve it would be to show train numbers and put them on advance tickets. Then you can just compare the number on your ticket to the one on the screen
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    Northern Ticket Machine Update Issues

    They almost always make you use a journey planner to buy your ticket as well.
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    Why do people still use Trainline.com?

    There website is also available in lots of different languages so for foreign visitors it's a lot easier.
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    Things UK railways get right compared to other countries

    Delay Repay Lots of countries only seem to give the EU minimum with compensation only payable with delays over 1hr (often this is just 25% of the price as well)
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    Uniforms - formal vs. informal?

    I think name badges are particularly useful when a member of staff speaks another language as it can be shown easily with a flag on their badge
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    Cheap hotel accommodation

    For premier inns make sure you look at their own website rather than just booking.com or similar websites as I believe they only have their cheapest prices on their own website
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    Amazon lockers at stations

    I had an interrail ticket delivered by DHL to one of these once. The DHL website gave it as an option when I rebooked the delivery. It was very useful as I didn't have to wait round to sign it as well.
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    Taxis

    On the bristol ring road there's 2+ lanes for quite a lot of it
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    Interrail isn't worth it

    It is however valid on both Leo express and regiojet in the Czech Republic
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    Buying international tickets

    Have a look at what seat61.com suggests. Loco 2 is only connected to some booking systems such as Deutsche Bahn but is no more expensive for these journeys and has the benefit of being simple to use and having everything in one place. Normally the cheapest way is to look on the website of the...
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    Cross Country seat reservations

    Try contacting them on Facebook or twitter
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    Verona - Munich - Prague trip (Spring 2019)

    Did you get any kind of response / refund in the end?
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    DB Quer Durchs Land Ticket

    It's possible to buy one for today on the DB Navigator app so I assume you could do the same in a station.
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    Food & Drink on the railway

    Some Sainsbury's like Paddington have hot curry and pastas now which are a good option (around £4).
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    Food & Drink on the railway

    In Germany i think supermarkets are often in stations so they can open 7 days a week.
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    German Reunification in the 1990s

    https://www.bstu.de/mfs-lexikon/detail/hauptabteilung-vi-passkontrolle-tourismus-interhotelha-vi/
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    German driver happy to answer questions you may have on rail operation

    How much of the German network is driver only?

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